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Sauna Traditions Guides
25 guides
Europe's sauna cultures share heat and cold but differ in almost everything else. These guides explain the Finnish sauna and its vocabulary, the smoke sauna, the vihta or vasta whisk, Germany's aufguss ceremonies, Danish saunagus, the Latvian pirts and the Russian banya.
Each guide says where travellers can experience the tradition for themselves.
Denmark
Estonia
Europe
- Sauna Culture in Europe: Traditions and Etiquette Guide
- Floating Saunas in Europe: Where to Go and How They Work
- Russian Banya: How It Works and Where to Try One in Europe
- Scandinavian Sauna: Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Traditions
- Types of Sauna in Europe: Finnish, Smoke, Steam and Banya
- Winter Swimming and the Sauna: Europe's Hot-Cold Guide
Finland
- Finnish Sauna: How It Works, Etiquette and Where to Try It
- Avanto: Ice Swimming in Finland and the Sauna Round
- Christmas Sauna in Finland: Where to Go and What to Expect
- Finnish Sauna Hat: What It Is and How to Wear One
- Finnish Sauna Temperature: How Hot It Really Is and How to Bathe at That Heat
- How Many Saunas Are in Finland? A Travel Guide to Decide
- How to Pronounce Sauna in Finland, the UK and the US
- Public Saunas in Finland: How They Work and Where to Go
- Sauna Whisk Guide: How to Use Birch Branches in Finland
- Savusauna in Finland: Guide to Smoke Sauna Customs
- The History of the Sauna: From Smoke Rooms to City Saunas
- The Kiuas: What a Finnish Sauna Stove Is and How It Works
- The Sauna World Championships: Your Finland Travel Guide