I have a new Friday night tradition that makes me very happy: swimming at Dantebad. It may seem an odd time of year to become a devotee of an outdoor pool, but this is precisely the time when Dantebad is the best! In the summer it's the place to be - I have friends who take their towels and magazines and spend entire Saturdays sunbathing, swimming, and enjoying the summer weather. But then the weather turns cold, the lawn closes, and the sun-revelers pack up their towels and head home.
But Dantebad stays open throughout the entire year, and in the cold weather there is a special sort of pleasure to an evening spent at this outdoor, heated pool complex. You wrap yourself in your towel and make a short, but cold, dash from the back door of the sauna/gym, across the frozen wet concrete, and jump into the heated water, steam rising off it's surface into the star-studded sky above. There are two pools; one, a large lap pool with lanes on one side and a free swimming area on the other; and, two, a large bathing pool that is like a giant hot tub, with jets and even a "lazy river" (though it's actually the opposite of "lazy" as when the current gets turned on, it whirls around in a big circle like a whirlpool, and it's easy to spend half an hour riding the current around and giggling like a child).
Munich has several public swimming pools scattered throughout the city, and though they all have a unique character, this one is my favorite because of the outdoor, heated pool. Dantebad (like most of the public swimming pools) also has a large sauna complex, massage therapists on-site, and a restaurant and bar. So you can see why it is very easy to spend a Friday night here.
Dantebad
Postillonstraße 17
80637 München
How to get there:
U1, U7, StadtBus 151, 164, 165, Tram 20, 21 (Westfriedhof)
Sauna and pool open daily 7:30 - 23:00
But Dantebad stays open throughout the entire year, and in the cold weather there is a special sort of pleasure to an evening spent at this outdoor, heated pool complex. You wrap yourself in your towel and make a short, but cold, dash from the back door of the sauna/gym, across the frozen wet concrete, and jump into the heated water, steam rising off it's surface into the star-studded sky above. There are two pools; one, a large lap pool with lanes on one side and a free swimming area on the other; and, two, a large bathing pool that is like a giant hot tub, with jets and even a "lazy river" (though it's actually the opposite of "lazy" as when the current gets turned on, it whirls around in a big circle like a whirlpool, and it's easy to spend half an hour riding the current around and giggling like a child).
Munich has several public swimming pools scattered throughout the city, and though they all have a unique character, this one is my favorite because of the outdoor, heated pool. Dantebad (like most of the public swimming pools) also has a large sauna complex, massage therapists on-site, and a restaurant and bar. So you can see why it is very easy to spend a Friday night here.
Dantebad
Postillonstraße 17
80637 München
How to get there:
U1, U7, StadtBus 151, 164, 165, Tram 20, 21 (Westfriedhof)
Sauna and pool open daily 7:30 - 23:00
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