Time to cool off.” Outside, the icy wind cut through my skin like a million needles. Wrapped in a towel, I shuffled barefoot ...

In Finnish saunas, nudity is the norm and is perfectly natural. It is customary to enter the sauna nude, as it promotes ...

Is it possible to make a DIY sauna at home? In the Nordic countries, over half the population reportedly boast their own home saunas—in fact, there are more saunas than people in Finland. In other ...

we asked two Finnish sauna experts to share their top tips for making the most out of your next trip to the sauna. Unless you’ve got your own at-home sauna, you’ll probably be using a sauna ...

Decreasing the risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia: Sauna use can even help brain function. A 2017 study of Finnish men aged 42-60 concluded that using a sauna four to seven times per week ...

The Finnish sauna as we know it first emerged some 3,000 ... some agrarian communities began using ax-hewn logs to erect threshing barns that they could deconstruct and move at will.

Publisher Katharina Bielenberg and Quercus managing director Jon Butler bought world rights (excluding Finland) to Finnish Sauna: Steam, Wood, Stone & How to Build Your Own for publication in ...