Spending time in the sauna four times a week can reduce stroke risk by up to 60 percent, but the benefit may only work in traditional Finnish saunas, which feature dry heat at temperatures above ...

BATTLE GROUND — When Markku Kesala sees a sauna, all he can think is that it’s time to play the music and light the lights. “Growing up in Finland, my family would sauna together every ...

Mobile traditional Finnish sauna comes to Vancouver. A Vancouver entrepreneur has launched a business which introduces people to an authentic experience and teaches them about sauna culture.

Unesco puts Finnish sauna culture on heritage list. With an estimated 3 million saunas for 5.5 million people, the steam bath is a traditional Finnish institution which goes back hundreds of years ...

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.

Cedar & Stone's traditional Finnish saunas run on low humidity and high heat, often between 160 and 200 degrees, sometimes higher. They emphasize that sauna is a process — a cycle of hot, cold ...

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.

Saunas are good for your body, but they might be even better for your soul. That’s the guiding philosophy of three friends who are on a mission to spread the word about the traditional Finnish sauna ...