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

Saunamafia

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