This setup with the lockers behind the changing rooms is very common. They want you to keep the "street dress" and "street shoes" out of the inner "cleaner" zone. Usually you change shoes in the locker room. and the hangers have the net for"small stuff" that can not be put on a hanger (like watches, purses, socks or underwear)
Those different pools usually do serve different purposes. The warmer ones are often also used for under water fitness classes/water gymnastics and the water spouts/jets in the walls are for massage purposes. So you hang on to the rails while your back gets a nice treatment for instance. Places that have salt water pools often also do have different salt concentrations in addition to temperatures, so you might find yourself in a dimly lit grotto like pool with a salt content like the dead sea, floating effordlessly in 40°C warm water and ambiant sounds. Heavenly!
I do my underwear, socks, t-Shirt and Trousers in the little net. And my jacket goes over the top. That’s when you have all your stuff at once. I think the lockers suit the process: you come in, you change, you put your stuff in the locker, you shower of the „outside smug“ an then you go in the bath….I like it. Im not a Sauna-Type. I can’t stand the wet heat. It’s not for everyone. :-)
@@nichan7674they brought a camera with them to give reviews on it. It’s not normal in a lot of countries to be butt ass naked amongst strangers so it’s a deserved review. Get over it.
Going into a sauna with clothes on is a no go here. The sauna initially has its origin in Finland. My husband is half Finnish and he has relatives in Finland. Of course they go in naked. They even wash and shower in the sauna, sometimes they don’t even have another bathroom. Babies are born in the sauna because it’s the cleanest room ( of course not heated too warm, lol) . Every house or apartment has a sauna there...I thought it was weird when I went to the sauna in the US and everyone was wearing their swimming suit ..my husband couldn’t believe it, he said it is not hygienic
Yes, the Sauna came from Finnland.But they had mostly Family Saunas. They had Saunas in the City, that are only for Mens ore Womens. I personal had no Problem with that,but you can have an Medic Problem or an Cosmetic Problem that other People find ugly or simply dont needed to look at.If you are a Nudist you dont get tatoos all over you Body or piercings in you genitals.Some type of that, you dont must shown or needed to watch by Strangers.The Heat will desinfect all your Sweat.But dont go drunk into the Sauna,it feels like your Head will explode.
@@kallejodelbauer2955 I don't get your comment. I am often in the sauna (naked of course), but I never looked at other people's body and others never looked at mine (I am sure I would have noticed). And honestly, it doesn't matter at all how you look like. I simply don't care and no one does. Just enjoy the sauna
That really shocked me too when we went to a Thermal “Bad” for the first time in Germany (and still shocks me now). There’s just so much going on, and the buildings themselves are designed so beautifully. Even the ones that are more kid friendly are just so cool. I think of all the paid public pools I’ve ever been to in the US and they just don’t compare.
But what was so shocking about it? It seemed to have been a wonderful experience! If American public pools can't compare, how are they? I've never been to the US....
Some thermal places here in germany also offer different pools like iron,sulfur,magnesium pools etc and regular saunas,fog sauna and infrared sauna. Sure its a little more pricy but i rather pay 15 euros more and feel like im born again afterwards instead of struggleing with all that chlorine damage on my skin 😅
I'm happy to hear you're trying out one of the best features for relaxation Germany has to offer! (At least in my eyes *g* ) Hopefully your next time including going to the sauna will be lovely as well. I can strongly recommend going to a thermal spa with salt water, as it's even more beneficial and relaxing.
Let me tell you a sideline information: In the cold northern parts of Europe, in Finland for example, the people have their (naked) sauna culture almost in their private homes - and it mostly consists of three (!) sequenced ambiences: a) Sauna room, b) Cooling bath-, showers-, basins to dip-in-room, and: (most important!) c) the resting room with big sofas, a lot of hot sausages with mustard (to fill up the salt loss during sweating) and a large fridge with a lot of cool beer. Here the social event itself and the communication thereby is a main theme. . .
@@OurStorytoTell Not only in Finland/Scandinavia, though. I'm from West Germany and grew up with saunas in both my grandparents' houses as well my parents house, and going to the sauna at home once a week was a given. Going naked is a given, too - I not only knew all my family but also family friends naked from the sauna from my childhood on. It's just not an issue when you're used to it, and the big upside always was that in such a culture, there's no staring, and much, much less body shaming of any kind than in the mainstream culture. (This is not a mainstream culture part of Germany, rather a minority, partly linked to the FFK movement if you've heard about that before.) We have one ourself now, too. We also love to go to the thermal baths but not doing sauna there, rather enjoy the thermal waters, massage jets and general relaxation of the place.
@@HolgerJakobs @Holger Jakobs That's not what I know and have experienced. My family isn't wealthy but middle class, my grandparents were working and lower middle class, whereas most wealthy people I came across did not have a sauna although some did have indoor pools and/or jacuzzis. And yes, as I said, it is not a mainstream occurence like in Finland.
@@OurStorytoTell I can highly recommend Spa Erding or its sister spa the Spa Bad Wörishofen, especially the sauna area. There are lots of different themed saunas with all kinds designs, temperatures and scents. Bad Wörishofen for example has a bread sauna, a roman sauna, a oriental sauna, a japanese sauna, a finnish sauna, a herbal sauna, a mineshaft sauna (95°C!), and more.
I ( from the Netherlands) feel very strange when I have to be in a spa WITH bathingsuit on!! I hate it when I am in a hotel or spa in a different country and you have to wear a bathing suit. I think that is very unsanitary when you sit in a sauna with your wet suit on the wooden seats. Since ages sauna is nude. You shower well before you enter.
It is so nice to travel around and experience culture shocks. It is the best way to look at your own culture, your own judgements and to question them. Nudity, healthcare, private wapons, public transport, hospitality etc etc. Many things that can be different then in your own country and we take it for granted as a normal standard as long as we stay home. Every single human beeing should be able to travel and dwell for a while in a different country. We would have less wars and conflicts and we would improve our own culture when we would go back home.
The nets are for your clothes The outdoor jets are for getting a massage If you want to stay longer, take water and bathrobes with you. In some baths you can eat in there too, you can pay with the key thingies and pay with card when checking out.
Being naked is not so a big problem here in Germany, and especially in the part of the former GDR (eastern part). If you don't have this experience already as a kid then of course it can be a bit shameful (?) if you do it as a grown up. But when you get over this, you will find that it is no big deal. Being naked in the sauna is totallly different to wearing a bathing suit in the sauna, it feels way more freeing and relaxing. And don't get me wrong: you will see many naked body parts. But you will soon lose the interest in them. After penis or boob number 20 you will find that they technically all look the same (with small variaties, of course). It will be like looking at clothes (and we call wearing nothing wearing Adam or Eve costume here in Germany). Just give yourself a push and do it, you will most likely enjoy it!
Doctors also often have those changing rooms, where you go in on one side, lock the door from the inside, and enter the examination room through another door.
The nets are for people who want to put their stuff into them. Just an extra option to keep everything clean. Also, the changing rooms are before the locker to ensure that people get rid of their street clothes, ESPECIALLY their shoes before entering the locker area. Otherwise you would drag the street dirt with you. Here is an extra-shock: Aside from ladies nights, spas also sometimes have nude times...meaning you are getting nude in the whole wellness area, including the pools. I love this, because it saves you the hassle of having to put on the bathing suit everytime you go out of the sauna. The pools have different purposes. Some are for training, some are for relaxing, and they have different temperatures, too. If you actually make it into the sauna, you might discover an ice-cold dunking pool directly beside the sauna. Basically you first heat your body up in the sauna and then go ice cold.
We love thermal baths. And since we have a camper van and travel a lot with it, we like to visit other pools again and again. Last autumn we went to the thermal baths in Bad Windsheim. There is a salt lake there. Great for the skin. Like in the Dead Sea
Yeah that salt pool is great, but I had a surprise when opening the bag with the used bathrobe :) The now dried salt tripped literally out of it .... :)
Falls Ihr mit Eurem Camper je durch Freiburg im Breisgau kommt, probiert das Eugen Keidel Thermalbad aus! Das ist eins meiner Lieblingsbäder und ich bedauere sehr, nicht mehr dort in der Nähe zu wohnen.
Thank you 🙏. Really enjoyed the Vlogg and was informative. You both look sooooo relaxed. I’m an American and living in Germany (near Berlin) and have not had the spa experience, that is all around me. Your Vlogg has definitely inspired me to go and enjoy it. My Husband is German and he goes to the spa all the time ( except for the last 2 years, Covid). I’ll wait for Omicron to pass over us and then I’ll go to the spa, thanks to you! ♥️
Omicron will never pass over us^^ Then u can wait forever. Its not really comfortable to go to the Sauna/Therme in the summer, it has to be cold outside.
@@kaddy0306 I agrree, it will not "pass over us", but I think Loretta intended to say "when it gets controlable". And this it will some day. The whole Corona thing will become controlable in a certain sense.
