Steam curls into the Arctic air as the sauna door opens, releasing warm bodies into the biting cold. It’s the heart of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saunas have become popular social hubs in London, popping up on rooftops, in basements and in city parks. But while saunas have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Koti” means “home” in Finnish, which makes it a perfect name for the Finnish sauna that is literally in Kristina Erickson’s ...

What if I Told You About Finland’s Sauna Obsession? Welcome to Finland, a country utterly obsessed with saunas. The sauna is the most important social forum in Finland. There are more saunas than cars ...

What should a traditional Finnish sauna look like in an urban context, where it serves as a city sanctuary rather than a lakeside escape? That’s the question that Iittala is exploring with its new ...

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 ...

“Koti” means “home” in Finnish, which makes it a perfect name for the Finnish sauna that is literally in Kristina Erickson’s backyard. Erickson grew up in Oregon, but she spent almost every summer on ...

There’s a word in Finnish which evades translation: löyly. It’s commonly used to describe the steam that rises when water is poured onto hot stones in a sauna. But it also signifies spirit or life ...