Sauna

Sauna in Stockholm with lake bathing and fitness centre

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The picture is from the new pond. Below you can read more about how it came to be and why. 

Keep calm and respect that your sauna neighbour has come for a quiet moment

The sauna here at Hellasgården in Nacka, Stockholm, is a place for recovery and recreation. Please respect that many of our guests come for these very reasons.

Sauna bath with colleagues? See our suggestions for slightly different conference packages!

We expect you as a guest to be considerate of other guests in order to achieve an optimal environment with minimum strain on the facility and maximum consideration for other guests.

New sauna and bathing arrangements from 19 August

To prevent the facility from becoming overcrowded at times, we are introducing a new way of booking and visiting the sauna centre.

This applies from 19 August until further notice and means that visiting hours are limited to the following:

Weekdays:

8:45-10:15

10.30-12:00

12:15-13:45

14:00-15:30

15:45-17:15

17:30-19:00 (not during infusion)

19:15-20:45 (not during infusion)

Weekends:

9:15-10:45

11:00-12:30

12:45-14:15

14:30-16:00

16:15-17:45

Book online

You book your visit online, and choose one of the available start times.

If you want to stay longer than 90 minutes, please note that you will need to make two separate bookings with consecutive start times.

Check in

You check in at reception by mentioning your name to the staff. You will be let into the changing room when your start time begins. If you are late for your start time, you can still check in, but your visit will be shorter.

Check-out

To avoid overcrowding, you should be changed and ready and leave the centre at the agreed time indicated on your booking. For example, you have booked a visit with a start time of 10:30 and you leave the centre at 12:00 at the latest. This applies even if you happen to be late for your check-in.

To help you keep track of time, we have clocks in the shower rooms. In addition, staff ring a bell when 15 minutes remain in a visit.

(Guests who do not respect the check-out time may be prevented from future visits by the facility operator).

If you have an annual pass, you can book two consecutive times

If you have an annual pass and want to stay in the centre longer than one visit entitles you to, you can easily book two consecutive times. Of course, you don't have to leave the centre between the times when other guests do.

Drop-in possible on weekday mornings

On weekdays until 13:00, drop-in visits are possible subject to availability and starting times, read more under check-in above. However, we recommend that you pre-book these times as well.

You can of course start your drop-in visit at any time, subject to availability. But to be able to use the facility for a maximum of 90 minutes, you must start your visit at one of our fixed start times. If you start later, your visit will be shorter. Perhaps it is better to wait for the next start time with a walk in the surroundings or a visit to the Sjöcafé?

Number of contemporary guests

The maximum number of simultaneous visitors is 22 ladies and 22 gentlemen and a visit is 90 minutes. We have made the judgement that this is a reasonable maximum number of visitors and a reasonable length of visit in light of the size of the sauna and how an average sauna visit takes place.

During the times we use mixed saunas, the maximum number is reduced to 17. The number is based on an estimate of how much the mixed sauna form affects the occupancy of the men's sauna.

How to reschedule your appointment

Your entrance ticket can be rebooked to another day (only online and no later than 6 hours before your intended arrival) if you have chosen a rebooking guarantee in connection with the booking, a rebooking guarantee costs SEK 20/person. NOTE! If you have a group booking, it is not possible to rebook for any of them, but you rebook for the entire booking. Therefore, you should have a rebooking guarantee for all people in the same booking.

Here's how to rebook:

Click on the Change (the text in blue colour for good visibility, no later than 6 hours before your planned arrival) in the receipt that you received from us by email when you made the booking.

If it's been a long time since you booked, search "Hellasgården" in your email and you will find the confirmation.

Then choose a new time for your visit.

However, your entrance ticket cannot be cancelled.

If you book when less than two hours remain until closing time...

We usually close at 9pm on weekdays. If you book a visit starting later than 19:00, you must still be out of the facility when we close, so your visit will be less than two hours.

Respect the calm on Thursdays!

We have different themes and activities, such as aufguss on Wednesday evenings and quiet evenings on Thursday evenings. Some guests come to us on Thursdays for the sole purpose of having a moment of peace, quiet and silence. Please respect this. If you would like to socialise with your friends, please book a different time.

NOTE! Quiet Thursdays are cancelled until October when the autumn darkness falls.

Together we keep things clean and tidy

You as a guest and we as operators also have a shared responsibility to ensure that the facility is clean and tidy - we have recycling bins for plastic, paper, pet and other items in the changing rooms - and that unnecessary congestion is avoided.

