Finland's dreamy Sauna Tour could restore your soul and (scientifically) heal your heart. Here's exactly why you should visit—and the benefits you'll receive.

Finland's sauna culture is such an integral part of its identity that you will find saunas in homes, offices, and even ...

Imagine achieving the same benefits of brisk exercise just by sitting down in a nice warm place a few times a week. Saunas have been around for thousands of years with versions of them in all ...

Sweating in the sauna is the theme of Bara Bada Bastu, the offbeat song by the group KAJ, representing Sweden at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in May. This humorous Swedish track ...

Sauna culture is universally familiar to Finns and the first Finnish element on UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Sauna is mentioned in the earliest texts in Finnish ...

Interview with Jakob Gate, who has been developing sauna projects that combine flexibility with the expertise and tradition of Scandinavian design.

The word hygge is a Scandinavian term meaning wellbeing and happiness. The hotel offers a Nordic spa, Himalayan salt lounge and traditional Finnish sauna.

Above: Danish company Scandinavian Sauna is founded by a Swedish architect and specializes in mobile saunas delivered across the EU and Japan (they also ship to the US).

In Finland, and much of Scandinavia, the sauna is central to people’s lives. It serves as a meeting place, steam bath and meditative chamber.

S pending time in the sauna may help lower your chances of developing high blood pressure, say the authors of a recent study in the American Journal of Hypertension. Finnish men in the study who ...