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The Finnish sauna (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ], Swedish: bastu) is a substantial part of Finnish [2] [3] [4] and Estonian culture. [ 5 ] It was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists at the 17 December 2020 meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage .
There are an estimated 3 million saunas in Finland, per National Geographic — or the equivalent of just over half a sauna per Finn. Sauna culture is an important part of Finnish daily life and ...
Although MacDonald prefers traditional Finnish saunas, he chose an infrared sauna for the family because it’s less hot. He was concerned the kids might be tempted to try the Finnish version at ...
Finnish cuisine is notable for generally combining traditional country fare and haute cuisine with contemporary continental-style cooking. Fish and meat (usually pork, beef or reindeer) play a prominent role in traditional Finnish dishes in some parts of the country, while the dishes elsewhere have traditionally included various vegetables and mushrooms.
In Finnish saunas, temperature is set to about 60–100 °C (sometimes up to 120 °C), and small amounts of water thrown on rocks atop the stove emit steam, which produces a heat sensation. Some Finns prefer the "dry sauna" using very little steam if any. Traditional sauna includes the process of perspiring and cooling several times.
The traditional Finnish sauna is a wooden structure, usually made of logs, and is a separate building or room within a larger building. The sauna room is typically heated by a wood-burning stove or an electric heater, and the heat is generated by pouring water over heated rocks. This creates steam and humidity.
Research shows that both traditional and infrared dry saunas can benefit heart health by reducing stroke risk and lowering high blood pressure, integrative medicine physician Joy Hussain, M.D., Ph ...
The sauna is an important part of daily life, and families bathe together in the home sauna. There are at least 2 million saunas in Finland according to official registers. The Finnish Sauna Society believes the number can actually be as high as 3.2 million saunas (population 5.5 million). [62]