Freizeitbad Aquarius

About

Aquarius is a municipal leisure pool and sauna world in Borken in the western Münsterland, run by Emergy / Stadtwerke Borken. According to the operator it offers a 25 m sports pool with five lanes, a wild-water channel and massage pool, a brine pool, a whirlpool, a children's area, a 60 m slide and, in season, an outdoor pool with a sunbathing lawn.

According to the operator the sauna garden covers more than 8,000 m², with saunas of Finnish kelo wood, a natural pond for cooling off, a whirlpool and rest houses. Indoors there is a Finnish sauna, a steam bath and a colour-light sauna. Sauna admission includes the pool. Every November there is a two-week annual revision: this year it is closed 2–15 November 2026.

• Sauna garden of more than 8,000 m² with a natural pond (according to the operator)
• Event sauna for 60, banja, earth-sunk sauna, panorama sauna
• Aufguss ceremonies every hour from 11:00 to 21:00 to a schedule
• 25 m sports pool, brine pool, whirlpool, 60 m slide
• Sauna admission includes the pool

Opening hours

The big slide is open daily 10:00–19:00. Closed on New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, 24 and 25 December and New Year's Eve, and during the annual revision (2–15 November 2026). On Easter and Whit Monday the pool is open 9:00–19:00 and the sauna 10:00–21:00. According to the operator the Wednesday ladies' sauna still runs on 18 and 25 November after the revision and then ends; afterwards the sauna is open to everyone all day on Wednesdays.

Prices

Prices are shown as adult / reduced (pool) and adult / child (sauna). Reduced: ages 6–17, pupils and students up to 25, people with a disability of 50% or more and other groups with proof; children up to 5 enter free. Sauna: children only on event days. Family and group tariff -10%. If you overstay you pay the difference to the next tariff. The EMERGY Bädercard gives up to 20% off.

Amenities according to OpenStreetMap

Only what the open data records. What is missing, we do not know.

• Poolyes

What is not listed here is unknown to us or the operator has not said.

Pros and cons

Who it suits and how it works

Who it suits

• a full day in the sauna garden
• a couple or friends for an evening
• families with children (pool) alternating with the sauna

Rules and good to know

• The sauna is a swimwear-free area; sweat rooms are used without clothing
• Use a large enough towel in saunas and on loungers; no bathing shoes in the sweat rooms
• A shower is required before using the sweat rooms and pools
• Phoning, photographing and filming are forbidden in the sauna
• Sauna access from age 16 (minors with an adult); children only on event days
• The restaurant may be visited only in a bathrobe, poncho or dry towel; bringing your own food and drink is not allowed

Getting there

Parking is free directly opposite Aquarius; the address is Parkstraße 20, Borken.

According to the operator you can come by bus or train; timetables are linked on the operator's site.

Contact

Address

Parkstraße 20, 46325 Borken

Phone

+49 2861 935-0

Email

[email protected]

Details from the operator's own site, as of 4 Nov 2026. Check them with the operator before you go: aquarius-borken.de

Data source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL licence)