Freizeitbad Winsen (Luhe)

The Freizeitbad of Winsen (Luhe) is run by Stadtwerke Winsen (Luhe) GmbH at Bürgerweide 5, 21423 Winsen (Luhe); the operator calls it simply the Freizeitbad, not Insel. The water is plain heated water: the operator claims no spring, well, brine or mineral content, and the only brine on site is the mist periodically released inside the salt sauna.

The operator advertises four pools ("Vier Becken – und zig Lieblingsecken!") but lists more: a parent-and-child shallow-water area at 32 °C, at most 30 cm deep, with a small slide and a rivulet; a round flow pool reached from the indoor swim-out channel and a larger round outdoor pool beyond it, both kept at a weather-dependent 30 °C all year and fitted with a water spout and a massage jet; an adventure pool of about 137 m² at 31 °C and 1.30 m deep, with a flow channel, massage jets and a neck shower; and a five-lane sports pool of 25 m lanes at 28 °C. A modern Black Hole slide runs over 60 metres at an average gradient of 10 per cent, with light effects, a choice of programmes and ten touchpoints for a score. In summer an outdoor area adds a sun terrace, a recreation meadow, play equipment with water and sand areas, a basketball hoop, a table-tennis table and a beach-volleyball court.

The sauna area is enumerated without a total: a bio sauna usually at 55 °C with 30–35 per cent humidity and colour light; a new panorama sauna at 85–95 °C seating 40–45 people with a view over the koi pond; a salt sauna at 70 °C with about 20 per cent humidity; a herbal sauna at 75 °C; and a Roman steam bath at roughly 42 °C with close to 100 per cent humidity. A sauna garden by the pond and a lounge called Haus am See face the water. A sauna ticket also admits the holder to the whole bath.

The bath opens Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–20:00 and the sauna Tuesday to Sunday 11:00–21:00, closed Mondays except on public holidays and on Mondays during Lower Saxon school holidays; the first infusion is at 12:00. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday early swimming runs 6:30–8:00, before the regular opening.