7:36 the jets are used for a gentle massage - they are usually placed at different heights so that you can use one for your calf and ankle or along your spine or neck. At Sibyllenbad I have encountered a really strange rule: There is a queue to get to the jets and a kind of interval bell announces when everyone has to step right to the next one, it works similar to musical chairs. Mind you I've received stares as I obviously have not swapped onto the next one in time....
Hello you two that always depends on the test kit to the host used with Glungene test you can take a smear in the front area of the nose with the kit from roche you have to take a deep smear because they are differently sensitive .I know that because I work in a test center myself 😊
Ah. Bayreuth. We went there last year. I loved the small very cold Pool with the 36 Grad Celsius (96 F) Warm Pool right beside it... The cold one hurt a bit but the warm one felt like boiling hot afterwards... It really gets your system going :)
Perfect weather and time (in the video) to go to a thermal spa! I love the feeling of walking from the cold/rain outside into the warm/soothing inside of the spa. 😊 Did you have that (pleasant) feeling, too?
The two door Kabine I first met at the doctors when I had to have a heart check up the bench seat in many comes down and blocks the outside door from being opened Then you have your examination I like the system and the seat "lock"
So many of this places have some kind of mini waterfalls going on. They often are located somewhere around where the water jets are. You can stand under it and let the water pour on your shoulders. Then just relax and enjoy your massage ❤
before your next Trip to a Sauna I recommend a really fun video for you to watch from the Channel "Simple Gemany": German Sauna Explained [Do's and Dont's]
Falls es euch möglich sein sollte, unbedingt!!! die Sauna und Thermallandschaft Mediterana ausprobieren ( in der Nähe von Köln) und alleine für das Bad zwei Tage Besuch einplanen. Dann erlebt ihr nochmals einen riesigen positiven Schock versprochen😍🙋👍🏻 Köln ist ebenfalls eine interessante Stadt und ideal für einen Kurzurlaub.
Every swimming pool in Germany has those booths and lockers. The nets on the hangers are usually to put in your underware, socks, mittens, hats or scarfs.
I felt your tension all along with you ;)! Living as a German (now dual) in the US since almost 2 decades I had my experience (or let’s call it culture shock) as we moved with our than very young kids from Germany to the US:)! My youngest, 4 years old at the time, took swimming lessons and I changed him under a towel at the pool side! After I did that three days the instructor came pretty angry towards me and told me not to do it ever again, he is supposed to change in the locker room…..in the men’s locker room…..I told her, he is 4 years old and I won’t let him go, by himself, to change in the men’s locker room, while I am not allowed to go with him since I am a woman! She didn’t care…then there is no changing at all, because I was not allowed to change him in the women’s locker room, because he is a boy!!!!!! In Germany kids are allowed to run naked on the beach until they are 3-4 years old, nobody cares! Here it had been awkward for me in beginning that little girls wear a two piece swimsuit;) And now, after almost 2 decades living here in the US it is foreign for me when I visit Germany to see little kids very natural wearing no swimsuit in public;)! The same with homeless people camping and begging on streets (especially in big cities), drinking alcohol in public and seeing teenagers drinking alcohol! You see, we humans adapt (sometimes) easily! Acceptance and tolerance is key in life!
What an experience!! It’s fun to read about the changes and how something can feel so foreign, but then normal! Acceptance for the diversity really is most important.❤️
That is a weird reaction for the instructor to have, it is completely fine for you to take your young son with you into the women's changing room until the child is old enough to go themselves to the mens. My two boys aged 5 and 8 still come with me in the women's showers and changing room. If their father is with us then usually my eldest goes with him in the mens but he doesnt feel confident going by himself so its all fine. Noone has ever said anything and all the mums I know here with boys do the same. Sounds like you had bad luck with a bossy power man instructor. Though I do agree that you shouldn't be changing next to the pool, it is a safety hazard to wear regular clothing in the pool area, in case you fall in then it makes it difficult to swim. So that may have been what driven the original instruction to use the changing room, but as I said the women's is fine.
Since you don't live too far away you should really visit Therme Erding - the biggest spa / sauna in the world with other additional features like an Aquapark with slides. 28 different Saunas, tons of pools, and just amazing.
Just a fwe hundred meters away from that Spa is a really really cool sightseeing place :D The Bayreuther Eremitrage. Great for a walk and cool pictures :D Its a little like the English Gardens in Munich. Maybe something to check out as soon as the flowers are out. This time of the year it is not as colorful :D
So, you should have dedicated bathing shoes, which you don't war outside at all. Thermal bath are very relaxing places, I love one here which has a natural salt water source, because the salt water is very good for my skin. Also there are places called "Freizeitbad", which are more dedicated to fun and for kids. Well, a giant slide can be also much fun as an adult. We went there from time to time even when our daughter was very little. It made her very used to water - they here have e.g. also pools for kids which are only 10cm deep, but offer much to play for small kids, small slides etc. So maybe this kind of places is part of the answer to the question: How do gemrans cope with the winter? (Besides Christmas markets, lights...) :)
I like thermal spas. I live in the city here in Germany that was used as a spa already in Roman times! .... As soon as you realize that other people experience the same hesitancy when going into a sauna at first, it makes thinks much easier as well as the overall situation which is definitely not a sexual or judgmental setting, but a setting of relaxation!
I also had a shock when my hubby took to me to a FKK (Freikörperkultur - nudist culture) sauna in Germany the first time. However, now i love them! 🙂 BTW, if you have sandals for the sauna or swimming pool in Germany, you are not supposed to have worn them outside first. The point is like the German house slippers, you have outside shoes which get dirty and you remove them when going inside and put on your slippers so as not to take the outside germs and dirt inside. However in a wet area you need more flip flops or something that can handle the water, so most people have separate sandals or flip flops that they take specifically to the sauna with them. Also usually you are not allowed to have your bathing suit in the sauna or steam rooms, some Thermalbads do have two separate areas one for textiles and a non textile area. From a hygiene perspective you sweat into the fabric of your swimsuit which can cause bacteria or fungal growth, also then going into the water with a sweaty bathing suit afterwards is just gross (even if you shower, you have not washed your bathing suit just rinsed it). This is also why you need a big sauna towel to sit on, so the towel absorbs the sweat and not the wooden benches in the sauna. At the beginning I always took three towels, a one big sauna one to wrap around myself, a smaller one to rest my feet on, and then I left a regular towel in the locker to use later to dry myself after I showered to go home (the sauna one gets all sweaty). I was also really shy at first, but as I said you can always wrap a towel around yourself in the sauna. Though to be honest no one looks at anyone else. Its another cultural taboo to stare. It is a very freeing experience to enjoy the FKK (Freikörperkultur). Hope this helps 😀
These spas also serve another purpose: visiting a waterpark with your kids is fun and gives you a lot of action. But sometimes you simply want to relax and calm down, so you go to a thermal spa where you rarely see any children at all.
@@OurStorytoTell and once you went through this embarrassing first time encounter being nude among strangers you will immediately adapt to it and love this sauna experience. And you might ask yourself why on earth did i ever wear bathing suits in such an environment...
Those nets with the clothes hanger on top are for your smaller belongings that you may easily lose or be unable to hold in your hand at the same time: underpants, bra, socks, purse, watch, sweater, T-shirt....
Recommendation: Ahr-Therme at Neuenahr-Ahrweiler(near the Eifel). They use the mineral water of the Apollinaris Quelle (famous sparkling water from Germany). You can swim in the outdoor pool in winter in a bubbly warm water. Hopefully it will be open now after the flood of 2021...
On my last trip to Germany in 2017 we had a stay in Titisee-Neustadt Germany, and went to Badeparadies Scharzwald, it was bliss, no issues with having swimsuits on, the place had a 'textiles optional' section as well, funny story, we were at a our lodge and my roomie went to check out the sauna and walked in an a very nude older couple, she turned right around, LOL
That looked like so much fun!! Would love to experience it some day. My last covid test (Texas) reminded me of when I had to have a nasal/gastric tube inserted. It triggered flashbacks, so I can relate to the painful testing! Continue to enjoy all you can! Love living vicariously through yall!
Hi all, well done Tanner. As an all time traveller it wasnt really a challenge to find the locker. Sure you washed not only your feet first and were wearing Adiletten. Seems Risa is a Frostbeutel(funny german expression for those who are always freezing :-D ) but dont worry about. A sauna with the right temp and a good Aufguss feels always good. Informe yourself the right way to do and how often. A themal bath is always good for your skin. Once you have the chance to go into a genuine Hamam in Germany go for it. Its feels so good and the mud packs are so good for your skin you feel like newborn. For a lot of people in the former eastern part of Germany being nudist was very normal and so still a lot so called FKK strand areas you can find along the baltic sea.
@@OurStorytoTell Years and years ago I tried one genuine one, run by turkish people in Mannheim. Go for a sort of mud pack. The outcome is amazing for your skin.
