I've never been to Germany, but I read that most of the saunabads don't have mixed showers. I read they may have a mixed changing area, but that there are separate showers for men and women. Is this true? You would know, I wouldn't.

So, maybe polki1 does come here fro the intellectual discussions.

As a frequent visitor to the saunas in Germany you are correct. There are some showers for cleansing after the sauna that are mixed - however - the showers to wash your hair and your plums etc. are 85% not mixed.

This may sound odd but I think it boils down to a certain level of privacy. This is a theory developed by my wife who goes with me to these places.

Her thougt is, when you are in the sauna you can keep an eye on the other people in the sauna and control how much of your nakedness is on display. "I definately know when I'm being perrved" she said.

When you are in the shower the act of washing yourself is fairly intimate. She doesn't want some dude watching her soaping her flaps and with soap in your hair you can't keep your eyes open, or control of, who is perrving you.

My advise guys, if you are going to these places in Germany (or Holland or Switzerland or Austria), enjoy them for what they are. A place to relax and get cleaner then you have ever been in your life.

By all means grab a glimpse of the hot chick in the hot steamroom beside you. BUT don't stare, take pictures, get a hard on or make any sort of sexual advances. You will get tossed out and you will definately spoil it for everyone else, because soon these egalitarian naked oasis' will become single sex only.

I don't know about you but I like hanging out with naked chicks like it's perfectly natural.

Cheers and good health!
therocket

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I have another question about German saunabads.

I understand that they have female only days once or twice during the week. During those times, no male sauna customers are allowed.

What happens to male employees of the saunabad? Are they still allowed to work those days? And if so, are they kept segregated from the naked women?

Thanks for your input.

So far as i know male employees could also work on the special "ladies-days", but that depends on the saunabad.
In the Netherlands, it's nowadays not so easy to find new and qualified employees. So in the bigger centers there will be always also male employees, but if not neccessary, they will only work in the kitchen, at the restroom, the reception etc., and not in the saunas area, but this also depends on the saunabad. (do you want to apply for a job? :D )
For about 2 years ago a well known very big sauna/wellness center fired an masseur/massage therapist when they found out he wanted often to touch and look at the intimate parts.
:)

I have also read that in Europe massages are usually done with the person being nude and they include breasts and buttocks.

Is that true?

That wouldn't be a bad job, if you could just do women, and have your pick from them.

In massage salons it could be different, but in sauna/wellness centers all cliënts are fully nude with a towel only covering the intimate parts. And the massage usually don't include the intimate parts. But as an exeption we had once a sauna center where some masseuses/massagetherapists did also the intimate parts by men. That was a result of the fact that the (former) owner also owned several erotic-massagesalons and some sexclubs. Due to criminal activity this man is now in jail. :)

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These pics are taken for promoting a sauna. Three models, many hidden nudity, but not all. The better ones are at the end.

Grtz

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