Steaming in a sauna is an essential part of Finnish culture, but the number of public saunas is said to be in decline. A new sauna in Helsinki has been built to help combat this. Designed to ...

For Finns, a sauna is an integral part of their culture. Here, a guide to the customs and etiquette associated with the sauna and five of the best public saunas in Finland.

You do not need to be Finnish to enjoy a sauna like one, but there are a few things you should know before you visit one. For starters, go in clean. Even though you’re going to be sweating out ...

The sauna is a sacred place for women in Finland, and has been for thousands of years – the practice of going into the steamy rooms is also linked to mythology in the Nordics.

Can a Finnish Sauna Improve Society? Contemporary sweat baths reflect the country’s architectural past — and propose a future in which simple, sustainable buildings can still be sublime.

Saunas, for the most part and for legions of adults, enjoy a warm reputation as being good for you. And a recent study of Finnish men and women seems to add more credence to sauna's health benefits, ...

Coincidence? Maybe. “The sauna is, in a way, a holy place,” said Finland’s European Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen. She was not present during my visit to the permanent representation’s sauna but did ...

The format for "sauna diplomacy" is simple. Finnish diplomats invite their contacts to the UK embassy. Introductions are made, a drink is had, and then it's time to gets changed. The women head ...

Traditionally the sauna has also been the place where life began and ended -- up until the 1940s rural women often gave birth there, as the only place in the home with hot water and privacy, and ...