Soak, sweat, steam and dream with us!

Culture of Bathing is a place for those who soak with intention and for those who are simply steam-curious. A little decadent, a little philosophical, and generally slightly damp.

We’re drawn to the sublime and the strange, the high-gloss and the hand-built, the ancient and the ultra-now. We profile the characters of local and far-flung bathhouses, decode unspoken sauna etiquette, and wax poetic about the tiled geometries of antiquity.

Bathing is our entry point — into design, history, community, and atmosphere.

Delivered bi-weekly, our newsletter is meant to delight, disarm, and offer you a moment of pause.

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