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Upper House Spa. Wow. It was worth waking up at 6:45am for this. If I wanted to visit the Upper House Spa at the 20th floor of this Göteborg skyscraper, I had go early before my meetings. Full story January 2018, Upper House, Göteborg, Sweden Swimming (Indoor, Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal) | ||
Kazakhstan Sauna! It turned out that our hotel, the Uyut in Almaty had a sauna, and a small jacuzzi. The sauna was almost too hot, and there was no way to throw water on it. Full story January 2018, Hotel Uyut, Almaty, Kazakhstan Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
Kuusijärvi Smoke Sauna Kuusijärvi smoke sauna and beach. Great public sauna, maybe best around Helsinki (?) Full story January 2018, Kuusijärvi, Vantaa, Finland Sauna (Smoke); Swimming (Ice, Water, Waterbody-Lake, Outdoor) | ||
Reno Swimming I finally managed to test the pool area in the Homewood Suites hotel in Reno. It was OK, even if there was no sauna... at least there was a hot jacuzzi! :-) Full story December 2017, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Reno, Nevada, USA Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
December Swim I went for a sauna and swim in the Allas Seapool today. Late arrival, after 8pm... and they were already closing at 9pm. Full story December 2017, Allas, Helsinki, Finland Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal) | ||
Swissotel Singapore Sauna... Closed WTF? I arrived... and needed a sauna. Or at least an excuse to completing that document. Actually, I really needed a sauna to wash off travel and to warm me up from the freezing aircon climate. Full story November 2017, Fairmont Hotel, Singapore, Singapore Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
No swim for you No swim for you Sir... because thunderstorm. Ok, but at least I got wet from the rain as I walked to the pool at the Swissotel & Fairmont Singapore. Full story November 2017, Fairmont Hotel, Singapore, Singapore Swimming (None) | ||
Memory of a Sauna Visited the Memory Hotel sauna. Free, but needs to be reserved. Sauna reservations are not my thing. But not a bad sauna at all! There's also a pool. Full story October 2017, Memory Hotel, Kista, Sweden Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
Santa Monica Beach For some reason, one of my favourite places in the greater Los Angeles area is Santa Monica. Maybe it is because on my first trip I stayed there, various fun memories from all my time there. Or the beach. Full story August 2017, Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California, USA Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Sea, Beach) | ||
Krakow Sauna I had an opportunity to visit a sauna in Poland. Obviously I took the opportunity! Full story August 2017, DoubleTree Krakow, Krakow, Poland Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
Black Snow Apocalypse. Now. Imagine bright, white snow, gently covering a mountain. Now imagine all that snow black, dirty. Melting hard ice, covered by an accumulation of pollution and dust from air. This is reality. Full story (TGR version) (Suomenkielinen versio) August 2017, Hintertux, Zillertal, Austria Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Health; Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
Badeschiff Badeschiff! A great idea to swim in the middle of Berlin, in the river but yet in a clean pool. In a ship, or barge converted to a pool. Full story August 2017, Badeschiff, Berlin, Germany Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
Four saunas in Dresden Late arrival... quick dinner... and then onto testing the wellness area at Dresden's Hilton hotel. Usually, hotel saunas are simple, but not this one! Full story July 2017, Hilton Dresden, Dresden, Germany Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
Arizona Sauna I'm on vacation with Janne, a road trip through western US. Our hotel in Flagstaff turned out to have a sauna. Great! Full story July 2017, Flagstaff Hilton Garden Inn, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
Sauna at the Hilton... again Long meeting... but for once, I had a free Sunday morning, so I went to the sauna and pool at the Prague Hilton. Hot... spacious and well-maintained sauna. Full story July 2017, Hilton Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool) | ||
A Kilometer Inside This is an exceptional opportunity that only opens once a year. Janne and I are crawling in the cave, guided by friendly cavers from the Swedish Speleological Association. We get to see amazing things, from stalactites to "Inre Sjön", a small lake (or rather, a pool) a kilometer into the cave. Full story (TGR version) (Suomenkielinen versio) June 2017, Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden; Kanalen, Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden; Bryet, Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden; Galgbergsgrottan, Visby, Gotland, Sweden Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic, Swimming, Boating); Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic, Digging); Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic); Swimming (Indoor, Underground, Water, Waterbody-Cave) | ||
This is the 13th set of articles. The previous sets were set 1, set 2, set 3, set 4, set 5, set 6, set 7, set 8, set 9, set 10, set 11, and set 12. The next set is set 14.
The Planetswimmer articles appeared originally in the Blogspot Planetskier series, at TGR posts, or at the Relaa website. See also the articles about skiing, urban exploration, climbing, cycling, flying, caves, and saunas.