You barely change the temperature when you put water on the sauna oven. The water gets very hot from the oven and you just feel the hot water, also the air humidity increases. But you will see on a thermometer in the sauna that the temperature is pretty much the same before and after. Also the preset saunas usually also have a "Aufguss" (putting water on the oven) during specific times. At a wellness place with saunas there are usually time schedules listed somewhere on the walls / shown digitally somewhere, and during these times often a Saunawart(an employee responsible for the Sauna) will put the water on the oven. Usually these are also special Aufgüsse with different themes.
But... how do people in the US do sauna? In the sauna, you are naked, period! Not only in Germany btw. I think all over Europe, sauna's are naked. With ladies only days and all.
In Köln (Cologne) there is a cable car crossing the Rhein (Rhine-River). It goes right over the outside area of a sauna landscape. I've been there (at the sauna) when it was snowing. No problem... So maybe start with the cable car first and then work your way down? 😉
My parents used to have a sauna in their basement, but it never was my thinking. I used our own sauna maybe 2 times and public saunas when being on vacation somewhere maybe 3 times in my life. I used to with at two different gyms when I was still studying. They both had a sauna. So working out and then going to the sauna for 15 minutes before going home, is a thing in Germany, too.
Might be easier to start off at a nudist beach at a lake or something, ppl r just not as close and rarely care what everyone else is doing plus u could hide in the water lol. No big deal really.
In Germany we also have home Sauna‘s for rich people, and small ones at the Fitness club for just the after workout relaxation. My experience, however, was that the Fitness Sauna was usually hogged by a group of men, just like Nalf described, and when I finally decided I‘d had enough not enjoying the Sauna the guys all went quiet when I entered, it‘s a small cubicle after all, and it was an awkward 15 min sweat, because they didn‘t pick their conversation back up because Sauna rules are mandating being quiet. Usually, for a Sauna Spa day, you need a long Sauna towel, so you can lay down, or you can double or triple it when sitting. Then you need a clean towel for showering afterwards, 2 small ones for your hair…salty and fresh …and a bathrobe because usually people aren‘t relaxing in the nude. You also need bath slippers or flip flops/thongs. Anybody going for the full Sauna experience should also try the Maroccan Steam Bath, the fireplace for relaxation and Aroma Aufgüsse…these usually happen every half an hour and you can see them written on some board. Changing rooms and showers and toilets are NOT unisex, for that Germans also want privacy and women want to feel safe. Do NOT stare at people‘s bodies, that‘s a huge Nono…it’s like with the Kaiser‘s clothes…pretend everyone wears them. It‘s all natural, but no staring!
Perfectly explained!! It often feels a little weird to me that grown-up, handsome, gallant guys from the US suddenly behave like little shy girls (I shouldn't say that) when it comes to nudity in the public. But it is fun, it is hilarious! Nonetheless weird. You are crazy, guys!!!!😂
German here. I've been to the sauna quite often with my mother and later with my ex boyfriend. Yes, there are mostly elderly people and sometimes, if there's an "Aufguss" (sauna infusion), there might be 20+ people in the same sauna at the same time, plus the guy who does the infusion. If it's your first time, it might seem strange, but you get used to it. My parents also have a private sauna in their garden which my mum uses quite frequently especially in winter. Sauna scents are always a welcome gift for her birthday or Christmas. One negative experience we had with public nudity was when we were at a Therme/ Solebad (thermal bath) like 15 years ago. So I was still a kid. It was all fine, we were swimming in the pool, relaxing on the deck chairs. But at point 9 a.m., they made an announcement that from this point on, it's nude bathing only. Everyone got undressed, but my father refused to and we got thrown out.
".......Im all alone in the sauna, I hear footsteps getting close, suddenly 2 gorgeous young woman enter the sauna, our eyes cross......" .....then he woke up. :)) its only old people.
Wearing clothes, except a towel, really can't be a healthy option. Imagine all the chemicals in clothes. And the heat in a sauna is way too much for these clothes. I don't go to the sauna to absorb chemicals, i want to sweat bad stuff out and relax
Of course he didn't show anything. Cameras are strictly forbidden in the Sauna. Would you like yo see yourself nude on TH-cam, because some random American guy decided to show some "strange European Culture"?🤦♀️
In Austria and Germany Saunas are pretty easily accessable and affordable through gym memberships. A lot of gyms around my area have sauna's included in memberships for around 40-60€ a month. There you could go daily for like 40-60€ a month
FKK - Freie Körper Kultur or Free body culture. I used to go to the sea a lot (lake) back when I still felt comfortable in the nude. You can even bathe in the nude on the river banks right in the middle of Munich city center.
Im in Austria where I work we still got open showers like in the military. Im seeing my coworkers junk every day left and right. Nobody is forced to look right. No big deal.
I don't understand either. But it is hilarious, isn't it? As I've already written: when grown-up, handsome and confident men from the US suddenly change into little shy girls!!! This is so funny to me!!!!😂😂😂
"Nude Sauna" is just the wrong term, because that is just the original sauna. 😂
The other way around should be called "Unhygienic dressed Sauna" 😉
He didn't see anything if he didn't join an "Aufguss" 😂 Would've definitely be hilarious to see his reaction to that
It's packed when there's an "Aufguss" alsomst skin to skin. 😂
Alles nicht so schlimm ,locker bleiben 😅
So isses 🙃
"The sauna is really really cool" got me!😂
You barely change the temperature when you put water on the sauna oven. The water gets very hot from the oven and you just feel the hot water, also the air humidity increases.
