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>Berwick says people are seeking out healthier lifestyles and ways to connect with people, which communal bathhouses can provide.
>“I think people are looking for alternatives to the pub or, going back further, the church,” she says. “Historically, we had places where we would convene and connect, and the increase in social media sort of disrupted that because we have different ways of connectedness through our phones.”
>Bathhouses are not a new phenomenon in Melbourne – Turkish baths were part of the design of Collingwood training facility Wet on Wellington in 1903 – but Berwick says they are resonating with people again in a technological age that can be isolating.