Overview
- HolidayCheck compared prices for 136 municipal outdoor pools and 120 strand/nature baths using data collected as of June 1, 2026 and found Wiesbaden’s Opelbad charges 12 euros for adult entry and 6 euros for children.
- The report identified the Ungererbad in Munich as charging the highest listed price for a large portion of fries at 7.50 euros, with several other Munich pools among the costlier food sellers.
- Opelbad’s operator and local coverage say the site’s panorama, heated 24 °C pool, terraced lawns, sauna and protected historic status explain its premium tariff and its positioning closer to a thermal facility than a standard family pool.
- Munich’s Stadtwerke (SWM) confirmed that admission is uniform across the city’s eight municipal pools at 6.30 euros while noting that kiosk menus and prices are set by private tenants, which produces the observed food-price spread.
- HolidayCheck and outlets stress methodological limits: many kiosks are privately run so not all prices were obtainable, portion sizes vary between sites, and average adult admission across the sample was 5.57 euros which makes Opelbad more than twice as costly for visitors and families.