Forgotten things

Forgotten items are kept outside for two weeks. Staff cannot go through all forgotten belongings, so if you have forgotten something you are encouraged to look for it yourself. You do not need to call/email us beforehand.

Prices

Daytime on weekdays: 110 SEK

Evening and afternoon hours on weekdays, from 14:00: SEK 130

Weekends: SEK 170, public holidays: SEK 180.

Children up to 7 years, half price.

Rent the sauna privately: 2 500 SEK. Read more 

Towel hire: 75 kr, bathrobe: 110 kr.

Buy lock: 110 kr

Shower cream: 25-40 kr

Sauna bathing with colleagues?

See our suggestions for slightly different conference packages!
Book conference packages

This is how the visit works:

You check in at the reception. After that you go to the changing room where you take off your shoes at the entrance and put them in your locker. You can rent towels, bathrobe and padlock at the reception.
You take a shower and go into the sauna. You sit on a towel (no bathing suits or clothes in the sauna).
Wear a towel around your body or swimwear when you go to the lake. There are other guests in the area, such as schools. Wash up!
There is a door from the changing rooms to the lake. Put on your swimwear when you go out and remember the code to use to come back. Feel free to wear flip-flops when going out and down to the lake. Take it easy when you go to the lake and go slowly into the water so as not to risk getting a headache.
You can, if your sauna stove agrees, pour a small amount of water on the heater. This changes the heat and humidity in the sauna. The water evaporates, rises and spreads in the sauna. 

Tip - remember to drink plenty of water!

You are most welcome to experience the amazing and unique Hellasgården 🤗🐳🤩!

Rules - the following apply to ensure that everyone enjoys the sauna and other facilities:

It is not allowed to wear swimwear or other clothes inside the sauna IF YOU HAVE SWIMMED IN THE LAKE WITH THESE CLOTHES. The reason is hygienic - algae from the lake contaminate the sauna and lichen. IT IS OK TO WEAR CLEAN SWIMMING CLOTHES IN THE SAUNA if you want to cover up - for example for cultural and/or religious reasons.
Alcohol, sauna drinks, food, sweets, fruit, newspapers, etc. are not allowed inside the sauna. Alcohol consumption is also not permitted elsewhere in the facility.
Glass bottles must not be brought into the premises. If a glass falls to the floor and breaks, it is very difficult to remove all the broken glass.
It is not allowed to pour large amounts of water on the aggregates. This will only have an undesirable effect, i.e. a colder sauna, increase energy consumption and wear out the heater. However, if your neighbours in the sauna agree, you can splash a moderate amount of water on the heater.
It is not allowed to organise peeling, hair colouring etc. on the premises. Aroma saunas are only permitted during the times set aside for this.
It is not allowed to be naked on the terrace and the jetty. When you leave the changing room, are on the terrace or on the jetty on your way to or from your swim in the lake, you must wear swimwear.

Cool off in Källtorpssjön

As a sauna guest, you can cool off in Källtorpssjön via our bathing jetty. Our guests swim here all year round!

After a swim in the lake, it is popular to relax on our terrace, located overlooking the lake and directly adjacent to the sauna building.

OBS! Rinse with a towel all around your body on the terrace, on the way to and from the dock.

The walkway to and from the bathing platform is a vulnerable environment. We advise you to stay there in the company of another bather. The jetty can be slippery and there is a risk of severe hypothermia when swimming.

All swimming is at your own risk.

Diving prohibited!

Opening hours

Opening hours weekdays: 10-21. (Last bookable start time 19:00)

Saturdays and Sundays: 10-18 (Last bookable start time 16:00.)

Different opening hours some weekends and in summer.

Each visit is for a maximum of 2 hours, even if you arrive later than planned, you must leave the facility at the time your booking ends.

Private sauna booking

You can book the newly renovated sauna privately before or after our regular opening hours.  

Time: 7:30-9:30am/after 9:15pm on weekdays and 6:30pm on weekends.

Price: 2500 SEK/first hour and 1100 SEK next hour on weekdays. On weekends: 2500 SEK/hour.

OBS! There is an extra charge of 1000 SEK if you book on special holidays such as Christmas, New Year, Midsummer Eve and Christmas, New Year, Midsummer Day, Good Friday from 3 pm. Please contact us by email to get the exact price.

Rental of towels: 70 SEK/person, bathrobe: 105 SEK/person.

Book the sauna privately: email your request to info@hellasgarden.se, indicate the date and time you wish to book.

Payment: to complete your booking, please pay the invoice from Visma before arrival.

OBS! It is very important that you respect the times. Your booked time is counted from the moment you arrive at the facility until the moment you leave. Groups running late will be charged 1000 SEK.

