(18 Jun 2026)
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Stockholm, Sweden – 17 June 2026
1. Wide of guest pouring water onto her body from overhead bucket after sauna
2. People walking into public sauna to see inside
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmy Rämgård, public sauna operation manager++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 4-5++
“You come into the sauna. And here is the sauna, and then you have the beautiful view and you can sit here, relax and have a perfect day.”
4. Mid of view from sauna
5. Wide of inside sauna
6. Wide of guest swimming after sauna
7. Mid of willow tree
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Wendy Liu, British tourist: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 6 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 7 AND 9++
“It’s great to have water and a sauna together. I mean, if a sauna without water is not a real experience, these two need to go together. And this is such a beautiful place. And today we got beautiful weather, so it’s a perfect combination.”
9. Mid of guest swimming after sauna
10. Mid of boat with Swedish flag passing by
11. Wide of public sauna called Hornstullsbastun
12. Close of the sign that reads (Swedish) “Sauna”
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Lars Strömgren, Vice Mayor of Stockholm: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 10 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOTS 11-12 AND 14-15++
“Stockholm has a long tradition of being a harbor city. And because of that, we haven’t really opened up the quays to swimming and to the public. Now we want to do that more and we also want to make sure that it’s possible for everybody to get access to sauna. That’s why we combine…there are other private initiatives but now we also have this from the city-run sauna in order to make sure that it’s accessible and open for everyone.”
14. Mid of music performers for the opening ceremony
15. Various of sauna
STORYLINE:
A new, public sauna.
Hornstullsbastun can accommodate up to 16 people at a time and includes outdoor showers, sauna baskets and a designated swimming area along the waterfront.
Stockholm has a strong sauna culture but access can be difficult.
Popular waterfront saunas often have waiting lists numbering in the thousands, while reservations at newly opened venues can be fully booked within minutes.
The new public sauna can be booked online up to one month in advance and is open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Sessions are divided into women’s, men’s and mixed-gender time slots. Swimwear is required.
A 90-minute session costs 150 Swedish kronor.
It was officially opened by the city’s vice mayor, Lars Strömgren.
“Stockholm has a long tradition of being a harbor city. And because of that, we haven’t really opened up the quays to swimming and to the public. Now we want to do that more and we also want to make sure that it’s possible for everybody to get access to sauna,.” he says.
Among those who booked the first available sessions was Wendy Liu, a British traveler who said she learned about the opening at a sauna convention.
“It’s great to have water and a sauna together. I mean, if a sauna without water is not a real experience, these two need to go together. And this is such a beautiful place. And today we got beautiful weather, so it’s a perfect combination,” she says.
Liu says she booked a women’s session at 2 p.m. the day before the opening and had no difficulty securing a reservation.
The sauna stands on the site of the former Liljeholmsbadet, a floating public bathhouse dating to the 1930s. The bathhouse was removed last year after falling into disrepair.
AP video by Chisato Tanaka
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