Why are saunas so dear to people in Finland? Two sauna enthusiasts tell what makes their favourite sauna so special.

While Finland has arguably become more individualistic, sauna is an anchor to a collective subconscious that binds Finns ...

Reetta Purontakanen, Counsellor for Press and Culture at the Embassy of Finland demonstrates the "loyly" sauna method at the Finnish Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 16, 2022. (Mainichi/Richi ...

Finland, known as the happiest country in the world, has a secret that the rest of the globe has neglected to discover and eagerly pursue. It's a staple of Finnish culture — a way of being — and it's ...

HELSINKI − Juuso Raukola uses the sauna in his home every single day. So do his wife and children. Raukola's parents do the same with their sauna, in their house, his friends and work colleagues in ...

In Finland, saunas have long been a way of life. But getting hot and sweaty is growing in popularity elsewhere.

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 ...

In a country where there are likely more saunas than cars, a person doesn’t have to go far to find a steamy room to warm away the winter chill. Devotees both young and old flock to saunas—essential to ...

A women-only space consisting of three saunas looking like mountain cabins, to make visitors feel like they are walking through the Finnish woods, is seen in Nagoya's Naka Ward on Dec. 15, 2022.

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Christopher and Julie Rice sat naked in the sauna, sweating in its 180-degree heat. In the crisp air outside, they then played a few hands of cribbage and noshed on pickles and ...

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The history of Finnish sauna goes as far back as almost two thousand years. But to the Finns, it doesn’t really matter who invented the sauna – what matters is who developed it to its highest ...