{"id":71415,"date":"2025-08-27T21:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=71415"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:52:15","slug":"badhus-scandinavian-chic-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/lifestyle\/badhus-sauna-en-koud-bad-in-noord\/","title":{"rendered":"Badhus: social sauna and cold bath in North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Badhus is no ordinary sauna, but a social destination. Located by the water in North, the concept is built around a Scandinavian core: sauna, cold plunge pool and togetherness. It is a refuge where you let go of the city for a while, get outside for a while, and return with blue sky in your head.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Upon entering, the aesthetic and warmth are immediately striking. Scandinavian design meets Amsterdam rawness: minimalist wood tones, soft lighting, a crackling lake of fire, and a lounge where you can hang out - as important as the saunas themselves. People come not only for the warmth, but for the feeling of being welcome, for silence as well as togetherness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71473\" title=\"badhus-amsterdam2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/badhus-amsterdam2.jpg\" alt=\"badhus-amsterdam2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/badhus-amsterdam2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/badhus-amsterdam2-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/badhus-amsterdam2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/badhus-amsterdam2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/badhus-amsterdam2-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/badhus-amsterdam2-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/badhus-amsterdam2-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Badhus makes wellness feel accessible. For solo relaxation, but also for small groups: there are private sauna options and open sessions. After the heat, you can feel refreshed under a cold plunge pool or outdoor shower, or relax with a drink in the lounge. The emphasis is on mindfulness and tranquility, with no swankiness-exactly what city dwellers want.<\/p>\n<p>A lesser-known side of Badhus is its integration into neighborhood culture. The building serves as a cultural platform, with regular events - from saunagus to philosophical conversation, from live music to meditation. That makes it more than wellness: it is meeting place for North, for expats, locals, curious city folk.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\"Badhus feels like a warm home port in the night - a place where silence and togetherness are not opposites.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Badhus proves that well-being does not have to be tied to luxury, but can instead be founded on simplicity and connection. It's Scandinavia on the IJ, without surcharge-a perfect answer to urban humanity with softness.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Badhus is no ordinary sauna, but a social destination. Located by the water in North, the concept is built around a Scandinavian core: sauna, cold plunge pool and togetherness. It is a sanctuary where you let go of the city, get outside for a while, and return with blue sky in your head. Upon entering, the aesthetics and ... <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/lifestyle\/badhus-sauna-en-koud-bad-in-noord\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10920],"tags":[],"district":[20],"class_list":["post-71415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","district-amsterdam-noord"],"acf":{"slider":[71470,71475,71474],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Badhus is geen gewone sauna, maar een sociale bestemming.","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Noord heeft sinds kort een nieuwe plek waar rust en design samenkomen: <em>Badhus<\/em>, een stedelijke sauna met Scandi-hart. Ge\u00efnspireerd op de Deense traditie van sauna en zwemmen, mengt het wellness met sfeer in een setting die uitnodigt tot langer blijven dan je oorspronkelijke plan.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Badhus","adres":"Papaverhoek 31","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/www.badhus-amsterdam.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71415"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71493,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71415\/revisions\/71493"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71474"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71475"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71415"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=71415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}