From Sept. 2025 to Feb. 2026, one of the public swimming pools in Cologne is opening the doors of its entire sauna area exclusively for transgender, intersex, and non-binary people (=TIN) every second Wednesday of the month.

• The swimming pool area can be used as well, but is not only visited by TIN persons.
• The staff at the sauna are not TIN*, but have had awareness training
• There is a designated contact person from the TIN organising team.
• Sauna can also be used with swimwear
• In October and January, cis and endo friends are also welcome.
• TIN people, not only from Cologne but from across the state of North Rhine-Westphalia are invited

Goals

• To create a safer space that promotes well-being for TIN people.
• To break down barriers and to enable greater participation by giving TIN people access to community activities and public infrastructure in a safer setting.

Cooperation Partners: LGBTIQ+ counselling centre rubicon, the State Coordination for Gender Diversity Trans, the Cologne public pools and the City of Cologne.

Further information: rubicon – trans*

City Profile: Cologne