Finland has a population of approximately 5.5 million people and approximately 3 million saunas. That’s roughly one sauna for every 1.8 people — substantially more saunas per capita than any country ...

More than 2300 people were tracked and the findings have since been replicated in follow-up analyses ...

Contemporary sweat baths reflect the country’s architectural past — and propose a future in which simple, sustainable buildings can still be sublime. The lowest and coolest area in traditional Finnish ...

THE SAUNA AT THE FINNISH PERM REP, BRUSSELS — It’s very hot in here. But not hot enough, according to my Finnish hosts. The time has come for a ladle’s worth of water to be poured onto the pile of ...

In a small, enclosed room, people sit side by side on wooden benches. Water thrown on hot stones releases clouds of scalding steam and temperatures soar to a scolding 80C. This is sauna bathing, a ...

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Why is sauna so big in Finland? In a sense it’s a geographical destiny. By simply looking at the landscape, you can see that Finland is made of trees, lakes and stone. Each one of those elements is an ...