Boiler

Berlin's best-known gay sauna, occupying a large multi-floor space in Mitte that has been a fixture of the city's cruising landscape for over two decades. The facilities are extensive: steam rooms, dry saunas, private cabins, a darkroom, a bar, and a pool, spread across a space that rewards a slow evening rather than a quick visit. The crowd is mixed in age and body type by Berlin standards, skewing towards men who know what they're doing and why they came. It sits a notch above the city's average in terms of cleanliness and organisation, which in practice matters more than it sounds.