Hope you had a good time. To be honest, i was suprised seeing you in the Lohengrin Therme (i live in Bayreuth and was there often :-)). I always thought you lived somewhere near the Eifel.
@@OurStorytoTell That's really not far away. I guess he works on the Military Base then? So maybe we see each other in Summer at a Football-Game in Bayreuth, if you two got homesickness for real sport ;-)
Don't know if these spouts had the same use as the ones in our pool, but ours were like self-massaging spots. So i you have aching/sore muscles after doing sport or just really stiff shoulders or such, you could hold them in front of the spout so the stream could hit the place that was hurting/cramping/stiff and maybe loosening it up with the warmth as well (of course you shouldn't do this, if you have an injury, which would make a massage contra productive) We had one that was at the right height, so you could stand in front of it and it would massage your lower back, or you could go down enough, so your shoulders are on water level and massage your shoulders. It can hurt at first if your muscles are really cramped/stiff, but you will get used to it soon. If you already were in pain before visiting the pool,the pain might get better, or even go away completely after that massage. (Like a headache that was caused due to a stiff neck) Of course it depends on what's causing it and if it is okay to put this amount of pressure onto it. (It won't help with a sprained ankle, for example) (sorry if I'm doing a bad job explaining it. I'm really tired today and English isn't my first language, so the wording might be a bit weird) Edit: Just saw it was explained earlier, but I guess I'll still leave it here xD Ps. I can't stand these steam rooms (even though it had a sign stating it was good for asthma), but I can't breathe at all in these, though the minute I could stand it, was really nice, though really hot as well xD (can't tolerate heat)
You could try German cakes for the next video - Black Forest cherry ( Schwarzwälder Kirch) - Bee sting ( Bienenstich) - Danube wave (Donauwelle) -Carrot cake ( Karottenkuchen) - Swiss rolls (Biskuitrollen)
man, need to go to a therme so bad ....since covid, such visits were so much rare for me....and yeah, the covid tests...it HAD to be done this way, if not, then u could just not do it. i am supposed to do one 2 times a week by myself as i am a male nurse, so u get used to it...
Hi you three, I want to recommend St. Peter Ording on the Northsea for a small Holiday Trip in summer. Ther is a kind of Saltwater Bar, where you can Drink Saltwater. Aaaand for you Fischlovers I absolutely recommend the small restaurant "Fisch und Meer" the Backfischbrötchen is Heaven! And the best in St. Peter Ording is the Beach it is huuuuge and god for a walk for hours.
7:23 I always thought that are massage spots. I always put my back against it and if feels very good, i guess you supposed to massage yourself with it.
There are two further thermal spas not that far from Bayreuth which i can recommend. The first is in Weißenstadt (new opened in 2016) and the Second is in Bad Steben. Both have a nice Sauna Area.
Actually, the US does have nude beaches across both coasts and Hawaii. Here's a few examples (of many) : Black's Beach (next to the famous Torrey Pines golf course), Red Rock Beach: Little Beach: Haulover Beach; Collins Beach, etc, etc. If you want a deep dive from a German before your next sauna trip, on the subtleties of German sauna culture and thermal spas - and what to do and not do in the sauna - Simple Germany has great videos covering both.
Thanks for the comment! Yes we are sure there are exceptions, but definitely not as common as in Europe. So much that we had no idea those existed. Cool to know 😊
😂 It does take a little getting used to for an American to go into a Sauna. In the meantime I do enjoy it and go several times a year. My family also likes to meet up at Wellness Hotels (Spa Hotels). Going to the sauna with your grown daughters is the next step. Unfortunately due to Covid, the steambaths are closed. I actually prefer those to the sauna and there is usually various options like various aromas, saline, etc.
3:09 I know !!!! - The official places here are not using the kind of supervised "home self-tests" - they are somehow different, kinds of professional tests. The usage of these commands scraping really seriously deep in your nose/throat, at least my doctor has told me. The home self-tests are designed for the front area of the nose and are far more pleasant. Therefore - I guess never expect a pleasant test in this country, at least I have never had one => ouch / autsch!
funny video :D i know this might have been suggested a lot - but when pandemic hopefully comes to an end, there are 2 must see things for you to experience in germany 1. visit the oktoberfest (which actually takes place in late september) 2. visit a classic german karneval (big karneval cities like köln, düsseldorf or mainz preferred)
You wouldn't catch me within a hundred miles of that spa, or any spa! I went to one once, in Bad Soden im Taunus and had to be driven home afterwards because I felt so lightheaded. A horrible experience, although it was very pleasant just lounging around in the warm (very warm) water. Later, my GP advised against any further sauna visits. But also, where you were, it all looked so very regimented with the cabins and locker rooms I thought, aha, Germany!
Try Therme Erding (two areas). But in the naked area you have to be naked - you can take the towel though. No one looks at you because you are naked as everyone is naked. And another part with slides (not naked!)
Very nice video! Here in Germany, it's also custom to greet strangers in the street with "Hallo Schatz, mach dich mal nackig!" It means "Hello dear, have a wonderful day". I thought maybe you'd like to make a reaction video, that would be lovely!
there are so many different structured and styled spa. impossible to say what goes for this one goes for all. There are some basic rules or things in common, but i was in Thermen i absolutely disliked and in Thermen i could go each day... the differences can be signifikant and you have to try different ones... but "real" sauna aerea is usually nude. I particularly loved the Kaisertherme in Bad Ischl, Austria and Mediterana in Bergisch Gladbach near Köln. Splendid ones.. usually sperate dressed and nude aereas. Even the dressed swimming aereas are beautifully done.. I love swimming outdoors in Begisch Gladbach in wintertime when it's snowing and the water was warm... it was a sportspool and afterwards inside dressed bubble bath aerea and you could switch into the sauna (nude) aerea. But yes nudity is not a big deal over here. Neither in the sauna nor on the beach (FKK aerea).
The sauna is one of the least sexualized places around, and also one of the few places where generations and genders meet in a completely relaxed way. I have been going there for many years and NEVER have I experienced any unpleasant observation. You can be young or old, fat or thin, no one cares. You sit together and sweat, hang out with your thoughts and the very last thing that matters is nudity. I would go so far as to say: here people simply meet in their natural state.
Sexual intercourse is not a good thing and it's bad for the world. It causes a lot of problems for our society. For example, sex ruins nudity since many people think that sex and nudity are always linked together. Because of sex, people always think nudity is sexual (when not all nudity is sexual). The concept of nudity in itself isn't sexual. Being naked is natural, while sex is not natural. The world would be a better place without sex.
Hey welcome to Deutschland! Hope you guys settled in well and enjoying it. Im from New Zealand living just 1hr east in the country from Munich and I love it here. If I could give one tip about going into a sauna it would be, if youre comfortable in your own skin, dont worry about anyone else, everyone there is there for the same reason as you :) Also some saunas can get quite crowded like some in Erding, Munich. Look forward to more vids, maybe one day will bump into you guys haha
Thank you! So cool you’re from New Zealand? What part? We did a 3 week road trip around both islands and absolutely fell in love with that country. ❤️ Happy you love Germany so much though! It’s so great living here.
@@OurStorytoTell Awesome! Hope you guys made the most of the roadie. Before I left I was living in Auckland but also have a home in the country side between hamilton and taupo. I definitely love living here in Germany. Do you guys do many trips around bayern?
funny that you mention Iceland. I remember encountering a group of obnoxious US college kids at the Blue Lagoon. First they were challenging each other to shower naked. It is just the rule not a fun challenge to brag about or skip if you are ignorant. People were annoyed and were shaking their heads. The leader of the group posed comically and bragged loudly "I will do it... I will do it" in the end they all sneaked past the shower area not taking a shower at all! Many Americans I have met over the time tend to point out their personal hygiene, but when it is really important they just skip it just because they are afraid of "cooties" or being turned gay or whatever a college kid is afraid about
@@OurStorytoTell I hope most cooperate, Iceland makes sure to get the message across I have even seen informational posters about the importance of showering naked outside of swimming facilities and spas. Nobody can claim they were uninformed ^^
OMG 😭😭😭😭 I’m so jealous!!! This is one of the many things I miss, not living in Germany. I loved going to the Therme and Sauna… especially in winter. You may want to get designated slides or flip flops that you only use when you go to the Therme/Sauna/Pool. Street shoes are usually not allowed inside.
The sauna area in the Lohengrin Therme is really nice. Try it next time. The funny thing with the net you can put your clothes on. And hang it in the locker.
Regarding the CoVID test. I feel ya guys. I’m extremely sensitive in the nose and I often have allergic or hay fever where I can’t even look out of my eyes. Those COVID tests are brutal for me and I have to sneeze for several minutes afterwards. sometimes I bleed of the nose slightly. But the tests are worthless if you just tickle the front of the nose. You need to get into the back wall of the nose for the test to be accurate
There are plenty of different tests, thus it depends to which test center you go. The first test I did was far up the nose, the other ones only basically in the front of the nose and one was just in the mouth (along the left cheek, right cheek and under the tongue). Thus it really depends on what specific test they use.
