The Finns and the Russians made it to the end of the song. Their teammates, not so much. The Avalanche’s trip to Finland wouldn’t have been complete without a team visit to the sauna — and an ...

I’m in the eastern reaches of Finland, in the Lakeland region that includes scenic Lake Saimaa, which has 14,000 islands and more shoreline than all of France. As the sun sinks slowly into the ...

It’d be sacrilegious to visit Finland without experiencing two of the country’s most beloved pastimes: karaoke and sauna. While belting Frank Sinatra songs in a crowded bar may come naturally to you, ...

Indulge in a a day of relaxation and cultural immersion at Löyly Helsinki with a first-person look at the Finnish sauna experience. Join owner and famed actor Jasper Pääkkönen in discovering why the ...

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 ...

On a wintry day in Kallio, a bohemian neighborhood in Helsinki, a group of Finns huddle outside on wooden benches, clad only in towels, steam rising from their bodies, drinking beer, relaxed. This is ...

Finland is well known for its saunas. In fact, such is the Finnish people’s obsession for sweating it out that they have a sauna in every one of their embassies across the globe. The sauna’s have even ...

In a country where there are likely more saunas than cars, a person doesn’t have to go far to find a steamy room to warm away the winter chill. Devotees both young and old flock to saunas—essential to ...

John “JP” Pederson says his time as an exchange student in Finland warmed him up to “sauna,” a word he uses as a noun, verb, adjective and a way of life. In his quest to spread sauna to other ...