I took a shower and headed to the restaurant. The Loyly Helsinki men's room was open and shared, which is part of Finnish sauna culture. So, despite feeling a bit shy, I joined the Finnish men and ...
For 15 years I have heard tales of my husband's crazy Finnish grandpa, who built a sauna at his rural Manitoba home and entertained the grandkids by bolting from the sauna into the iced-over lake.
the steam bath is a traditional Finnish institution which goes back hundreds of years. “Sauna culture in Finland is an integral part of the lives of the majority of the Finnish population ...
The thousands-year-old sauna tradition has deeply integrated into the fabric of Finnish identity. It extends beyond mere relaxation, embodying a sense of communal bonding, spiritual cleansing ...
People in Finland say there are more saunas than ... facilities reflects the egalitarian ethos that infuses Nordic culture, and sauna culture by extension, he added. “This is a tradition that ...
Finnish diplomats have used saunas as a relaxed venue for discussing international policies and solving problems for years. Now there is one in the UK. But what's the appeal? The BBC's James ...