massage · Amsterdam · From €180
Nuru massage in Amsterdam, booked once you know the bathroom
Nuru massage uses a warm, slippery gel and the weight of the body rather than the hands alone, and it finishes with a rinse. Because of that it depends on the bathroom more than any other format except soapy. That is why long-stay guests tend to book it later rather than sooner: after a couple of weeks in a flat you know whether the shower runs hot, how long the boiler lasts and whether the floor will cope. The session itself needs a surface that can be protected and a room kept warm. It suits a free evening rather than a tired one, and ninety minutes gives the gel and the rinse the time they need.
Where it comes from
Nuru comes from Japan, where the word describes something slippery. The gel was traditionally made from seaweed, and the format developed in private bathing establishments there before travelling to other cities. The version brought to rooms in Amsterdam keeps the gel and the rinse and adapts the rest to a flat or a hotel room.
How it is worked
A warm, odourless gel is spread across a protected surface and over the skin. Movement is broad and gliding, using the whole body, and the rhythm is slow. She sets the pace and shapes the session within the limits she gave at the start.
What the hour holds
She arrives with the gel and a sheet to protect the bed or the floor, and spends the first minutes preparing the space and warming the gel. The session starts slowly and builds, with long gliding movements. She states her limits at the beginning in her own words, and they stand for the whole visit. Towards the end there is time for a rinse in your shower. Allow a few minutes afterwards for the bathroom to recover.
Who asks for it
The guest who knows the flat well by now. Someone marking a particular date. Anyone who has tried the oil formats and wants something more physical.
What it leaves behind
It is a more physical format than anything else on the list, and guests tend to remember it. On a long stay it tends to mark an occasion rather than fill an ordinary evening: the end of a difficult month, a first free weekend, a decision made.
At your address
Nuru massage in Amsterdam as an outcall to flats and serviced apartments with a working shower, and to hotel rooms across central Amsterdam, with Schiphol airport hotels arranged separately.
Length
Sixty minutes at 180 euros is possible but tight. Ninety minutes at 270 is the length most guests choose. Two hours at 360 leaves the rinse entirely unhurried.
Near it on the table of work
Body-to-Body Massage · Soapy Massage · Tantra Massage · Sensual Massage
What this one comes to
| 1 hour | €180 |
|---|---|
| 2 hours | €360 |
| 3 hours | €540 |
| Overnight (8h) | €1,250 |
Questions about this one
What does the bathroom need?
A shower with enough hot water for two rinses and a floor you do not mind getting wet. Most flats manage it. If yours is doubtful, an oil format is the safer choice.
Will the gel stain anything?
It is water based and washes out. She protects the bed or the floor with a sheet before she starts.
Why do long-stay guests leave it until later?
Because by then they know the bathroom. It is not a rule, only a pattern.
