In Finland, sauna bathing has been a way of life for 10,000 years. There are an estimated 3.3 million saunas throughout the country and 5.6 million residents-saunas are found at home, at work, in gyms ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Two Finnish-born Swedes have won the Swedish national sauna championships in which men and women try to outlast each other in a 212-degree Fahrenheit steam bath. “It was hot,” said ...

Off the Map Travel has launched a new itinerary, “Savouring Swedish Serenity,” which incorporates mindfulness, yoga and wellness, centered around the new “Lady of the Mine” sauna ritual. The five-day ...

Well, you’re already hot. Why not sweat it out in a sauna during summer’s dog days...outdoors…on a lake. That’s right, a lake? Daring millennials are taking ...

“Simply relax on wooden benches to absorb the healing qualities of heat with varying amounts of steam – known as löyly – that ...

The Scandinavian winter swimming culture combines brief dips in cold water with hot sauna sessions -- and now, a study of young men who participate regularly in these polar plunges finds that winter ...