But you will see on a thermometer in the sauna that the temperature is pretty much the same before and after.
Also the preset saunas usually also have a "Aufguss" (putting water on the oven) during specific times. At a wellness place with saunas there are usually time schedules listed somewhere on the walls / shown digitally somewhere, and during these times often a Saunawart(an employee responsible for the Sauna) will put the water on the oven. Usually these are also special Aufgüsse with different themes.
But... how do people in the US do sauna? In the sauna, you are naked, period! Not only in Germany btw. I think all over Europe, sauna's are naked. With ladies only days and all.
In Köln (Cologne) there is a cable car crossing the Rhein (Rhine-River). It goes right over the outside area of a sauna landscape. I've been there (at the sauna) when it was snowing. No problem...
So maybe start with the cable car first and then work your way down? 😉
My parents used to have a sauna in their basement, but it never was my thinking. I used our own sauna maybe 2 times and public saunas when being on vacation somewhere maybe 3 times in my life.
I used to with at two different gyms when I was still studying. They both had a sauna. So working out and then going to the sauna for 15 minutes before going home, is a thing in Germany, too.
Might be easier to start off at a nudist beach at a lake or something, ppl r just not as close and rarely care what everyone else is doing plus u could hide in the water lol. No big deal really.
In Germany we also have home Sauna‘s for rich people, and small ones at the Fitness club for just the after workout relaxation.
My experience, however, was that the Fitness Sauna was usually hogged by a group of men, just like Nalf described, and when I finally decided I‘d had enough not enjoying the Sauna the guys all went quiet when I entered, it‘s a small cubicle after all, and it was an awkward 15 min sweat, because they didn‘t pick their conversation back up because Sauna rules are mandating being quiet.
Usually, for a Sauna Spa day, you need a long Sauna towel, so you can lay down, or you can double or triple it when sitting. Then you need a clean towel for showering afterwards, 2 small ones for your hair…salty and fresh …and a bathrobe because usually people aren‘t relaxing in the nude. You also need bath slippers or flip flops/thongs.
Anybody going for the full Sauna experience should also try the Maroccan Steam Bath, the fireplace for relaxation and Aroma Aufgüsse…these usually happen every half an hour and you can see them written on some board.
Changing rooms and showers and toilets are NOT unisex, for that Germans also want privacy and women want to feel safe.
Do NOT stare at people‘s bodies, that‘s a huge Nono…it’s like with the Kaiser‘s clothes…pretend everyone wears them. It‘s all natural, but no staring!
Perfectly explained!! It often feels a little weird to me that grown-up, handsome, gallant guys from the US suddenly behave like little shy girls (I shouldn't say that) when it comes to nudity in the public. But it is fun, it is hilarious! Nonetheless weird. You are crazy, guys!!!!😂
@@Winona493 ... vielleicht einfach ein wenig übersexualisiert ...
German here. I've been to the sauna quite often with my mother and later with my ex boyfriend. Yes, there are mostly elderly people and sometimes, if there's an "Aufguss" (sauna infusion), there might be 20+ people in the same sauna at the same time, plus the guy who does the infusion. If it's your first time, it might seem strange, but you get used to it.
My parents also have a private sauna in their garden which my mum uses quite frequently especially in winter. Sauna scents are always a welcome gift for her birthday or Christmas.
One negative experience we had with public nudity was when we were at a Therme/ Solebad (thermal bath) like 15 years ago. So I was still a kid. It was all fine, we were swimming in the pool, relaxing on the deck chairs. But at point 9 a.m., they made an announcement that from this point on, it's nude bathing only. Everyone got undressed, but my father refused to and we got thrown out.
But your father isn't American, is he?😂
German sauna is piece of cake compared to Finland 😂
You did what? STARED out of the window???? Germanized !
".......Im all alone in the sauna, I hear footsteps getting close, suddenly 2 gorgeous young woman enter the sauna, our eyes cross......" .....then he woke up. :)) its only old people.
Wearing clothes, except a towel, really can't be a healthy option.
Imagine all the chemicals in clothes. And the heat in a sauna is way too much for these clothes.
I don't go to the sauna to absorb chemicals, i want to sweat bad stuff out and relax
Aww he didn't even show anything, he was just talking about his experience in a sauna!
Of course he didn't show anything. Cameras are strictly forbidden in the Sauna. Would you like yo see yourself nude on TH-cam, because some random American guy decided to show some "strange European Culture"?🤦♀️
We are deeply disappointed!!!😂
@@Winona493 hehehe 😀
@@ginafromcologne9281 😉
In Austria and Germany Saunas are pretty easily accessable and affordable through gym memberships. A lot of gyms around my area have sauna's included in memberships for around 40-60€ a month. There you could go daily for like 40-60€ a month
Even much more cheaper!!!!
Do you live in Finland and haven't been to the sauna yet? Are Finns dressed in the sauna??????
FKK - Freie Körper Kultur or Free body culture. I used to go to the sea a lot (lake) back when I still felt comfortable in the nude. You can even bathe in the nude on the river banks right in the middle of Munich city center.
Im in Austria where I work we still got open showers like in the military. Im seeing my coworkers junk every day left and right. Nobody is forced to look right. No big deal.
I really don't understand: what's the problem with nudity? Can you explain?
I don't understand either. But it is hilarious, isn't it? As I've already written: when grown-up, handsome and confident men from the US suddenly change into little shy girls!!! This is so funny to me!!!!😂😂😂
"they were full on making out"
Good for them 😏
Had to look this up. Sie "waren am Knutschen"?😂