Bring towels to sit in the sauna and for your feet, to go out and use afterwards, and preferably flip-flops/slippers/sandals to go in and out. 

Cancellation: at least 7 days before arrival the full amount will be refunded, after that - no refund. Rebooking- 72 hours before your booked time.

Clipboard

We have started selling digital clip cards.

When you get to "Fill in your details", click on the "I have a gift card code" button. Enter your unique code that you received when you bought the card.

If you have bought a card before the pandemic, enter CLIP CARD when booking, the price will change to 0. Enter the word "clip card" in the "I have a gift card code" button. You show your clip card at the reception/lake café where the staff will clip it. Not valid on weekends.

Price: 900 SEK/daytime, 1100 SEK/evening and 1300 SEK/weekend

Annual pass

Now you can also buy annual passes online. Show your ID card at check-in for the staff of the reception/lake café.  Price: 3900 kr

When you get to Fill in your details, click on the I have a gift card code button. Enter your unique code that you received when you purchased your annual pass.

Parking tickets

Annual passes (January - December) for the car park are only sold to those who have an annual pass for the sauna. Please enter your annual pass code at the reception.

Price annual parking pass: 1000 kr.

Bruce and Swiftr

Members of Bruce or Swiftr use the code BRUCE or SWIFTR respectively when booking - click on the I have a gift card code button. You make one booking per member, i.e. you cannot book multiple seats for yourself. NOTE! You cannot cancel but rebook via email to info@hellasgarden.se, there is a 20 kr charge for this.

Check in at the check-out point at the reception/lake café.

Aufguss - aroma sauna on Wednesday evenings (summer break only in July)

On Wednesdays from 18.00-21.00 we have an aroma sauna with "aufguss", under the guidance of our knowledgeable and inspiring "saunameisters".

After the summer, we may return to twice-weekly infusions, as we did before the pandemic.

Entrance fee these evenings is 170 SEK, and your stay is limited to 1.5 hours.

You book in the same way as a normal sauna visit - choose the product Aufguss (ladies) or Aufguss (men).

Aufguss comes from German sauna traditions and can be translated as "pouring on".

In an aroma sauna, the sauna master pours water with fragrant essential oils over the hot stones of the sauna heater, creating wonderful air currents that are enhanced by the sauna master waving/swishing a towel.

A session lasts 5-8 minutes and takes place on a rolling basis during the evening. So you can't expect to be at every sitting, but guests take turns to bathe/shower/rest.

The Aufgussmeister decides how many people can fit in the sauna at the same time and when the sessions take place.

To allow guests to relax and enjoy the scents and warm breezes, the seating is done in silence.

The last session of the evening is around 20:15, so that everyone can finish in peace and be out of the facility by 21:00.

Of our five sauna attendants, only one is a woman. In order to complete the sessions during the ladies' Aufguss, she may need the help of one of our male Aufguss. If this happens, all female guests will be informed.

If you absolutely cannot imagine a man holding an Aufguss during your visit with us, please feel free to write to us via info@hellasgarden.se, we make sure not to use one of our male sauna attendants on this particular evening.

Saunameisters: Tomas, Lars, Tauno, Olav and Nicole.

Common question: why don't we have mixed infusion nights?

We, the operators of the sauna, have suspended all mixed activities. The main reason is that there is still a spread of infection, and both departments are now the same size. If ladies are allowed into the men's side, unnecessary crowding could occur there.

If/when we return to offering mixed saunas at certain times, we will clearly communicate when, where and how this is done, as there are guests who for various reasons do not want to be part of the mixed activity.

Panoramic view of the new steam room built at an angle.

This is how it happened when the pond was rebuilt...

Before the facility was rebuilt starting in summer 2020, the capacity on the women's side was significantly smaller than the men's side. Both changing rooms and saunas were smaller.

When the pandemic paralysed parts of the business, the owner, Hellas Alliance Association (a collection of Hellas clubs, read more here) in close consultation with us, the operators of the facility, to carry out the necessary renovations - and a desired redesign of the women's side.

By changing the layout, on a proposal from architect Petter Lindblad of Partum, space was created for more changing lockers and showers - as well as a larger sauna.

The sauna was built at an angle and involved experts in sauna and ventilation. The test runs we did before opening the facility showed that the air circulates as planned and that the heat spreads in a desirable way in the space.

The heater used is a Harvia brand, which is the most common heater used in public saunas in Finland.

Most of the work has been carried out by craftsmen at Söderorts Bygg. We who run the business have enjoyed working with Söderorts Bygg.

