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Originally Posted by Bluewater76
It was very nice and comfortable.
The gender ratio was completely balanced.
Age group between 28-60. Within that, also balanced. I would even say a lot more people from 28-40.
Saunas and pools are great.
When you arrive it looks a lot smaller than in the pictures, but it is comfortable.
A lot of people gather for the "Aufguss" ceremony in the K. Arena.
It is basically almost the only "Aufguss" that is held constantly every hour.
The outdoor area (terrace) is great with a heated salt pool and several saunas.
I know that TE is much, much bigger so I wonder if it is worth going and if you can even enjoy the "city" that receives so many people.
Someone says that it is mostly older people, I read somewhere that there are a lot more young people (20-40).
Does anyone else have any experience with TE?
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I have only been to TE once - a mild weather Saturday in April. My wife and I were there from noon to 6pm and we found the age range and the body types to be very mixed, but did skew a bit to the 40+ crowd. I'd guess the distribution was 10% below 30, 40% 31 to 50, 50% 50+. It did get a bit younger as the day progressed and while I can't confirm since we left at 6pm, probably a bit younger still in the evening. I have been to Z in A several times and can confirm that the Z crowd skews much younger, fitter, and bolder than any other therme I have been to. On the later, I was surprised how few nude sunbathers at TE there were even though it was a pleasant and sunny April day. By contrast the lawn at Z was 100% full of 100% nude sunbathers on a very similarly pleasant day. I still loved TE as the shear number of people affords plenty of great sights, pool entrance stairs is a great spot to set up camp - in my case my wife stands with her back to the stairs and I face her with a great sight line that doesn't project as creepy as it could be if she were not providing me cover.
Similarly there is a glass-walled sauna overlooking the pool stairs that feels like it was intentionally designed to give voyeurs a great view of people exiting the pool. Lastly, the salt mine at TE has multiple daily group sessions that are spectacular in you get as lucky as I did: imagine a narrow tunnel sauna in which my wife and I are seated side-by-side and just six feet across from us are three beautiful fully nude and very fit 25 year old female friends. After sweating together for 10 minutes as a group of 20 we all are asked to exit the tunnel into the shower area where we are all given handfuls of salt to rub on ourselves and our fellow sauna attendees. Now, none of the three 25 year Olds asked me to rub them down but I did enjoy watching them rub sa.t on one another while my wife rubbed me down and I did the same with my wife. Then we went back into the sauna for another 10 minutes as we all continued rubbing the salt in as we sweat. Reminder this meant I was just a few feet away from watching these lovely women rubbing their b and c cup breaststroke, lifting and spreading their .especially to rub their thighs and calves. Then again we all exited en masse to the shower area to wash the salt off and as is always the case in these sessions to stand around nude in a small area trying to cool down. IOW, TE has lots to recommend it even if the overall population isn't as young, fit, and bold as that of Z in A.
Hope that helps.