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Grass-roofed Hundertwasser buildings around a steaming pool at Bad Blumau

Bad Blumau/Austria

Rogner Bad Blumau

A Hundertwasser village built over hot volcanic springs in Styria.

Bathing
Indoor / Outdoor
Accommodation
Hotel on site

Friedensreich Hundertwasser designed the whole resort — undulating grass roofs, no straight lines, golden domes — over the Vulkania spring that surfaces at 110°C.

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Why visit

Nowhere else can you bathe outdoors, at night, inside a full-scale work of architecture by a single artist.

The water

Thermal water

Source
Vulkania spring
Mineralisation
Sodium hydrogen carbonate, highly mineralised
Character
Volcanic water from 2,800 metres, cooled from 110°C for the outdoor pools.

Facilities

  • Outdoor pools
  • Indoor pools
  • Sauna
  • Hotel
  • Restaurant

History

Drilling in the 1970s found hot water instead of oil; Hundertwasser's village opened in 1997.

Practical information

Day tickets exist but the resort is designed for overnight guests; the outdoor Vulkania pool is open until late.

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Getting there

Ninety minutes from Vienna or Graz by car; trains run to Bad Blumau station with a shuttle.

Location

Bad Blumau, Austria47.1167, 16.0333View on Balnevia map

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Bad Blumau day ticket

Thermal village day access

Full-day use of the indoor and outdoor Hundertwasser pools.

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Rogner Bad Blumau hotel

Rooms inside the artwork

Overnight stays include unlimited thermal access.

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South Styria wine road

Vineyards an hour south

Tastings in the Styrian hills after bathing.

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