How Finns go to the bathhouse. Clean place: sauna

During 4 days in Finland we saw as many saunas as we have probably never seen in our lives. Even hotel rooms had small saunas along with a bath and shower, let alone hotel cottages.

A Finnish sauna is a dry heat bath, when the air in the room has low humidity (10-25%) and a high temperature in the range of 90-110 ° C. Finns visit the sauna every other day and this is in the order of things. The popularity of Finnish saunas has reached us, however, we only copied the form, forgetting about the content. Today I want to explain the main rules and explain why Natasha in the title photo is steaming incorrectly...

First, a few examples of saunas. Here is a roomy hotel option for general use:

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Compact option for a family:

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Today, black saunas are wildly popular among Finns. This is something similar to a Russian bathhouse:

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Shared sauna in the hotel. Usually people who go to the sauna are either purely male or purely women's groups. Although, according to hotel employees, often friendly companies all steaming together:

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Private sauna in the cottage:

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Private saunas usually have outdoor Jacuzzis. Unlike the Russian tradition of throwing yourself into an ice hole, the Finns prefer a lukewarm bath:

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So, important rule Finnish sauna: under no circumstances should you enter the sauna wearing dressing gowns, a swimsuit or a towel. Under no circumstances. For Finns, this is bad manners, rudeness and violation of traditional values:

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The only thing that is allowed is to take a special piece of paper to put under your butt:

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This is what a person should look like in a Finnish sauna!

It is also important to sit with your feet on a bench (ideally lying down) so that the body heats up evenly. Before visiting the steam room, you can wash yourself lightly in the shower, but be sure to wipe yourself dry. You cannot splash water on the heater. If it is very dry, you can carefully water the wooden walls of the steam room:

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How do you feel about the sauna? Do you like to steam?

P.S. I would like to announce a new section in my author’s application “Traveldoll - Traveling in the footsteps of Sergei Dolya”. Now the program includes a guide to Crimea, compiled on the basis of my numerous travels around the peninsula.

During 4 days in Finland we saw as many saunas as we have probably never seen in our lives. Even hotel rooms had small saunas along with a bath and shower, let alone hotel cottages.

A Finnish sauna is a dry heat bath, when the air in the room has low humidity (10-25%) and a high temperature in the range of 90-110 ° C. Finns visit the sauna every other day and this is in the order of things. The popularity of Finnish saunas has reached us, however, we only copied the form, forgetting about the content. Today I want to explain the main rules and explain why Natasha in the title photo is steaming incorrectly...

First, a few examples of saunas. Here is a roomy hotel option for general use:

2.

Compact option for a family:

3.

Today, black saunas are wildly popular among Finns. This is something similar to a Russian bathhouse:

4.

5.

Shared sauna in the hotel. Usually, either all-male or all-female groups go to the sauna. Although, according to hotel employees, often friendly groups steam together:

6.

Private sauna in the cottage:

7.

Private saunas usually have outdoor Jacuzzis. Unlike the Russian tradition of throwing yourself into an ice hole, the Finns prefer a lukewarm bath:

8.

So, an important rule of the Finnish sauna: under no circumstances should you enter the sauna in dressing gowns, a swimsuit or a towel. Under no circumstances. For Finns, this is bad manners, rudeness and violation of traditional values:

9.

The only thing that is allowed is to take a special piece of paper to put under your butt:

10.

This is what a person should look like in a Finnish sauna!

It is also important to sit with your feet on a bench (ideally lying down) so that the body heats up evenly. Before visiting the steam room, you can wash yourself lightly in the shower, but be sure to wipe yourself dry. You cannot splash water on the heater. If it is very dry, you can carefully water the wooden walls of the steam room:

11.

How do you feel about the sauna? Do you like to steam?

P.S. I want to announce a new section in my author's application"

Crowded swimming pools, unisex baths, ice-hole ablutions and skilled massage therapists... Maria TARANENKO joined the natural and cheerful spa culture of Finland.

I pictured a typical Finnish spa as ascetic, uncrowded, with short, laconic procedures and slow staff. Everything turned out differently.

