Kristina Nyberg

Review of Spa Zuiver

Went to this fantastic SPA in the forest Amsterdam...

Went to this fantastic SPA in the forest Amsterdamse bos, which is close to Amstelveen. The forest is beautiful to begin with, and the SPA has facilities for sports besides the relaxing activities I went there for. If you bring your own bathrobe and towel, you can save some money to avoid having to rent them which is something I would normally expect to be included in the price when going to a SPA. At Zuiveer, you can either buy a package deal or pay by the hour. I did the latter.

There are fantastic saunas, which is a good USP for me as a Swede. Minth, aroma therapy, music, colors, typical Finnish style. There is a sauna for every taste. Jaccuzzis indoors and outdoors, opportunities for tanning on a nice day in a yard and a big pool to swim in. The best of all was the sauna activity in the Finnish sauna, where once every 2 hours there is a session where around 10-20 people sits in the sauna and a person pours aroma oil and ice on the hot rocks and then goes around swishing a towel around so the hot air blows comfortably on your skin and warms you up.

The SPA has some rules. You cannot bring food, but since the restaurant is good and actually not too expensive this is OK. You have to be naked (unless you go on a Tuesday or special days when you have to wear swimwear). Dutchies are comfy with nudeness but it took some time for me to get over. But the athmosphere is so relaxing, so that you soon forget you are nude anyway.

There are also aroma bath rooms, where you can lie down in a citrus scented bath in beautiful mosique decorated trones. The shower includes shampoo, soap but also an excellent salt scrub.

All in all, I stayed for 6 hours, paid for me and one more person to also have dinner (I had lobster) and paid 125 EUR. Very much worth it and I recommend this to anyone that wants to relax for a day.