“How does that feel?” asks Siiri, as the spikes of the juniper branches relieve the itch on my back and the spicy scent surrounds my body. “Peaceful,” I respond, so relaxed that one-word answers are ...

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 ...

As the cab slows to a stop, I scrape some of Jack Frost’s handiwork from the window and peer into the depths of the polar night. We’re only 15 minutes from the center of Helsinki, yet dense forest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With an estimated 3.3 million saunas for a population of just over 5.6 million, in Finland sauna is a way of life. - Visit Tampere ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exterior of a Wooden Sauna in Finland Harri Tarvainen/Courtesy of Visit Finland Finland, known as the happiest country in the ...

The Naked Truth Sauna Festival is set to take place for the second time this May in Tartu. In what is a cooperative project between Estonia and Finland, eght saunas will be open by the Emajõgi River ...