If you’ve visited a typical European spa, you may well be familiar with Aufguss. Meaning ‘infusion’ in German, it’s a 15-minute ritual hosted by an Aufgussmeister in a large, shared sauna. Ice balls ...

A sauna master performs to a full audience during an Aufguss ritual at Thermea Spa Village Whitby — home to Logga, North America’s largest event sauna. From June 17–19, 2025, Whitby will host ...

'It’s like a reverse strip club where you’re the stripper,' says my friend in jaw-dropped disbelief. He, like me, is sitting naked and sweating in a mega-sized sauna alongside 300 other nude bathers.

The sauna-set entertainment known as Aufguss has long been popular in Europe. Will Americans warm to the art form? In the “event sauna” of the Awana Spa in Las Vegas, tourists in bathing suits were ...

We move into one of 11 sweatboxes within this lavish facility, pausing only to park our gowns, the dress code being “come as you are”. I also remove my glasses, and although I can’t process the ...

Call them hot and unbothered. During late June’s heat wave, when most New Yorkers sat pinned to air conditioners, 1,200 sauna enthusiasts swarmed Brooklyn’s Bathhouse to witness the country’s first ...

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