You must go to the sauna next time and experience the different kind of saunas and thereafter always the cold water shower or pool. If you do that for a few hours you feel tired after that but also like newly born! Try it!
Those hangers are clearly nifty German engineering at its best! Haha, no honestly though, they are quite useful in spas and pools to keep tops, shirts, socks etc safe to hang up because with wet floors you don’t want something to slip off a hanger that usually don’t go on a regular hanger and land in a puddle.
I am German and I HATE Sauna because I have to go naked. I don't care if you call me prude, I don't wanna see naked people and I don't want people to see me naked. No thank you
That's something different?! I am German and have played Soccer for all my life. Of course I go showering with my team mates. But I don't go in the sauna naked with foreigners, eew
i feel most of the hang-ups with nudity in the US has to do with body shaming; i have heard so many harsh comments made from an early age (some of which was directed to me) that it is "in grain" into your thought process that it makes it practically impossible to overcome, although i am trying
This is a clothes hanger that you can hang your laundry on. The socks and small parts can be put into the net. Just behave like the others, if everyone is naked then only dressed people will attract attention. Just imagine a Colonel General with many medals and awards, in the Saua you will not remember his title.
When I was 13 my family spent two weeks in Germany over the summer. We flew there and back using air force "space available" on air force planes ($10 per person for military and family, and you wait around until a plane going where you want to go has space available) we stayed in cheaper gasthaus and small independent hotels to save money. My dad was on a tight army officer salary in the 1980s. On our way home we had to wait a day and a half for our turn on a plane heading back to Dover afb. My parents decided to splurge on our last night, so we got a couple rooms at a nicer hotel in Darmstadt that had an indoor swimming pool. I went into the mens locker room, got undressed, showered, put on a towel and stepped into the sauna. Then I noticed another door. And there were *_naked ladies_* and *_naked men_* laying and sitting all around the sauna benches. Some had towels covering them, others were laying on their towels instead. It was a shock for a moment since I had no idea and wasn't expecting it. But I didn't freak out. Kept my towel own, though.
5:59 oh no => I understand you think there are just honest persons in Germany, but believe me: it is n o t true. There are many cases when valuables were stolen out of the locker in spas or sports clubs, they have usually very limited liability provisions for the locker area. It looks sturdy, but it is not. In general, all spas have separate little lockers for your valuables: wallet, phone, camera, keys, especially the car key(!) should go in there. They are not really kind of comparable to a "safe", but placed next to a person in attendance or monitored by a camera.
As an old retired german I liked to watch your videos on youtube. But this time I really have to comment myself. Americans are known for to be pretty prudish, but that you young people pick up the theme with Sauna in Germany, really surprises me. I expected you to be more natural. And to call it a ‚shock‘ makes me just feeling sorry about you. What is the enhancement / augmentation of shock for americans ? I wonder for example how do you name nature catastrophes…. also a shock? You put themes on a level undeserved. Anyhow, take care 🙋
Hahaha...so funny. I'm planning having a sauna day this saturday. Although sauna is best on a freezing, cloudy winter day, the weather forecast expects 8 hours of sun and a clear day...not half bad for outdoor sauna experiences. Your place of choice looks awesome, did you grap some of the "feel-good-literature"...? ;-) So sad you couldn't make your first sauna experience together. "Ladys day" are regulary shedulded in every spa... just for shy women who are afraid (and scared) by males looks at them. That might/should've helped Rissa to get out of her comfort zone.
Hallo Superfamilie! Cooles Video😂für viele Ausländer ist es unvorstellbar nackt in eine Sauna zu gehen ! Hier in Deutschland gehört es zum Alltag ! Es stört sich einfach keiner daran 😁auch im Sommer gibt es extra FKK Strände ,und selbst im Stadtpark sind im Sommer viele Frauen oben ohne ! Aber daran gewöhnt ihr euch auch noch und seit um eine Erfahrung reicher 🤗🤗Ich denke wenn ihr in den USA davon berichtet werden viele nur den Kopf Schütteln! Aber wie heißt es so schön andere Länder andere Sitten 🤣
Also ich bin Deutscher und schüttele darüber auch den Kopf. Der nackte Körper ist Privatsache und gehört meiner Meinung nach nicht in den öffentlichen Raum. Zwar mag das in Deutschland mehr verbreitet sein als in den USA oder anderswo, heißt aber noch lange nicht, dass alle die hier wohnen das als "normal" bzw. selbstverständlich empfinden.
Jau. Ist halt Natur. Sollte aber jedem selbst überlassen sein. Mir ist das auch egal, ich hab da kein Problem mit. Nackt in der Sauna kenn ich gar nicht anders. Meine Frau ist aber wiederum der totale Klemmi (Verklemmt) und würde nie in die Sauna gehen. Wir haben aber beide kein Problem, wenn jemand im Stadtpark oder am Strand blank zieht. Wir sind ja hier nicht in Prüdistan...
I like your Videos! Its really interesting to see "the german way of life" out of a strangers view. 😁 There are so many Thermen in germany. I live in the West of germany and if you want to try something special Look for Mediterana in Bergisch Gladbach! In my opinion on of the best in whole germany 😊
ehrlich gesagt mag ich das auch nicht, dass man in Saunas etc komplett unbekleidet geht. Mach ich ja in privater Sauna und mit Verwandten auch, aber ansonsten muss das echt nicht sein. Ist man deshalb gleich prüde?
That is not the only thing people from the states dont know. All what is going on in the rest of the world and what is typical for other coutries and cultures there is an incredible ignorance in the States.
This setup with the lockers behind the changing rooms is very common. They want you to keep the "street dress" and "street shoes" out of the inner "cleaner" zone. Usually you change shoes in the locker room. and the hangers have the net for"small stuff" that can not be put on a hanger (like watches, purses, socks or underwear)
Those different pools usually do serve different purposes. The warmer ones are often also used for under water fitness classes/water gymnastics and the water spouts/jets in the walls are for massage purposes. So you hang on to the rails while your back gets a nice treatment for instance. Places that have salt water pools often also do have different salt concentrations in addition to temperatures, so you might find yourself in a dimly lit grotto like pool with a salt content like the dead sea, floating effordlessly in 40°C warm water and ambiant sounds. Heavenly!
I do my underwear, socks, t-Shirt and Trousers in the little net. And my jacket goes over the top. That’s when you have all your stuff at once.
I think the lockers suit the process: you come in, you change, you put your stuff in the locker, you shower of the „outside smug“ an then you go in the bath….I like it.
Im not a Sauna-Type. I can’t stand the wet heat. It’s not for everyone. :-)
@@ludwigsonline3499 '
"you shower of the „outside smug“ "
What does that mean?
As a german I can confirm that it's super weird to film in spas/pools. For me it's a culture shock that people take phones/cameras there.
They didn't film any other people... so it is perfectly fine...
@@AndreUtrecht Thats true, but it makes many people unconfortable if a camara is around. They don't know if they will be filmed or not.
@@nichan7674 i agree wuth you
@@AndreUtrecht but others might have seen it and felt uncomfortable, disturbed - it‘s a no go !
@@nichan7674they brought a camera with them to give reviews on it. It’s not normal in a lot of countries to be butt ass naked amongst strangers so it’s a deserved review. Get over it.
Going into a sauna with clothes on is a no go here. The sauna initially has its origin in Finland. My husband is half Finnish and he has relatives in Finland. Of course they go in naked. They even wash and shower in the sauna, sometimes they don’t even have another bathroom. Babies are born in the sauna because it’s the cleanest room ( of course not heated too warm, lol) . Every house or apartment has a sauna there...I thought it was weird when I went to the sauna in the US and everyone was wearing their swimming suit ..my husband couldn’t believe it, he said it is not hygienic
This is such an interesting comment! Thanks for sharing- we love learning about it. 😊 Such a big difference from where we grew up in America.
Totally agree! Same in my country. I feel it is gross going into a sauna with wet bathing suits.
Big No Gos for Saunas are swimsuit, no towel to sit on and jumping in the pool without a cold shower first.
Yes, the Sauna came from Finnland.But they had mostly Family Saunas.
They had Saunas in the City, that are only for Mens ore Womens.
I personal had no Problem with that,but you can have an Medic Problem
or an Cosmetic Problem that other People find ugly or simply dont needed to
look at.If you are a Nudist you dont get tatoos all over you Body or piercings
in you genitals.Some type of that, you dont must shown or needed to watch
by Strangers.The Heat will desinfect all your Sweat.But dont go drunk into the Sauna,it feels like your Head will explode.
@@kallejodelbauer2955 I don't get your comment. I am often in the sauna (naked of course), but I never looked at other people's body and others never looked at mine (I am sure I would have noticed). And honestly, it doesn't matter at all how you look like. I simply don't care and no one does. Just enjoy the sauna
Wow, what a nice spa. Thanks for sharing this video. It looked like from the video, that the pool areas were really large and spacious.
