AMBERWAVE SAUNA was born from a simple idea: to bring the sauna culture we love to Glasgow and create a place centred around good heat, contrast therapy, ritual and community – a space for shared experiences, slowing down and reconnecting with body and mind.

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What brought us together was a shared belief in the power of sauna and a desire to create an experience that feels thoughtful, welcoming, relaxed and accessible.

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At the heart of AMBERWAVE is Aufguss – the traditional guided sauna ritual found across Germany and wider Europe, where heat, steam, scent, sound and movement come together to transform an ordinary sauna into a shared experience – a more intentional way to sauna.

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That tradition has a particularly personal connection for us through co-founder Doro, who grew up in Southern Germany with sauna as part of everyday culture and later trained as a certified Sauna Master with the Deutscher Sauna-Bund, Germany’s national sauna association.

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Today, AMBERWAVE is tucked away in the secret garden at SWG3 – a little hidden oasis in the middle of Glasgow, with a wood-fired sauna, cold plunges and space to slow down.

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People come for all sorts of reasons. Some come to relax or recover. Some love the physical experience of heat and cold. Some come to spend time with friends, meet new people or simply switch off for an hour or two. Others come to explore the music, scent, steam and ritual of a Guided Aufguss.

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We love that sauna can be all of those things.

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We take inspiration from established sauna cultures across Germany, Finland, the Baltics and beyond, while creating something that feels at home here in Scotland. Alongside Community Sauna and Guided Aufguss, we collaborate with brilliant people to create special experiences bringing together sauna with music, sound, astrology, storytelling, nature and ritual.

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As a queer-founded business, creating a space where people from different backgrounds and communities feel genuinely welcome matters to us. You don’t need to know anything about sauna, be experienced with cold water or fit a particular idea of what “wellness” looks like.

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Come as you are. Go at your own pace.

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You might arrive looking for relaxation, recovery, connection or simply something different.

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Hopefully, you leave feeling a little better than when you came in.

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Doro, Claire & Kate

Founders, AMBERWAVE SAUNA

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HEAT. STEAM. RITUAL.