European-Inspired Spaces in NYC

Americans who travel to Europe often come back reporting the same thing: the pace felt different. You could sit at a cafe for two hours and no one hurried you. You could walk slowly and it wasn't rude. The spaces were designed for lingering. For being there. Not just passing through.

New York imported the aesthetic of every European city. But not always the ethos. The places worth seeking out are the ones where the ethos made it over too.

The Places

Lore Bathing Club / 676 Broadway, SoHo

Lore is explicitly inspired by European bathhouse culture -- particularly the German, Austrian, and Finnish traditions where thermal bathing is not a luxury but a staple of weekly life. The design language is warm and material -- natural wood, stone, textiles that feel like they belong there. The Aufguss ceremony -- a German-Austrian ritual conducted by trained Saunameisters -- is one of the most authentic expressions of European bathhouse culture you can experience outside of Europe. The ethos is there: take your time, linger, share the space with others.

The European Idea

What European spaces offer is permission -- permission to be somewhere without producing anything. To linger. To take your time.

Lore is at 676 Broadway. The pace is European. The address is SoHo.