That really shocked me too when we went to a Thermal “Bad” for the first time in Germany (and still shocks me now). There’s just so much going on, and the buildings themselves are designed so beautifully. Even the ones that are more kid friendly are just so cool. I think of all the paid public pools I’ve ever been to in the US and they just don’t compare.
But what was so shocking about it? It seemed to have been a wonderful experience! If American public pools can't compare, how are they? I've never been to the US....
Some thermal places here in germany also offer different pools like iron,sulfur,magnesium pools etc and regular saunas,fog sauna and infrared sauna. Sure its a little more pricy but i rather pay 15 euros more and feel like im born again afterwards instead of struggleing with all that chlorine damage on my skin 😅
I'm happy to hear you're trying out one of the best features for relaxation Germany has to offer! (At least in my eyes *g* ) Hopefully your next time including going to the sauna will be lovely as well. I can strongly recommend going to a thermal spa with salt water, as it's even more beneficial and relaxing.
Let me tell you a sideline information: In the cold northern parts of Europe, in Finland for example, the people have their (naked) sauna culture almost in their private homes - and it mostly consists of three (!) sequenced ambiences: a) Sauna room, b) Cooling bath-, showers-, basins to dip-in-room, and: (most important!) c) the resting room with big sofas, a lot of hot sausages with mustard (to fill up the salt loss during sweating) and a large fridge with a lot of cool beer. Here the social event itself and the communication thereby is a main theme. . .
Sooo cool! Seriously love how common it is. Sounds so relaxing!
@@OurStorytoTell Not only in Finland/Scandinavia, though. I'm from West Germany and grew up with saunas in both my grandparents' houses as well my parents house, and going to the sauna at home once a week was a given. Going naked is a given, too - I not only knew all my family but also family friends naked from the sauna from my childhood on. It's just not an issue when you're used to it, and the big upside always was that in such a culture, there's no staring, and much, much less body shaming of any kind than in the mainstream culture. (This is not a mainstream culture part of Germany, rather a minority, partly linked to the FFK movement if you've heard about that before.)
We have one ourself now, too. We also love to go to the thermal baths but not doing sauna there, rather enjoy the thermal waters, massage jets and general relaxation of the place.
@@Triskilia In Germany it is common in houses of wealthy people, but in Finland the vast majority of houses have a sauna.
@@HolgerJakobs @Holger Jakobs That's not what I know and have experienced. My family isn't wealthy but middle class, my grandparents were working and lower middle class, whereas most wealthy people I came across did not have a sauna although some did have indoor pools and/or jacuzzis. And yes, as I said, it is not a mainstream occurence like in Finland.
Well done for trying something that may be outside your comfort zone. This is what life is all about!
The Therme Erding north of Munich is huge (supposedly the largest of the world), might be interesting to check it out one day.
True, and the waterslides (if thats the right Word 😁) have realy warm water!
We will definitely go and visit sometime! 😊
Those in Bad Füssing are great. Bad Rothenfelde also has a very good one.
And it's a myth that you will swim in Erdinger Weißbier there. But perhaps they have a Bieraufguss at the sauna.
@@OurStorytoTell I can highly recommend Spa Erding or its sister spa the Spa Bad Wörishofen, especially the sauna area. There are lots of different themed saunas with all kinds designs, temperatures and scents. Bad Wörishofen for example has a bread sauna, a roman sauna, a oriental sauna, a japanese sauna, a finnish sauna, a herbal sauna, a mineshaft sauna (95°C!), and more.
I ( from the Netherlands) feel very strange when I have to be in a spa WITH bathingsuit on!! I hate it when I am in a hotel or spa in a different country and you have to wear a bathing suit. I think that is very unsanitary when you sit in a sauna with your wet suit on the wooden seats. Since ages sauna is nude. You shower well before you enter.
It is so interesting to hear the differences! Makes sense!
For me the same. It's wired to go with textil
to SPA or even worse to Sauna.
It is so nice to travel around and experience culture shocks. It is the best way to look at your own culture, your own judgements and to question them. Nudity, healthcare, private wapons, public transport, hospitality etc etc. Many things that can be different then in your own country and we take it for granted as a normal standard as long as we stay home. Every single human beeing should be able to travel and dwell for a while in a different country. We would have less wars and conflicts and we would improve our own culture when we would go back home.
The nets are for your clothes
The outdoor jets are for getting a massage
If you want to stay longer, take water and bathrobes with you. In some baths you can eat in there too, you can pay with the key thingies and pay with card when checking out.
Glad you found the courage to try it :) I love the Spa to get a break from the busy world outside.... thx for sharing your experience :)
Being naked is not so a big problem here in Germany, and especially in the part of the former GDR (eastern part). If you don't have this experience already as a kid then of course it can be a bit shameful (?) if you do it as a grown up. But when you get over this, you will find that it is no big deal. Being naked in the sauna is totallly different to wearing a bathing suit in the sauna, it feels way more freeing and relaxing. And don't get me wrong: you will see many naked body parts. But you will soon lose the interest in them. After penis or boob number 20 you will find that they technically all look the same (with small variaties, of course). It will be like looking at clothes (and we call wearing nothing wearing Adam or Eve costume here in Germany). Just give yourself a push and do it, you will most likely enjoy it!
Doctors also often have those changing rooms, where you go in on one side, lock the door from the inside, and enter the examination room through another door.
Really? We had no clue. Thanks for sharing!
The nets are for people who want to put their stuff into them. Just an extra option to keep everything clean. Also, the changing rooms are before the locker to ensure that people get rid of their street clothes, ESPECIALLY their shoes before entering the locker area. Otherwise you would drag the street dirt with you.
Here is an extra-shock: Aside from ladies nights, spas also sometimes have nude times...meaning you are getting nude in the whole wellness area, including the pools. I love this, because it saves you the hassle of having to put on the bathing suit everytime you go out of the sauna.
The pools have different purposes. Some are for training, some are for relaxing, and they have different temperatures, too. If you actually make it into the sauna, you might discover an ice-cold dunking pool directly beside the sauna. Basically you first heat your body up in the sauna and then go ice cold.
We love thermal baths. And since we have a camper van and travel a lot with it, we like to visit other pools again and again. Last autumn we went to the thermal baths in Bad Windsheim. There is a salt lake there. Great for the skin. Like in the Dead Sea
Okay you guys are so cool having a camper van & traveling around! We hope to be able to do that sometime 😊
Yeah that salt pool is great, but I had a surprise when opening the bag with the used bathrobe :)
The now dried salt tripped literally out of it .... :)
Falls Ihr mit Eurem Camper je durch Freiburg im Breisgau kommt, probiert das Eugen Keidel Thermalbad aus! Das ist eins meiner Lieblingsbäder und ich bedauere sehr, nicht mehr dort in der Nähe zu wohnen.
Thank you 🙏. Really enjoyed the Vlogg and was informative. You both look sooooo relaxed. I’m an American and living in Germany (near Berlin) and have not had the spa experience, that is all around me. Your Vlogg has definitely inspired me to go and enjoy it. My Husband is German and he goes to the spa all the time ( except for the last 2 years, Covid). I’ll wait for Omicron to pass over us and then I’ll go to the spa, thanks to you! ♥️
Omicron will never pass over us^^ Then u can wait forever. Its not really comfortable to go to the Sauna/Therme in the summer, it has to be cold outside.
@@kaddy0306 I agrree, it will not "pass over us", but I think Loretta intended to say "when it gets controlable". And this it will some day. The whole Corona thing will become controlable in a certain sense.
7:36 the jets are used for a gentle massage - they are usually placed at different heights so that you can use one for your calf and ankle or along your spine or neck.
At Sibyllenbad I have encountered a really strange rule: There is a queue to get to the jets and a kind of interval bell announces when everyone has to step right to the next one, it works similar to musical chairs. Mind you I've received stares as I obviously have not swapped onto the next one in time....
haha same as in Eugen Keidel Bad, (Freiburg i.Brsg.)! There is a three tone bell ringing when it is time to swap over to the next jet.
Hello you two that always depends on the test kit to the host used with Glungene test you can take a smear in the front area of the nose with the kit from roche you have to take a deep smear because they are differently sensitive .I know that because I work in a test center myself 😊
Ah. Bayreuth. We went there last year. I loved the small very cold Pool with the 36 Grad Celsius (96 F) Warm Pool right beside it... The cold one hurt a bit but the warm one felt like boiling hot afterwards... It really gets your system going :)
Perfect weather and time (in the video) to go to a thermal spa! I love the feeling of walking from the cold/rain outside into the warm/soothing inside of the spa. 😊 Did you have that (pleasant) feeling, too?
Went to bali therme yesterday. Loved the iron bath and infrared sauna
That sounds amazing!!
