Inner North, Melbourne

Pop-up wood-fired Nordic sauna in a leafy urban yard in Northcote. Standard sessions are quiet, closed-door and run three 10-minute sauna rounds with breaks for a cool plunge or shower. Guided Saunagus sessions add Danish-style towel fanning, essential oils and music. Regular events include queer nights, gender-diverse sessions and themed evenings.

Nimbus Co Fitzroy North is a private sauna studio with full spectrum infrared rooms at 45 to 68 degrees, a two person traditional sauna at 75 to 90 degrees, and a private contrast suite with infrared sauna, ice bath and shower ranging from 4 to 58 degrees. Sauna sessions run 45 minutes and contrast 60 minutes. Towels and filtered water are included.

First-floor wellness studio on Sydney Road with a private infrared sauna room that also includes red light. Sessions run 45 minutes and the room has its own shower, with towels and water provided. Book solo or share the room with one or two friends to split the cost. The studio also offers cryotherapy, Normatec compression and IV drips. Access is by stairs.

Warehouse sauna studio in Collingwood built around a 25-person traditional sauna, with 38°C hot and 5°C cold concrete plunge pools and a hot magnesium pool. Casual sessions give one hour of non-guided access, while Class+ sessions add a breathwork or movement class and a guided three-minute plunge. A fireplace chill-out area with tea follows each session.

Phone-free bathhouse on Lygon Street in East Brunswick, opened in 2026. Two-hour sessions move between a magnesium mineral hot pool, traditional sauna and cold plunge, finishing in a lounge with herbal teas and snacks. Early bird sessions run 6am to 10am, and yoga, meditation and sound sessions pair with bathing. Mainly an 18+ space; bring your own towel and slippers.

Communal bathhouse in a converted double-storey brick warehouse on Easey Street. Sessions run two hours and include a 38 to 40°C magnesium mineral pool, Finnish sauna, cold plunge and a steamy hammam with an optional self-led scrub station. All genders welcome with bathers on, the space is phone-free, and mornings from 6:30am to midday are no-talking times.

Gravity Wellness on High Street, Northcote, is a float centre that also runs infrared sauna, contrast sessions pairing ice bath and traditional sauna, compression, PEMF and massage. Floats run one hour and infrared sessions 45 minutes, and combination packs are booked on the same day. It is a short walk from Croxton station and tram 86.