Time to cool off.” Outside, the icy wind cut through my skin like a million needles. Wrapped in a towel, I shuffled barefoot ...
The sauna is synonymous with Nordic culture, and especially Finland, where it is a veritable way of life. With around three ...
Curiosity about communal bathing has been rising in America for some time, with bathhouse and sauna experiences popping up across most major cities. This growing sector of community saunas seems to ...
For millennia, humans have recognized the healing power of heat. Dating back approximately 10,000 years, sauna culture has ...
Here are five interesting facts about Finnish saunas. In Finland, there are about two million saunas for a population of ...
Adding a sauna to your home is a great way to enhance your health and relaxation. However, with so many options available, it ...
In Finnish saunas, nudity is the norm and is perfectly natural. It is customary to enter the sauna nude, as it promotes ...
I asked dermatologists to explain how buckets of sweat and 220-degree temps impact your skin...because it's not as ...
The lowest and coolest area in traditional Finnish saunas is often used for washing, as in Mattila & Merz’s 2017 Sauna in the Yard in the artists’ colony of Fiskars.Credit...Luana Rigolli ...
People who regularly use saunas in northern Sweden report better overall health, higher energy levels, and greater happiness ...
At the Eastend spa, a ‘saunamaster’ brings a soothing European practice to the city’s tense, exhausted masses.