The two door Kabine
I first met at the doctors
when I had to have a heart check up
the bench seat in many comes down
and blocks the outside door from being opened
Then you have your examination
I like the system and the seat "lock"
So many of this places have some kind of mini waterfalls going on. They often are located somewhere around where the water jets are. You can stand under it and let the water pour on your shoulders. Then just relax and enjoy your massage ❤
Ahh sounds amazing! ❤️
before your next Trip to a Sauna I recommend a really fun video for you to watch from the Channel "Simple Gemany": German Sauna Explained [Do's and Dont's]
Falls es euch möglich sein sollte, unbedingt!!! die Sauna und Thermallandschaft Mediterana ausprobieren ( in der Nähe von Köln) und alleine für das Bad zwei Tage Besuch einplanen. Dann erlebt ihr nochmals einen riesigen positiven Schock versprochen😍🙋👍🏻 Köln ist ebenfalls eine interessante Stadt und ideal für einen Kurzurlaub.
Its so cool to see what is actually shocking for americans in Germany. I love that you really want to experience it all. :)
We do! 😊 Thanks for watching us try everything!
Every swimming pool in Germany has those booths and lockers. The nets on the hangers are usually to put in your underware, socks, mittens, hats or scarfs.
I felt your tension all along with you ;)!
Living as a German (now dual) in the US since almost 2 decades I had my experience (or let’s call it culture shock) as we moved with our than very young kids from Germany to the US:)! My youngest, 4 years old at the time, took swimming lessons and I changed him under a towel at the pool side! After I did that three days the instructor came pretty angry towards me and told me not to do it ever again, he is supposed to change in the locker room…..in the men’s locker room…..I told her, he is 4 years old and I won’t let him go, by himself, to change in the men’s locker room, while I am not allowed to go with him since I am a woman! She didn’t care…then there is no changing at all, because I was not allowed to change him in the women’s locker room, because he is a boy!!!!!!
In Germany kids are allowed to run naked on the beach until they are 3-4 years old, nobody cares! Here it had been awkward for me in beginning that little girls wear a two piece swimsuit;)
And now, after almost 2 decades living here in the US it is foreign for me when I visit Germany to see little kids very natural wearing no swimsuit in public;)!
The same with homeless people camping and begging on streets (especially in big cities), drinking alcohol in public and seeing teenagers drinking alcohol!
You see, we humans adapt (sometimes) easily! Acceptance and tolerance is key in life!
What an experience!! It’s fun to read about the changes and how something can feel so foreign, but then normal! Acceptance for the diversity really is most important.❤️
That is a weird reaction for the instructor to have, it is completely fine for you to take your young son with you into the women's changing room until the child is old enough to go themselves to the mens. My two boys aged 5 and 8 still come with me in the women's showers and changing room. If their father is with us then usually my eldest goes with him in the mens but he doesnt feel confident going by himself so its all fine. Noone has ever said anything and all the mums I know here with boys do the same. Sounds like you had bad luck with a bossy power man instructor.
Though I do agree that you shouldn't be changing next to the pool, it is a safety hazard to wear regular clothing in the pool area, in case you fall in then it makes it difficult to swim. So that may have been what driven the original instruction to use the changing room, but as I said the women's is fine.
Since you don't live too far away you should really visit Therme Erding - the biggest spa / sauna in the world with other additional features like an Aquapark with slides.
28 different Saunas, tons of pools, and just amazing.
Just a fwe hundred meters away from that Spa is a really really cool sightseeing place :D The Bayreuther Eremitrage. Great for a walk and cool pictures :D Its a little like the English Gardens in Munich. Maybe something to check out as soon as the flowers are out. This time of the year it is not as colorful :D
Going to have to check it out. Thanks for the tip 😊
So, if I brought a pair of rubber Birkenstocks or water shoes with me, would those be allowed in the sauna and whirlpool areas?
Yes! :)
Interesting video. Thank you for sharing your experiences
So, you should have dedicated bathing shoes, which you don't war outside at all. Thermal bath are very relaxing places, I love one here which has a natural salt water source, because the salt water is very good for my skin. Also there are places called "Freizeitbad", which are more dedicated to fun and for kids. Well, a giant slide can be also much fun as an adult. We went there from time to time even when our daughter was very little. It made her very used to water - they here have e.g. also pools for kids which are only 10cm deep, but offer much to play for small kids, small slides etc.
So maybe this kind of places is part of the answer to the question: How do gemrans cope with the winter? (Besides Christmas markets, lights...) :)
Okay that sounds so fun! Seriously we already want to go back!! An amazing way to destress and warm up 😊
I like thermal spas. I live in the city here in Germany that was used as a spa already in Roman times! .... As soon as you realize that other people experience the same hesitancy when going into a sauna at first, it makes thinks much easier as well as the overall situation which is definitely not a sexual or judgmental setting, but a setting of relaxation!
I also had a shock when my hubby took to me to a FKK (Freikörperkultur - nudist culture) sauna in Germany the first time. However, now i love them! 🙂
BTW, if you have sandals for the sauna or swimming pool in Germany, you are not supposed to have worn them outside first. The point is like the German house slippers, you have outside shoes which get dirty and you remove them when going inside and put on your slippers so as not to take the outside germs and dirt inside. However in a wet area you need more flip flops or something that can handle the water, so most people have separate sandals or flip flops that they take specifically to the sauna with them.
Also usually you are not allowed to have your bathing suit in the sauna or steam rooms, some Thermalbads do have two separate areas one for textiles and a non textile area. From a hygiene perspective you sweat into the fabric of your swimsuit which can cause bacteria or fungal growth, also then going into the water with a sweaty bathing suit afterwards is just gross (even if you shower, you have not washed your bathing suit just rinsed it).
This is also why you need a big sauna towel to sit on, so the towel absorbs the sweat and not the wooden benches in the sauna. At the beginning I always took three towels, a one big sauna one to wrap around myself, a smaller one to rest my feet on, and then I left a regular towel in the locker to use later to dry myself after I showered to go home (the sauna one gets all sweaty). I was also really shy at first, but as I said you can always wrap a towel around yourself in the sauna. Though to be honest no one looks at anyone else. Its another cultural taboo to stare.
It is a very freeing experience to enjoy the FKK (Freikörperkultur). Hope this helps 😀
These spas also serve another purpose: visiting a waterpark with your kids is fun and gives you a lot of action. But sometimes you simply want to relax and calm down, so you go to a thermal spa where you rarely see any children at all.
Oh yes, i need to go there more often. Thanks for the reminder !
These hangers are quite handy once you learned how to use them...
Be asured Risa and Tanner, we Germans feel the same as you did when we go to the sauna for the first time. 😉
Good to know, good to know 😊
@@OurStorytoTell and once you went through this embarrassing first time encounter being nude among strangers you will immediately adapt to it and love this sauna experience. And you might ask yourself why on earth did i ever wear bathing suits in such an environment...
Those nets with the clothes hanger on top are for your smaller belongings that you may easily lose or be unable to hold in your hand at the same time: underpants, bra, socks, purse, watch, sweater, T-shirt....
Its a little vacation just a time out from alldays life...I miss it sooo much...love to do it again...someday...I hope
We hope you can too!
Recommendation: Ahr-Therme at Neuenahr-Ahrweiler(near the Eifel). They use the mineral water of the Apollinaris Quelle (famous sparkling water from Germany). You can swim in the outdoor pool in winter in a bubbly warm water. Hopefully it will be open now after the flood of 2021...
Ahr Therme actually was a nice place. Unfortunately closed because of the flood. Not sure when the open again!
@@howdy71 keep fingers crossed 😨
This sounds so cool! Wow 😍 Fingers cross they open up soon!
Ahr Therme were hitten badly by the flood. The building is destroyed.
On my last trip to Germany in 2017 we had a stay in Titisee-Neustadt Germany, and went to Badeparadies Scharzwald, it was bliss, no issues with having swimsuits on, the place had a 'textiles optional' section as well, funny story, we were at a our lodge and my roomie went to check out the sauna and walked in an a very nude older couple, she turned right around, LOL
That looked like so much fun!! Would love to experience it some day. My last covid test (Texas) reminded me of when I had to have a nasal/gastric tube inserted. It triggered flashbacks, so I can relate to the painful testing! Continue to enjoy all you can! Love living vicariously through yall!
Thank you guys! It was a fun adventure. 😊 Bummer to hear yours was that painful-Yikes! All of the ones we had in the states were barely a tickle.
Telling jokes (Witze) is big fun in sauna, especially after the water is poured over the ofen (Aufguß).
Thank you two❤️
Thanks for watching!
Hi all, well done Tanner. As an all time traveller it wasnt really a challenge to find the locker. Sure you washed not only your feet first and were wearing Adiletten. Seems Risa is a Frostbeutel(funny german expression for those who are always freezing :-D ) but dont worry about. A sauna with the right temp and a good Aufguss feels always good. Informe yourself the right way to do and how often. A themal bath is always good for your skin. Once you have the chance to go into a genuine Hamam in Germany go for it. Its feels so good and the mud packs are so good for your skin you feel like newborn. For a lot of people in the former eastern part of Germany being nudist was very normal and so still a lot so called FKK strand areas you can find along the baltic sea.
