The public sauna
Built from reclaimed sheet iron and glass bottles.
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The sauna is Swedish and Finnish alike and an ordinary part of life. The rules are simple but worth knowing: shower before entering, sit on a towel, keep quiet. **The important point for an Arab visitor**: many public saunas in Sweden are **mixed**, and in some it is normal to enter without clothing โ that is the local convention rather than an exception. But most modern facilities, this park's sauna among them, run **separate hours for women and men** or require swimwear. Ask when booking or at the door before going in โ the question is ordinary and nobody will find it strange.
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Jubileumsparken lies in **Frihamnen**, the former free port north of the river, and is an unusual piece of urban work: it began in 2014 as a temporary experiment ahead of Gothenburg's four-hundredth anniversary, and then stayed. The idea was that the park be built **in consultation with residents and from reused materials** rather than handed to a design office. So what is in it was built gradually and tested: a **public swimming pool in the harbour water** โ the first place swimming has been permitted in Gothenburg harbour in a century โ and a **public sauna** built from reclaimed sheet iron and glass bottles, an architectural piece that drew international attention. There is also a timber quay, a sand garden, playgrounds and event spaces. **The pool and sauna are strongly seasonal** โ summer mainly โ and may need booking. The park itself is open and free. The area around it is still a working port and a building site in parts.
Built from reclaimed sheet iron and glass bottles.
Swimming in harbour water from a timber quay.
Frihamnen, Gothenburg