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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 .
Sauna culture is an important part of Finnish daily life and the country's heritage. There are ancient versions dating back to the Stone Age. There are ancient versions dating back to the Stone Age.
Savu Sauna sign on the Barberg–Selvälä–Salmonson Sauna. Sauna had been practiced for centuries in Finland, and Finnish immigrants to the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did not want to leave sauna behind. Often the first structure they built on their new rural property was a sauna, which they could live ...
The winner was the last person to stay in the sauna and walk out without outside help. The host country usually dominated the event, as only one foreign competitor ever made it into the finals in the men's competition. The first non-Finnish winner in the women's competition was Natallia Tryfanava from Belarus in 2003.
Even the changing rooms are a thing of beauty – the women’s have heated marble loungers, a sauna and steam room, the men’s a sauna and tepidarium. The range of expert-led treatments ...
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]
Rajaportin sauna. Rajaportin sauna is Finland's oldest working public sauna. The sauna was founded in 1906 in Pispala in Tampere. [1]
Ski Solutions has a week’s half-board at Chalet du Lys, which is a short walk from the ski lifts and features a spa with a hot tub, sauna and steam room. Prices start at £1,295pp for ...