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 ...
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 attract ...
Saunas are an integral part of Finnish culture, providing a unique experience that combines relaxation and social interaction ...
Brits still have some way to go to match the Finns, 90 per cent of whom are reckoned to take a sauna at least once a week.
More than a few have invited the Rices to sweat alongside them. The ancient Finnish tradition of sauna is trendy these days, as millennials have embraced its ritual. Mobile saunas, with their ...
We used to draw names at Christmas for an adult gift exchange. Two years ago, I drew my brother-in-law's name. He is a contractor and carpenter. I gave him a coffee table-style photo book of Finnish ...
HELSINKI – Regular visits to the sauna can help lower the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease as well as dying of heart ailments, a Finnish study suggests. Researchers at the ...
FITCHBURG — Saunas are not only a part of our daily lives but play a role in some Finnish holiday festivities and the Finnish Center at Saima Park is excited to invite the community to celebrate them.
DULUTH — By the time talk turned to the legend of the sauna elf, nothing could have surprised me. Frank Eld, dressed in the traditional dress of Finland's Pohjanmaa region, speaks at the FinnFest ...
If you're driving around the Cape and happen to see a 12-foot-long barrel, with wheels, being pulled behind the truck in front of you, yes, that is a mobile sauna. And it's probably Karl Maki's. "They ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Christopher and Julie Rice sat naked in the sauna, sweating in its 180-degree heat. In the crisp air outside, they then played a few hands of cribbage and noshed on pickles and ...