During the pandemic, we also moved to online bookings. We can now track booking statistics and see that Hellasgården is used as much, or more, by women than by men. The renovation, which came in over the owner's budget, has thus proved to be well justified and timely.

Here you can see the new reception area. 

From idea to reality - the new reception and activity centre

The new reception and activity centre will serve as a hub for all activities at Hellasgården.

For those of us who run and work at Hellasgården, this is a big step - now we separate the café operations, which will continue to be run in the Sjöcaféet, and the management of all activities - everything from sauna visits and football golf to overnight guests and conference guests.

Hopefully, this will enable us to offer even better service to you as a guest.

Unlike the other parts of the sauna building, the design and furnishings for the reception area have been carried out and largely financed by us, the operators.

The new reception is designed by  Ekotekten and the interior has been manufactured and finished by Golden Interior. A combo that we have greatly appreciated having the chance to work with.

What to do if you can't pay online

Some guests may have difficulty paying online. If this happens to you, please send an email immediately to info@hellasgarden.se.

In your email, you can write the time you want to book and we want you to specify:

What type of card you are using, if you are booking via mobile then it is of interest to know what type of mobile phone, and if you are booking via computer you will want to know what browser you are using.

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Cool off in Källtorpssjön

As a sauna guest, you can cool off in Källtorpssjön via our bathing jetty. Our guests swim here all year round!

After a swim in the lake, it is popular to relax on our terrace, located overlooking the lake and directly adjacent to the sauna building.

OBS! Rinse with a towel all around your body on the terrace, on the way to and from the dock.

The walkway to and from the bathing platform is a vulnerable environment. We advise you to stay there in the company of another bather. The jetty can be slippery and there is a risk of severe hypothermia when swimming.

All swimming is at your own risk.

Diving prohibited!

Opening hours

Opening hours weekdays: 10-21. (Last bookable start time 19:00)

Saturdays and Sundays: 10-18 (Last bookable start time 16:00.)

Different opening hours some weekends and in summer.

Each visit is for a maximum of 2 hours, even if you arrive later than planned, you must leave the facility at the time your booking ends.

Mixed sauna on Mondays and Wednesdays

On Mondays and Wednesdays, women are allowed to visit the men's sauna but not the shower, changing rooms and toilets. You book your visit as usual - ladies book a place on the women's side and men book a place on the men's side.

NOTE! Does not apply to public holidays.

Culture-safe mixed sauna

A clarification: our mixed sauna facilities are safe for women with a cultural and/or religious affiliation that makes it unthinkable to be in the same sauna as people of the opposite sex. The ladies have their own sauna to which no men have access, as does the terrace outside the sauna, where the men's section is separated from the ladies' by a plank.

Quiet evening on Thursdays - respect the peace and quiet

On Thursday evenings from 16:00, we dim the lights in the changing rooms and set up tea lights and lanterns in the changing rooms and sometimes also in the sauna during the October-April period.

Some guests come to us on Thursdays just for peace and quiet and a moment of silence. Please respect this!

We would prefer, in all goodwill, that young children stay at home this evening, as they risk detracting from the experience of peace and spiritual restoration for other guests.

The same applies if you visit the sauna to hang out with your friends. We suggest that you book a time other than Thursday evenings.

Rent a sauna privately

You can rent the newly renovated sauna privately before or after our regular opening hours.  

Time: 7:30-9:30/after 21:30 on weekdays and 18:30 on weekends.

Price: 2500 kr/first hour and 1500 kr next hour on weekdays. On weekends: 2500 SEK/hour. (Note: all prices exclude VAT.)

OBS! There is an extra charge of 1000 SEK if you book on special holidays such as Christmas, New Year, Midsummer Eve and Christmas, New Year, Midsummer Day, Good Friday from 3 pm. Please contact us by email to get the exact price.

Book the sauna privately: email your request to info@hellasgarden.se, indicate the date and time you wish to book.

Payment: to complete your booking, please pay the invoice from Visma before arrival.

OBS! It is very important that you respect the times. Your booked time is counted from the moment you arrive at the facility until the moment you leave. Groups running late will be charged 1000 SEK.

Bring towels to sit in the sauna and for your feet, to go out and use afterwards, and preferably flip-flops/slippers/sandals to go in and out. 

Cancellation: at least 7 days before arrival the full amount will be refunded, after that - no refund. Rebooking- 72 hours before your booked time.

Clipboard

We have started selling digital clip cards. Valid for 1 year from date of purchase.

When you get to "Fill in your details", click on the "I have a gift card code" button. Enter your unique code that you received when you bought the card.

