Hamburger Börs is a classic hotel in Turku, dating back to 1894. Rebuilt and mostly a new building around the old one nowadays though. Visited the hotel while I was in Turku for the caving association meetup and scanning the Luolavuori cave. Of course I had to try the sauna in the hotel, as well. Very nice.
Medium sized, but a nice lounge area and a fashionable, darker wood in the sauna. Well done.
The sauna is only for about two hours for either men or women, at separate times. But it can be booked for private events.
Hotel homepage is here.
The lounge:
For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites! And of course the Planetcaver, and
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