Known for its stunning landscapes and rich cultural heritage, Finland also has a variety of traditional customs that have ...

People are then invited to share related stories and to sing fun sauna songs with long-time member Roy Helander. “Also, be sure to visit our Sauna Museum between 9 a.m. and noon,” said Sulin.

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.

Finland is famous for its saunas—there are more than 3 million in the country, meaning there's roughly one sauna for every ...

There are also reports in the medical literature of people who have fallen ill and even died after diving straight from the heat of a sauna into ice cold water. One 1998 study, for example ...

Traditional Finnish saunas use heated rocks to increase the temperature in the room. In a dry sauna, the room’s temperature reaches up to 195°F (90.5°C) with very low humidity.