As sauna bathing becomes a staple of wellness culture, scientists are trying to clarify whether the practice offers ...

Every year, in early spring, the small southern Estonian town Otepää, which is also known as the country's winter sports capital, sees the number of its saunas double or even triple for a weekend.

About 1,000 people braved both freezing temperatures and steaming heat as they took part in the sixth annual European Sauna marathon on Sunday. The less-than-serious competition attracted ...

Feeling adventurous, I gave it a try. The water was a brisk 9 degrees Celsius (that's pretty cold!), but it was invigorating. The cold plunge is a tradition for the Finns, and it's believed to make ...

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First you spend three minutes in a sauna, then you jump into ice-cold water. Then you do it again - for about three hours. That was the challenge Saturday at the European Sauna "Marathon" in Estonia.

The world's first runway sauna has opened. It is perhaps unsurprising that the world's sauna capital, which is home to three million saunas or one for every two people, is the first to set one up on ...

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Apprentice electrician and personal trainer Pavel Poliacek, from Cullybackey, has spent years becoming a self-taught sauna master, travelling to Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania to ...

It's a sticky, steamy business. Two or more do it naked in a small, dimly lit room. Suomi (Finland) as it is referred to in Finnish, I got a rare opportunity in April this year to visit this Nordic ...