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Nyholt Bathhouse
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Sauna and cold water

The heat is ready when you are.

Tell the assistant what you would like, take an open time, and the stove is lit before you arrive.

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Pick a time, then talk.

This weekExample

  • Mon

    Closed

  • Tue

    13:00 16:00

  • Wed

    10:00 13:00 16:00

  • Thu

    10:00 16:00

  • Fri

    10:00 13:00 16:00

  • Sat

    10:00 13:00

  • Sun

    10:00 13:00 16:00

A few times are open this week. Mondays the stoves rest, so we keep them clear.

A small dark timber bathhouse at the edge of a misty lake at dusk, a lantern lit by the door and the stove glowing in the window.
Inside the cedar room, steam rising off the stove, a ladle in a bucket and linen on the bench.
Assistant on your siteToday

Automated assistant for Nyholt Bathhouse, not a person.

  • Folded linen on the cedar bench, the stove lit low beside it. Take a timeThe assistant holds it while you finish writing.
  • River stones on the stove, a ladle tipping water onto them, steam lifting. Say if it is your firstA line is enough. We warm the room a little slower for you.
  • The door standing open onto the mist, a lantern lit beside it and a towel on the hook. Come as you areYou get a note the day before with the door to use and who to ask for.
Rooms

A warm room, a cold pool, and a time that is yours.

Cedar benches around a lit wood stove, a bucket and ladle on the floor.

The cedar room

Dry heat from a wood stove, benches stepped up the wall, and a window onto the trees.

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A tiled steam room with a cold tap by the door and a stool in the mist.

The steam room

Wet heat on tile, dim and quiet, with a cold tap by the door for your face and hands.

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A quiet room with wool blankets on a bench and tea set out on a shelf.

The quiet room

Wool blankets, tea, and no talking, for the part after the heat and the cold.

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A cold pool with mist on the water and a wooden step leading in.
The plunge The pool is kept cold all year. You go in as far as you like.
Coming back

What people say when they come back.

A birch whisk in a wooden bucket on wet slate, a towel left on the bench.

Coming backExample

I sat on the step for the first visit and went in on the second. Nobody said a word about it.

Coming backExample

The note the day before told me which door and who to ask for, so I did not have to think.

Coming backExample

The quiet room is the reason I come back. The heat is the excuse.

Example lines for a house that does not exist. Nothing here is said by a real person.

Houses

The one by the water. The one in the trees.

A low timber bathhouse by the water at dusk, a lantern lit by the door.

HousesExample

The shore house

The one by the water.

  • WhereDown the lane past the boat sheds, the door with the lantern
  • WhenMornings and evenings, every day but Monday
  • Ask forSunniva Ferrowdale

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A dark timber bathhouse among birch trees with steam rising from a vent.

HousesExample

The birch house

The one in the trees.

  • WhereAt the end of the birch track, first building on the left
  • WhenAfternoons and evenings, every day but Monday
  • Ask forTeodor Ashquist

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Questions

The five things people ask before a first visit.

Condensation on the window, one water trail down the glass, the stove glowing behind it.
I have never done the cold water. Do I have to?

No. You can sit on the step, put your feet in, or skip it. The heat on its own is a full visit.

What should I bring?

Nothing you do not have. Towels and a robe are in the room. Bring a bottle of water if you like your own.

Can I come on my own?

Yes, and most people do. If you would rather have the room to yourself, say so in the note and the assistant finds a quiet time.

Can I move the time?

Write back to the note and the assistant moves it. The room is only held once, so earlier is kinder.

How long is a session?

Long enough to warm, cool and rest without watching a clock. The assistant tells you when the room is next needed before you take a time.

The passage between the rooms, blankets on the bench and a lantern lit at the end.
This week

Take a time this week.

The assistant holds it, asks if it is your first, and sends a note before the day.

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