Ah the Hamam sounds amazing!! Thanks for your comment 😊
@@OurStorytoTell Years and years ago I tried one genuine one, run by turkish people in Mannheim. Go for a sort of mud pack. The outcome is amazing for your skin.
Love the video 😁👍.
Hope you had a good time. To be honest, i was suprised seeing you in the Lohengrin Therme (i live in Bayreuth and was there often :-)). I always thought you lived somewhere near the Eifel.
Oh really? That’s a fun surprise for you then 😊 Tanner works in Grafenwohr.
@@OurStorytoTell That's really not far away. I guess he works on the Military Base then?
So maybe we see each other in Summer at a Football-Game in Bayreuth, if you two got homesickness for real sport ;-)
I had a lot of tests taken here in Germany and never had a bad experience !
Being there at night was interesting. Great video, thanks for doing this. I'm envious!
hey, if you like "Thermen" and wanna visit some really cool "thermen" i suggest you the "therme Erding" near munich an the "Palm Beach" in Nürnberg.
Thank you! 😊
Don't know if these spouts had the same use as the ones in our pool, but ours were like self-massaging spots.
So i you have aching/sore muscles after doing sport or just really stiff shoulders or such, you could hold them in front of the spout so the stream could hit the place that was hurting/cramping/stiff and maybe loosening it up with the warmth as well (of course you shouldn't do this, if you have an injury, which would make a massage contra productive)
We had one that was at the right height, so you could stand in front of it and it would massage your lower back, or you could go down enough, so your shoulders are on water level and massage your shoulders.
It can hurt at first if your muscles are really cramped/stiff, but you will get used to it soon. If you already were in pain before visiting the pool,the pain might get better, or even go away completely after that massage. (Like a headache that was caused due to a stiff neck) Of course it depends on what's causing it and if it is okay to put this amount of pressure onto it. (It won't help with a sprained ankle, for example)
(sorry if I'm doing a bad job explaining it. I'm really tired today and English isn't my first language, so the wording might be a bit weird)
Edit: Just saw it was explained earlier, but I guess I'll still leave it here xD
Ps. I can't stand these steam rooms (even though it had a sign stating it was good for asthma), but I can't breathe at all in these, though the minute I could stand it, was really nice, though really hot as well xD (can't tolerate heat)
Its quite fun to watch this as a german
We’re happy to hear it!
You could try German cakes for the next video
- Black Forest cherry ( Schwarzwälder Kirch)
- Bee sting ( Bienenstich)
- Danube wave (Donauwelle)
-Carrot cake ( Karottenkuchen)
- Swiss rolls (Biskuitrollen)
Great idea! Thanks 😊
man, need to go to a therme so bad ....since covid, such visits were so much rare for me....and yeah, the covid tests...it HAD to be done this way, if not, then u could just not do it. i am supposed to do one 2 times a week by myself as i am a male nurse, so u get used to it...
Hi you three, I want to recommend St. Peter Ording on the Northsea for a small Holiday Trip in summer. Ther is a kind of Saltwater Bar, where you can Drink Saltwater. Aaaand for you Fischlovers I absolutely recommend the small restaurant "Fisch und Meer" the Backfischbrötchen is Heaven! And the best in St. Peter Ording is the Beach it is huuuuge and god for a walk for hours.
7:23 I always thought that are massage spots. I always put my back against it and if feels very good, i guess you supposed to massage yourself with it.
Makes sense to us!
0:04 Where in America did you used to live ? Argentina ? Guatemala ? Canada ?
There are two further thermal spas not that far from Bayreuth which i can recommend. The first is in Weißenstadt (new opened in 2016) and the Second is in Bad Steben. Both have a nice Sauna Area.
Actually, the US does have nude beaches across both coasts and Hawaii. Here's a few examples (of many) : Black's Beach (next to the famous Torrey Pines golf course), Red Rock Beach: Little Beach: Haulover Beach; Collins Beach, etc, etc.
If you want a deep dive from a German before your next sauna trip, on the subtleties of German sauna culture and thermal spas - and what to do and not do in the sauna - Simple Germany has great videos covering both.
Thanks for the comment! Yes we are sure there are exceptions, but definitely not as common as in Europe. So much that we had no idea those existed. Cool to know 😊
Es ist sehr schockierend, dass Ihr ein Smartphone in die Therme mitnehmt. Willkommen in Deutschland und immer locker bleiben 😉
Ja ! Sauna ist ein Ding of PRIVACY! , guess they did‘nt get that…
😂 It does take a little getting used to for an American to go into a Sauna. In the meantime I do enjoy it and go several times a year. My family also likes to meet up at Wellness Hotels (Spa Hotels). Going to the sauna with your grown daughters is the next step. Unfortunately due to Covid, the steambaths are closed. I actually prefer those to the sauna and there is usually various options like various aromas, saline, etc.
That is such a strange thought honestly to go with family & be nude… Not sure we could do it, but love the fact it’s more normal to others!
3:09 I know !!!! - The official places here are not using the kind of supervised "home self-tests" - they are somehow different, kinds of professional tests. The usage of these commands scraping really seriously deep in your nose/throat, at least my doctor has told me.
The home self-tests are designed for the front area of the nose and are far more pleasant. Therefore - I guess never expect a pleasant test in this country, at least I have never had one => ouch / autsch!
You Guys looking very relaxed After Sauna
We were! 😊
funny video :D
i know this might have been suggested a lot - but when pandemic hopefully comes to an end, there are 2 must see things for you to experience in germany
1. visit the oktoberfest (which actually takes place in late september)
2. visit a classic german karneval (big karneval cities like köln, düsseldorf or mainz preferred)
Thanks for the suggestions! They’re on our bucketlist 😊
That's something which many locals avoid. I try to leave the city during carnival or stay home at least.
You wouldn't catch me within a hundred miles of that spa, or any spa! I went to one once, in Bad Soden im Taunus and had to be driven home afterwards because I felt so lightheaded. A horrible experience, although it was very pleasant just lounging around in the warm (very warm) water. Later, my GP advised against any further sauna visits. But also, where you were, it all looked so very regimented with the cabins and locker rooms I thought, aha, Germany!
Try Therme Erding (two areas). But in the naked area you have to be naked - you can take the towel though. No one looks at you because you are naked as everyone is naked. And another part with slides (not naked!)
4:54 cofuses me everytime🤣🤣🤣
Very nice video! Here in Germany, it's also custom to greet strangers in the street with "Hallo Schatz, mach dich mal nackig!" It means "Hello dear, have a wonderful day". I thought maybe you'd like to make a reaction video, that would be lovely!
Such a fun idea! Thanks 😊
there are so many different structured and styled spa. impossible to say what goes for this one goes for all. There are some basic rules or things in common, but i was in Thermen i absolutely disliked and in Thermen i could go each day... the differences can be signifikant and you have to try different ones... but "real" sauna aerea is usually nude. I particularly loved the Kaisertherme in Bad Ischl, Austria and Mediterana in Bergisch Gladbach near Köln. Splendid ones.. usually sperate dressed and nude aereas. Even the dressed swimming aereas are beautifully done.. I love swimming outdoors in Begisch Gladbach in wintertime when it's snowing and the water was warm... it was a sportspool and afterwards inside dressed bubble bath aerea and you could switch into the sauna (nude) aerea. But yes nudity is not a big deal over here. Neither in the sauna nor on the beach (FKK aerea).
It’s fun to hear which ones were/are your favorite! Thanks for your comment. 😊
The sauna is one of the least sexualized places around, and also one of the few places where generations and genders meet in a completely relaxed way. I have been going there for many years and NEVER have I experienced any unpleasant observation. You can be young or old, fat or thin, no one cares. You sit together and sweat, hang out with your thoughts and the very last thing that matters is nudity. I would go so far as to say: here people simply meet in their natural state.
Sexual intercourse is not a good thing and it's bad for the world. It causes a lot of problems for our society. For example, sex ruins nudity since many people think that sex and nudity are always linked together. Because of sex, people always think nudity is sexual (when not all nudity is sexual). The concept of nudity in itself isn't sexual. Being naked is natural, while sex is not natural. The world would be a better place without sex.
Hey welcome to Deutschland! Hope you guys settled in well and enjoying it. Im from New Zealand living just 1hr east in the country from Munich and I love it here. If I could give one tip about going into a sauna it would be, if youre comfortable in your own skin, dont worry about anyone else, everyone there is there for the same reason as you :) Also some saunas can get quite crowded like some in Erding, Munich. Look forward to more vids, maybe one day will bump into you guys haha
Thank you! So cool you’re from New Zealand? What part? We did a 3 week road trip around both islands and absolutely fell in love with that country. ❤️ Happy you love Germany so much though! It’s so great living here.
