Winter in the Upper Midwest has a distinctly Nordic soul. Once December settles in, snowfall blankets the tall pines of the boreal forests, the edges of Lake Superior harden into ice, and the days ...

Off the Map Travel has launched a new itinerary, “Savouring Swedish Serenity,” which incorporates mindfulness, yoga and wellness, centered around the new “Lady of the Mine” sauna ritual. The five-day ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Two Finnish-born Swedes have won the Swedish national sauna championships in which men and women try to outlast each other in a 212-degree Fahrenheit steam bath. “It was hot,” said ...

In Finland, sauna bathing has been a way of life for 10,000 years. There are an estimated 3.3 million saunas throughout the country and 5.6 million residents-saunas are found at home, at work, in gyms ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - We may be thousands of miles away from Scandinavia but one Burlington couple is working to bring Nordic health benefits to Vermont’s doorstep. “We really have the belief that ...

Studies have found that regular sauna use could reduce the risk of heart attacks, dementia and stroke - Getty Imagine achieving the same benefits of brisk exercise just by sitting down in a nice warm ...

Well, you’re already hot. Why not sweat it out in a sauna during summer’s dog days...outdoors…on a lake. That’s right, a lake? Daring millennials are taking ...

“Simply relax on wooden benches to absorb the healing qualities of heat with varying amounts of steam – known as löyly – that ...

The Scandinavian winter swimming culture combines brief dips in cold water with hot sauna sessions -- and now, a study of young men who participate regularly in these polar plunges finds that winter ...