Sanna Kangasharju poses at the Sauna Society in Washington DC. Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Finland in Washington DC Finland loves saunas. Luckily for me, my mom’s best friend married a Finn and I ...

National Sauna Day is important to the Finns. As I stood in Rajaportti Sauna, a public sauna in Tampere that has welcomed bathers for more than 120 years, I read the Declaration of Sauna Peace in ...

Walking into a public sauna complex in Helsinki as a foreigner, you could be forgiven for feeling a little unsure about what to do. Men and women sit around taking in the wood-infused steam, often ...

In a small, enclosed room, people sit side by side on wooden benches. Water thrown on hot stones releases clouds of scalding steam and temperatures soar to a scolding 80C. This is sauna bathing, a ...

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Walk into almost any home in Finland, and there is a good chance you will find a sauna. It may not be a guest room or a home office, but for many Finnish families, a sauna is considered an essential ...

Here’s some news that is sure to warm the hearts of Minnesota’s sauna-lovers: Researchers have found that regular sauna bathing — Finnish-style — is associated with living longer, at least among men.

Finland is a country of extreme contrasts—summers of dizzying, full-time light, followed by depressingly long, dark winters. The sauna regulates it all, offering the benefits of winter in summer and ...