Ken Club
The Parisian fitness legend returns — 1980s grandeur, 2026 standards
Editor’s Take
Get on the waiting list now if you're serious. The pool and sauna circuit will be the social centre of gravity — plan your visits around off-peak hours for the first few months as regulars establish their rhythms.
About
Ken Club is one of those names that older Parisians say with a certain reverence. Opened in the 1980s on Avenue du President Kennedy in the 16th, it defined an era of Parisian fitness — the place where media executives, fashion people, and politicians sweated side by side in a sprawling complex that felt more like a private world than a gym. After years of planning, the full renovation is bringing it back for 2026, and the anticipation in the 16th is palpable. The reopened club preserves the ambitious scale that made the original famous: a 20-metre pool, multiple saunas and hammams, cold baths for contrast therapy, and enough studio space to run 150-plus hours of group classes every week. Boxing, yoga, Pilates, HIIT, aqua fitness — the programming reads like a small university course catalogue. The interiors nod to the 1980s DNA without becoming pastiche: bold materials, generous proportions, that specific confidence of a space that knows exactly what it is. What makes Ken Club matter beyond its programme is the social fabric. The original was famously a place where relationships were built — business deals struck in the sauna, friendships forged in the pool lane. The 2026 iteration is betting that same magic will reignite. Given the membership enquiry list and the neighbourhood's hunger for a proper wellness anchor, it almost certainly will.
Treatments & Services
Signature: 20m pool and contrast therapy circuit
Highlights
- ✓Legendary Parisian fitness club reopening 2026
- ✓20m indoor pool
- ✓Saunas, hammams, and cold baths
- ✓150+ hours of group classes per week
- ✓Iconic 1980s aesthetic, fully modernised
Best For
Affluent 16th arrondissement residents seeking a premium, full-spectrum fitness and wellness club with serious social credentials
Contact & Info
Phone
+33 1 46 47 41 41Website
www.kenclub.comHours
Reopening 2026 — hours TBC
Languages
French, English
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