The popular open-air swim­ming pool in Cossebaude with its 45,000 square meters swim­ming area stret­ches along the wes­tern city limits of Dresden directly at a reser­voir. The spa­cious area with a won­derful, chestnut-fringed sun­bathing lawn invites you to sun­bathe and relax. In addi­tion to the 485 square meter non-swimmer’s pool with water mush­room, a giant slide pro­vides lots of bathing fun. An extra paddling pool with 180 square meters of sur­face area lures the very young guests into the cool water. The faci­lity also offers a wide range of pos­si­bi­li­ties, among other things, visi­tors can try out various sports on the indi­vi­dual pit­ches. If you want, you can also have wind­sur­fing les­sons on the reservoir.

The snack bar ope­ra­tors are external ten­ants. They are respon­sible for their own ope­ning times, offe­rings and pricing.

In Saxony’s first adven­ture pool, guests can have fun on over 600 square meters of water sur­face. An 80-meter-long giant slide is wai­ting to be con­quered just as much as the sports and adven­ture pool, the hot whirl­pool or the flow channel. The tro­pical sun­bathing garden or the sauna lure you to relax. Ori­gi­nally, the pool was planned as a stan­dard swim­ming hall for the Gor­bitz resi­den­tial area in the west of Dresden. Before the con­s­truc­tion was com­pleted, however, the GDR era ended. After the poli­tical tur­n­around there was the replan­ning to an adven­ture pool.

In his­to­rical ambi­ence, visi­tors to the Nordbad can enjoy a 16 by 8 meter swim­ming pool with adjus­table bottom for regu­la­ting the water depth, which is often used for dif­fe­rent courses. In the well­ness area there are also dif­fe­rent saunas and pools. The oldest swim­ming hall in the city (opened in 1895) is “hidden” in a back­yard in the middle of Dresden’s Neu­stadt. In the first years the ladies and gen­tlemen shared the pool by the day. Above all, however, it was the 22 bath­tubs that were actively used for per­sonal hygiene. In the decades that fol­lowed, the pool was rebuilt and extended several times. Alt­hough it remained uns­ca­thed during the Second World War and sub­se­quently resumed its ope­ra­tion, the Nordbad was closed at several stages from the 1970s onwards. A citi­zens’ initia­tive achieved an exten­sive rede­sign and in 1996 the reope­ning of the listed building.

In the bar­rier-free Bühlau swim­ming hall in the north-east of Dresden there is a 25-meter pool made of stain­less steel with six lanes. A smaller course pool with a lif­ting floor and a paddling pool for children enrich it as well as three dif­fe­rent saunas on the upper floor. Some­thing spe­cial is wai­ting for visi­tors on the first floor: not only health-con­scious people will get their money’s worth in an infrared cabin. The room with the heat-radia­ting seats is modelled on a his­to­rical streetcar. This is a reminder of the area’s his­toric past. The Bühlau indoor swim­ming pool is located on the site of an old streetcar station.

The popular family pool in the center of Dresden bor­ders directly on the Großer Garten. The visitor magnet has a spa­cious chan­ging and sani­tary area and is com­ple­tely bar­rier-free. Guests can swim in the 25-meter pool in the hall or in the 250 square meter adven­ture pool. Those who like it fast can climb the slide tower and go on a wild ride down through the tube from above. The slide is not only great fun because of the effect lighting, but at 93 meters it is also the lon­gest of its kind in Dresden. Several attrac­tions ensure that there is no time for boredom in the indoor swim­ming pool. For the little ones there is a sepa­rate paddling pool with a mini-slide. In the sauna land­scape “Swea­ting bet­ween Old Mas­ters”, guests can relax in the five themed saunas. Two restau­rants round off the offer in the Georg-Arn­hold-Bad. This pool looks back on a long history. Lar­gely paid for by the sports sponsor Georg Arn­hold, it was initi­ally built purely as an open-air pool until 1926. The indoor pool was only added in the 1990s, when the entire com­plex was trans­formed into an adven­ture pool.

The snack bar ope­rator is an external tenant. He is respon­sible for his own ope­ning times, offe­rings and pricing.

On the wes­tern out­skirts of Dresden, above the Plau­en­schen Grund, lies the his­toric Luftbad Dölzschen. The well-kept, today pure nudist faci­lity in its natural green sur­roun­dings with a won­derful pan­o­r­amic view of the city at its feet was opened as early as 1870 — inspired by a natur­opa­thic asso­cia­tion. At that time it pre­sented itself as a pure air bath, today a water basin also entices to jump into the cool water. What has remained is the pre­fe­rence for nudism. In addi­tion to a beau­tiful, spa­cious sun­bathing lawn, the Dölzschen air bath has a 600 square meter water pool, divided into a swimmer and a non-swimmer area. The little bathing guests have a lot of fun in the water as well as on the lovingly desi­gned and varied out­door playground.

The snack bar ope­rator is an external tenant. He is respon­sible for his own ope­ning times, offe­rings and pricing.

The char­ming Waldbad in the former health resort of Langebrück is located on the edge of the local recrea­tion area Dresdner Heide. Family-fri­endly and natural, the out­door pool has a 4,000 square meter water sur­face and a sepa­rate water play­ground. In addi­tion, the little guests can whizz down a slope in a Flying Fox (cable car). The exten­sive bathing area is ideal for sporty active people. In addi­tion to a small soccer field, guests will find table tennis tables and a beach vol­ley­ball court. The well-kept faci­lity, which is inters­persed with trees and bushes, looks back on a history of more than 100 years and still pre­serves its idyllic cha­racter with con­stantly flowing forest spring water and many loving details.

The snack bar ope­rator is an external tenant. He is respon­sible for his own ope­ning times, offe­rings and pricing.

The out­door swim­ming pool in Prohlis in the south of Dresden has been com­ple­tely rede­si­gned and, tog­e­ther with the indoor swim­ming pool there, forms the Prohlis com­bined pool. In addi­tion to a 25-meter swim­ming pool, the out­door pool area includes an adven­ture pool and a bathing area for younger visi­tors. In addi­tion to a wide slide, guests can also use the two giant tube slides at the swim­ming pool. Num­e­rous sports options offer ever­y­thing you need for an active day at the out­door pool. Large sun­bathing areas and a higher sun ter­race also pro­vide plenty of oppor­tu­ni­ties to relax.

The snack bar ope­rator is an external tenant. He is respon­sible for his own ope­ning times, offe­rings and pricing.

The Cotta out­door pool in the west of Dresden is popular with all age groups and has a 620 square meter stain­less steel pool for bathing fun, inclu­ding three 25-meter lanes. The little bathing guests have their own paddling pool. Sun wor­ship­pers will find a nice spot on the large sun­bathing lawn. The play­ground makes children’s hearts beat faster, as does the wide slide and the water mush­room. For “water bombs” and “pike” there is a three-meter tower and a one-meter diving board. In the year of its 100th anni­ver­sary, the Cotta out­door pool was reopened in 2013 after it had been exten­si­vely renovated.

The snack bar ope­rator is an external tenant. He is respon­sible for his own ope­ning times, offe­rings and pricing.