@@OurStorytoTell Awesome! Hope you guys made the most of the roadie. Before I left I was living in Auckland but also have a home in the country side between hamilton and taupo. I definitely love living here in Germany. Do you guys do many trips around bayern?
funny that you mention Iceland. I remember encountering a group of obnoxious US college kids at the Blue Lagoon. First they were challenging each other to shower naked. It is just the rule not a fun challenge to brag about or skip if you are ignorant. People were annoyed and were shaking their heads. The leader of the group posed comically and bragged loudly "I will do it... I will do it" in the end they all sneaked past the shower area not taking a shower at all!
Many Americans I have met over the time tend to point out their personal hygiene, but when it is really important they just skip it just because they are afraid of "cooties" or being turned gay or whatever a college kid is afraid about
That is interesting to hear! Some people right??
@@OurStorytoTell I hope most cooperate, Iceland makes sure to get the message across I have even seen informational posters about the importance of showering naked outside of swimming facilities and spas. Nobody can claim they were uninformed ^^
OMG 😭😭😭😭 I’m so jealous!!! This is one of the many things I miss, not living in Germany. I loved going to the Therme and Sauna… especially in winter.
You may want to get designated slides or flip flops that you only use when you go to the Therme/Sauna/Pool. Street shoes are usually not allowed inside.
Good tip about the shoes! We already know we will miss it when we leave! 🥺 We gotta go lots before then!
The sauna area in the Lohengrin Therme is really nice. Try it next time. The funny thing with the net you can put your clothes on. And hang it in the locker.
Thanks for the tip! 😊
Regarding the CoVID test. I feel ya guys. I’m extremely sensitive in the nose and I often have allergic or hay fever where I can’t even look out of my eyes. Those COVID tests are brutal for me and I have to sneeze for several minutes afterwards. sometimes I bleed of the nose slightly. But the tests are worthless if you just tickle the front of the nose. You need to get into the back wall of the nose for the test to be accurate
not worthless, when i had covid, these tests would go positive with just touching the inside of the nose.
@@Alexander-dt2eq hope you are better now!
@@sisuguillam5109 thanks, yes of course, omicron is a mild one
There are plenty of different tests, thus it depends to which test center you go.
The first test I did was far up the nose, the other ones only basically in the front of the nose and one was just in the mouth (along the left cheek, right cheek and under the tongue).
Thus it really depends on what specific test they use.
@@Alexander-dt2eq glad to hear it's not hitting too hard for you!
You must go to the sauna next time and experience the different kind of saunas and thereafter always the cold water shower or pool. If you do that for a few hours you feel tired after that but also like newly born! Try it!
If you have time to travel to Erding, please, do it. The spa there is one of the biggest worldwide 👍🏻
We plan to! It looks amazing! 😍
Those hangers are clearly nifty German engineering at its best! Haha, no honestly though, they are quite useful in spas and pools to keep tops, shirts, socks etc safe to hang up because with wet floors you don’t want something to slip off a hanger that usually don’t go on a regular hanger and land in a puddle.
I like it, when they try to tickle my brain at the Covid-Teststation :D
I am German and I HATE Sauna because I have to go naked. I don't care if you call me prude, I don't wanna see naked people and I don't want people to see me naked. No thank you
Do people in America not play team sports?
Or how do they manage to shower afterwards?
Are group shower rooms not a thing in US sports?
That's something different?! I am German and have played Soccer for all my life. Of course I go showering with my team mates. But I don't go in the sauna naked with foreigners, eew
i feel most of the hang-ups with nudity in the US has to do with body shaming; i have heard so many harsh comments made from an early age (some of which was directed to me) that it is "in grain" into your thought process that it makes it practically impossible to overcome, although i am trying
Agreed! There an unrealistic body image standard that is very harmful- yet engrained in us by media.
This is a clothes hanger that you can hang your laundry on. The socks and small parts can be put into the net.
Just behave like the others, if everyone is naked then only dressed people will attract attention.
Just imagine a Colonel General with many medals and awards, in the Saua you will not remember his title.
When I was 13 my family spent two weeks in Germany over the summer. We flew there and back using air force "space available" on air force planes ($10 per person for military and family, and you wait around until a plane going where you want to go has space available) we stayed in cheaper gasthaus and small independent hotels to save money. My dad was on a tight army officer salary in the 1980s. On our way home we had to wait a day and a half for our turn on a plane heading back to Dover afb. My parents decided to splurge on our last night, so we got a couple rooms at a nicer hotel in Darmstadt that had an indoor swimming pool.
I went into the mens locker room, got undressed, showered, put on a towel and stepped into the sauna. Then I noticed another door. And there were *_naked ladies_* and *_naked men_* laying and sitting all around the sauna benches. Some had towels covering them, others were laying on their towels instead.
It was a shock for a moment since I had no idea and wasn't expecting it. But I didn't freak out. Kept my towel own, though.
5:59 oh no => I understand you think there are just honest persons in Germany, but believe me: it is n o t true.
There are many cases when valuables were stolen out of the locker in spas or sports clubs, they have usually very limited liability provisions for the locker area. It looks sturdy, but it is not.
In general, all spas have separate little lockers for your valuables: wallet, phone, camera, keys, especially the car key(!) should go in there.
They are not really kind of comparable to a "safe", but placed next to a person in attendance or monitored by a camera.
As an old retired german I liked to watch your videos on youtube. But this time I really have to comment myself. Americans are known for to be pretty prudish, but that you young people pick up the theme with Sauna in Germany, really surprises me. I expected you to be more natural. And to call it a ‚shock‘ makes me just feeling sorry about you. What is the enhancement / augmentation of shock for americans ? I wonder for example how do you name nature catastrophes…. also a shock? You put themes on a level undeserved. Anyhow, take care 🙋
I fully agree with you 👍
@@judithoberpaul509 Judith, hab Dank 😉🥰
Hi from South Africa. Love your channel ❤️
Hello to you 👋 So happy to have you a part of our little family! Thanks for watching!
Something I've not heard from Americans once they made it to a German Sauna: People stop staring at you. ;o)
7:25 it's for massage
Hahaha...so funny. I'm planning having a sauna day this saturday. Although sauna is best on a freezing, cloudy winter day, the weather forecast expects 8 hours of sun and a clear day...not half bad for outdoor sauna experiences.
Your place of choice looks awesome, did you grap some of the "feel-good-literature"...? ;-) So sad you couldn't make your first sauna experience together. "Ladys day" are regulary shedulded in every spa... just for shy women who are afraid (and scared) by males looks at them. That might/should've helped Rissa to get out of her comfort zone.
What a nice account. Really great videos 👍👍👍
Thank you Martin! We are happy you like them! 😊
@@OurStorytoTell no Camera or Cellphones at the Spa's. And no clothes, are you silly?
Hallo Superfamilie! Cooles Video😂für viele Ausländer ist es unvorstellbar nackt in eine Sauna zu gehen ! Hier in Deutschland gehört es zum Alltag ! Es stört sich einfach keiner daran 😁auch im Sommer gibt es extra FKK Strände ,und selbst im Stadtpark sind im Sommer viele Frauen oben ohne ! Aber daran gewöhnt ihr euch auch noch und seit um eine Erfahrung reicher 🤗🤗Ich denke wenn ihr in den USA davon berichtet werden viele nur den Kopf Schütteln! Aber wie heißt es so schön andere Länder andere Sitten 🤣
Also ich bin Deutscher und schüttele darüber auch den Kopf. Der nackte Körper ist Privatsache und gehört meiner Meinung nach nicht in den öffentlichen Raum. Zwar mag das in Deutschland mehr verbreitet sein als in den USA oder anderswo, heißt aber noch lange nicht, dass alle die hier wohnen das als "normal" bzw. selbstverständlich empfinden.
Jau. Ist halt Natur. Sollte aber jedem selbst überlassen sein. Mir ist das auch egal, ich hab da kein Problem mit. Nackt in der Sauna kenn ich gar nicht anders. Meine Frau ist aber wiederum der totale Klemmi (Verklemmt) und würde nie in die Sauna gehen. Wir haben aber beide kein Problem, wenn jemand im Stadtpark oder am Strand blank zieht. Wir sind ja hier nicht in Prüdistan...
I like your Videos! Its really interesting to see "the german way of life" out of a strangers view. 😁
There are so many Thermen in germany. I live in the West of germany and if you want to try something special Look for Mediterana in Bergisch Gladbach! In my opinion on of the best in whole germany 😊
We will look into them. Thanks 😊
@@OurStorytoTell Baden-Baden, Friedrichsbad ;-) ua-cam.com/video/pnG8TNl4wG8/v-deo.html
ehrlich gesagt mag ich das auch nicht, dass man in Saunas etc komplett unbekleidet geht. Mach ich ja in privater Sauna und mit Verwandten auch, aber ansonsten muss das echt nicht sein. Ist man deshalb gleich prüde?
That is not the only thing people from the states dont know. All what is going on in the rest of the world and what is typical for other coutries and cultures there is an incredible ignorance in the States.
I went to an official nudist beach in the US near NYC almost 20 years ago.
No way! Had no idea there was one in NYC. Cool cool!