Pålsjöbaden
A City of Helsingborg cold-bath house on the Öresund shore north of Gröningen, reached along a long timber pier, with separate naked baths for women and men and both a moist and a dry sauna. A glazed café sits in the middle of the bath house, and on Thursday evenings one side becomes a mixed sauna for couples and groups.
Getting in
- Parking
- No accessible parking or drop-off next to the bath.
- Public transport
- Bus to the Helsingborg Pålsjöbaden stop (Skånetrafiken).
- Address
- Drottninggatan 151, Helsingborg
Entry, hours and rules
- Entry
- Dagskort, vuxen [day ticket, adult] (Valid at Pålsjöbaden and Kallis)SEK 85about €7.5
- Dagskort, 13-15 år [day ticket, ages 13 to 15]SEK 40about €3.5
- Barn under 13 år [children under 13, with a parent]Free
- Klippkort 10 gånger [10-visit card] (Valid two years)SEK 750about €66
- Handdukar [towel hire, two large towels]SEK 50about €4.5
- Hours
- Mon09:00-20:00
- Tue09:00-20:00
- Wed09:00-20:00
- Thu09:00-20:00
- Fri09:00-18:00
- Sat09:00-18:00
- Sun09:00-18:00
- Swimwear and rules
- Separate women's and men's naked baths; no swimwear in the sauna, sit on a large towel. Thursday 18:00 to 20:00 one side opens as a mixed naked sauna for groups of men and women arriving together; people on their own are sent to Kallis.
- Children
- Under-16s welcome with an adult; under-13s free with a parent; under-7s may use the same sauna as their parent whatever their sex.
- Tickets
- Day ticket, no time slot
- Official site
- helsingborg.se
- Facilities
- SaunaChanging roomsLockersShowersToiletsCaféTowel hireNaturist areaStep-free access
About Pålsjöbaden
The Follin family of Pålsjö built a bath house here in 1880, and it passed to the city in 1908 along with most of the Pålsjö estate. A bathing place laid out by the architect Ola Anderson then ran as Helsans Pålsjöbad under the town's spa until 1912, when the public protested that the shore should be open to everyone and the bath was opened to all. Helsingborg's city lexicon classes it as especially valuable building stock. Out by the bathing steps are cabins where you can leave your clothes for the day.