the sauna of the culture

sauna for life, life for sauna

the sauna has made a significant influence on the cultural world and likewise, the world has influenced the sauna to a degree (you always talk about the sauna in degrees).

literature, music, design...almost every facet of life has been influential towards or influenced by the sauna.

key thing we'd like to have up shortly is how to take a proper sauna, but you may rely on the finnish sauna society's recommendations.

lore

the Farmer, the Devil and the Sauna - a folktale of the sauna's divine properties.
the Seven Brothers in the Sauna - an excerpt from Aleksis Kivi's great novel.

toughing it

finland's hot competition - the annual sauna competition. read a bbc article on the 1999 event or read a competitor's story, in dutch or in finn.

we're looking for more stuff. please bare with us. ha.

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"Jos lähtis, sano täi löylys"

--Kirvu