If you have bought a card before the pandemic, enter CLIP CARD when booking, the price will change to 0. Enter the word "clip card" in the "I have a gift card code" button. You show your clip card at the reception/lake café where the staff will clip it. Not valid on weekends.

Price: 990 SEK/daytime, 1190 SEK/evening and 1490 SEK/weekend.

Annual pass

Now you can also buy annual passes online. Show your ID card at check-in for the staff of the reception/lake café.  Price: 3990 kr

When you get to Fill in your details, click on the I have a gift card code button. Enter your unique code that you received when you purchased your annual pass.

Parking tickets

Annual passes (January - December) for the car park are only sold to those who have an annual pass for the sauna. Please enter your annual pass code at the reception.

Price annual pass parking: 1200 kr.

Bruce

Bruce members use the code BRUCE when booking - click on the I have a gift card code button. You make one booking per member, i.e. you can only book for yourself. NOTE! You cannot cancel but rebook via email to info@hellasgarden.se, there is an additional charge of 20 SEK per rebooking and per time.

Check in at the checkout point at the reception.

Aufguss - aroma sauna on Wednesday evenings

On Wednesdays from 18.00-21.00 we have an aroma sauna with "aufguss", under the guidance of our knowledgeable and inspiring "saunameisters".

Admission on these evenings is €180, and your stay is limited to 1.5 hours.

You book in the same way as a normal sauna visit - choose the product Aufguss (ladies) or Aufguss (men).

Mixed infusion evenings

During the aufgus evenings we allow mixed saunas - so ladies are welcome in the men's section.

More about aufguss

Aufguss comes from German sauna traditions and can be translated as "pouring on".

In an aroma sauna, the sauna master pours water with fragrant essential oils over the hot stones of the sauna heater, creating wonderful air currents that are enhanced by the sauna master waving/swishing a towel.

A session lasts 5-8 minutes and takes place on a rolling basis during the evening. So you can't expect to be at every sitting, but guests take turns to bathe/shower/rest.

The Aufgussmeister decides how many people can fit in the sauna at the same time and when the sessions take place.

To allow guests to relax and enjoy the scents and warm breezes, the seating is done in silence.

The last session of the evening is around 20:15, so that everyone can finish in peace and be out of the facility by 21:00.

Saunameisters: Tomas, Lars, Tauno, Olav, Mi, Karin and Kersmine.

Panoramic view of the new steam room built at an angle.

This is how it happened when the pond was rebuilt...

Before the facility was rebuilt starting in summer 2020, the capacity on the women's side was significantly smaller than the men's side. Both the women's changing rooms and the sauna were smaller than the men's.

When the pandemic paralysed parts of the business, the owner, Hellas Alliance Association (a collection of Hellas clubs, read more here) in close consultation with us, the operators of the facility, to carry out the necessary renovations - and a desired redesign of the women's side.

By changing the layout, on a proposal from architect Petter Lindblad of Partum, space was created for more changing lockers and showers - as well as a larger sauna.

The sauna was built at an angle and involved experts in sauna and ventilation. The test runs we did before opening the facility showed that the air circulates as planned and that the heat spreads in a desirable way in the space.

The heater used is a Harvia brand, which is the most common heater used in public saunas in Finland.

Most of the work has been carried out by craftsmen at Söderorts Bygg. We who run the business have enjoyed working with Söderorts Bygg.

During the pandemic, we also moved to online bookings. We can now track booking statistics and see that Hellasgården is used as much, or more, by women than by men. The refurbishment has therefore proved to be well justified and timely.

Here you can see the new reception area. 

From idea to reality - the new reception and activity centre

The new reception and activity centre will serve as a hub for all activities at Hellasgården.

For those of us who run and work at Hellasgården, this is a big step - now we separate the café operations, which will continue to be run in the Sjöcaféet, and the management of all activities - everything from sauna visits and football golf to overnight guests and conference guests.

Hopefully, this will enable us to offer even better service to you as a guest.

Unlike the other parts of the sauna building, the design and furnishings for the reception area have been carried out and largely financed by us, the operators.

The new reception is designed by  Ekotekten and the interior has been manufactured and finished by Golden Interior. A combo that we have greatly appreciated having the chance to work with.

What to do if you can't pay online

It happens (nowadays very rarely) that some guests have difficulty paying online. If this happens to you, please send an email immediately to info@hellasgarden.se.

Indicate the time you wish to book.

To facilitate troubleshooting, we would also like you to state:

What type of card you are using, if you are booking via mobile then it is of interest to know what type of mobile phone, and if you are booking via computer you will want to know what browser you are using.

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