Liquidrom Thermal Bath, Berlin

Last week we were in Berlin again for just a few days.  It is only a two hour train ride from Hamburg and I will actually be back again with my parents next week when they visit.

While in Berlin, we had the idea to go to a thermal bath recommended by a friend.  We found ourselves at Liquidrom, which is pretty much an upscale, spa-like, indoor water amusement park.  The big difference being the "amusement" part does not come from water slides and water rides, it comes from the freedom of nakedness in the saunas and pools.  Here, I had my first "naked in public" experience and to my shock and surprise, it was not that bad.  The building itself is quite beautiful and the spa and water features were very diverse. 

Lounge chairs and booze.  Indoor paradise.



Sauna with an outdoor view.  Which really means everyone can just see you naked inside.



Outdoor thermal bath.  Like hot-tubbing in the middle of winter.

The point of a facility like this is complete relaxation.  Although, a place like this will most likely not be relaxing to any American who is having his or her first "naked in public" experience.  There is too much  foreignness to the whole concept, and too many questions (such as where do I keep my money for the bar?--answer, they give you electronic chips you wear around your wrist to track your purchases) to zone out completely and get your 20 Euro worth of peace.  However, it was still well worth it because there is simply nothing like this in the US.

The only pic we took ourselves.  Thank you to random travel blogs and Liquidrom for the others.

Me shocked at the 19.50 Euro price for only two hours.

Our favorite part of the facility was the large pool that is built like a cave. The room is dark, warm, and has music playing under the water.  Apparently there is also live music there on some nights. Unfortunately, we missed that.  The water is salt water, which made floating and listening to the music effortless.


Have you been to a pool like this?

Renting this space for my next birthday party.

The following is Liquidrom's description of this pool:

"The centerpiece of Liquidrom is the darkened dome with its salt water pool.  Moonlight shines through its circular window at the highest point. Colors and light intermingle underwater with classical music, electronic melodies and whale songs."

Sounds mystical and tranquil, right?  Everybody else seemed to think so.  For us first-timers, the darkness, colored lights, topless bodies, and electronica music was more stimulating than relaxing.  We were ready for a techo dance party to start while everyone else was practically asleep floating in the water.  Maybe next time we do naked pools we will be able to get into the correct spirit of repose.