SaunaSherpa

Quest for fundamental real sauna sensation

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Bespoke SaunaSherpa guided tours in Finland, Sweden, Baltics and Russia are now available to fullfill your passion for authentic sauna experience. The tour options below provide satisfying experience whether you are a sauna newbie or seeking to cross items from your sauna-bucket list.

About SaunaSherpa

Sauna has been my weekly pleasure since a toddler as it is practically for every Finn.

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I would like to share with you my extensive experience and study of the sauna culture in Finland and neighbouring countries of Sweden, Estonia along other Baltic states and Russia. You will find a vast variety of sauna experiences such as Finnish sauna, Russian banya, savvusann in Võrumaa, musta kyly in White Carelia, pirtis in Lithuania, bastu in Sweden or pirts in Latvia. 

Is sauna from Finland originally? Hardly. More likely, as Mikkel Aaland's 'Sweat' describes, benefits of hot bathing were perceived independently in different parts of the world, without knowledge of each other.

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As a sweat nerd, I have gained a membership in many sauna societies. When I entered the Vaskiniemi, the Sauna House of the Finnish Sauna Society for the first time, on the 9th of Dec in 1997, I had no idea where the world of sauna would take me.  My other 'sauna home' in addition to Vaskiniemi is Rajaportin sauna, home base of the Sauna Society of Pispala. Rajaportti is the oldest working public sauna, est. in 1906. It is an absolute pearl of Tampere's sauna scene with a unique atmosphere. As I am fortunate to have a lifetime membership, I visit Rajaportti regularly.

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Other memberships:

Suomen saunakulttuuri ry

Soome-Eesti Saunaselts

International Smoke Sauna Club      

Lifetime Partron of the British Sauna Society

Member of the Saunamestari Kilta    

Olutsillan Saunaklubi

Sauna Arla                                  

Saunaseura Kipakka

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Helsinki: classics & contemporary public saunas

Unshakably to the marginal

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World Sauna Capital

Savusauna

Mökkisauna / Cottage sauna

Sovjet banya

Learn how to heat a woodburning sauna

Careful with that axe Eugene!

Avanto

Chilling out

T O P R O X

Open your senses before sauna

Attributes for tailoring

People

Let me know your sauna stamina, newbies or hard core?

How many are you?

Gender distribution?

Approach to nudity?

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Budget

Builds on preferred standars of:

       Accomodation

       Means of transportation

       Calibre of other services

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Full treatment...

More or less fully tailored set?

Let's play by ear?

Pig in a poke (saunas are fixed : ) ?

Add ons: 

              Whisking

              Peat treatments

              Massage

              Traditional Sauna Treatments

What type saunas to experince

Smoke sauna

Public sauna

Cottage sauna

Floating sauna

Tent sauna

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Duration

2-3 hour trip to one sauna.
Day trip.
Overnight excursion.
Several days and saunas.

Geographics

Finland

       Helsinki

       Tampere

       Countryside

Estonia

       Tallinn

       Võrumaa

Sweden

       Kukkolafors area

Tell what you wish

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