YOUR OWN SPA

A spa holiday for our northern neighbors is, first and foremost, a bathhouse. In the broadest sense of the word: from a classic sauna to a rustic black sauna. Hammam, thermal baths, Russian steam room - any room with hot air evokes respect and awe among the Finns. It’s no wonder that when I entered the spa area of ​​the Holiday Club hotel, I was taken aback. Instead of quiet offices and sneaking craftsmen, a noisy crowd of all ages descended on me. Out of fear, I dived into the first door I came across. Behind it was a sauna, where naked ladies sat in a row, generously splashing water on the hot stones. One of them addressed me with a reproachful speech. I quickly retreated. And again she found herself among the Finnish masses. Deciding to follow everyone, I got to the pool.

FULL IMMERSION

Palm trees! These are the ones I least expected to see. The tropical riot on the sides looked completely un-Finnish. True, the people splashing around in the “tropical paradise” were also alien to Scandinavian restraint. A huge swimming pool with many niches, cascades and fountains was conducive to unbridled fun. After swimming, I decided to go into the sauna again. And, carefully approaching the familiar door, I understood the reason for the Finnish auntie’s dissatisfaction. On the wall hung a picture of a crossed out swimsuit and an inscription in several languages ​​(including Russian): “At high temperatures, swimsuits evaporate dangerous toxins. Enter the bathhouse naked." I felt ashamed both for my inattention and for the unintentional attempt on the lives of my neighbors.

BATH IN BLACK STYLE

Having gotten rid of my swimsuit, I decided to try out another Finnish spa find. Namely, a black bath. The small house on the shore of a small lake contrasted with the modern appearance of the hotel and resembled Baba Yaga's hut. Inside there is absolute darkness and clouds of smoke. It was smoke, not steam: a third of the room was occupied by an open fireplace with smoldering wood. Representatives of both sexes sat on benches along the wall. Absolutely naked men and women, without hesitation, exchanged words, threw water and helped each other find a free place. I tried to cover myself with a towel, but I realized that in this child, few people were interested in my beauty. Unforgettable minutes in the “black sauna” made me so close to the Finnish people that I dived with everyone into the cold lake water. Delight!

LAWS OF NUDISM

It turned out that almost all bath establishments in Finland live by the law of “naked unisex”. No one is embarrassed here. By the end of my stay, I no longer flinched when one of the men entered the women's locker room or changed clothes in front of everyone. Finnish spa nudism turned out to be very touching and conceptual. Walking around naked in the name of preventing toxic suffocation is a great mission!

SLEEPING AREA

The hotel's professional spa area deserves special mention. True, there are no special design solutions, meditation cabins, fitness bars or other newfangled elements. The emphasis is not on the surroundings, but on the procedures. More precisely, on their results. The craftsmen working at the Holiday Club Katinkulta are meticulous and diligent in an un-European way. Even an ordinary massage is performed honestly, without careless strokes and unnecessary movements. In combination with regular spa holidays in the baths, the effect of beauty treatments is unreal.

NORTHERN GUEST

In the coming months, the first Holiday Club hotel in Russia will open in St. Petersburg. The huge building promises to accommodate numerous rooms, shops, business centers, restaurants... And most importantly, a spa area maintained in Finnish traditions. I wonder if there are unisex saunas there?

In the city of Helsinki, refugees can find refuge in the sauna of the famous Finnish entrepreneur and musician Kimmi Helistö.

A businessman organizes free bath days for the men living next door to him at the immigration center. This was reported by the Helsingin Sanomat publication.

The proposal from Kimmy, who is a member of the city council, turned out to be unique, since he not only offered refugees from Middle Eastern countries a free bath, but also invited them to visit a shared sauna with Finnish women for free. In his conscription speech, he used words such as “brotherhood” and “friendship,” which, in his opinion, exist in the sauna “during all these troubles.”

The musician-entrepreneur’s statement immediately drew attention in the Netherlands, where, for the first time in the EU, a community for sex education for refugees was created in the hope of instilling in them European moral principles.

Until recently, people from Iraq went to take a steam bath in a Finnish sauna only male team, but photographer Ilvi Njokiken decided to introduce migrants to sexual tolerance by visiting the Helistö sauna with them.

“Suddenly, I saw people carrying towels on their shoulders. I asked them where they were going. They pointed me to a nearby sauna. As a joke, they asked me to join them, and were very surprised when I agreed,” said Nyokikien.

The refugees were delighted with the half-naked woman who first went with them to the shower and then to the steam room.

The refugees admitted that they had never felt so hot in a bathhouse in their lives. And the Dutch woman said that she had heard a lot about cultural traditions Finland, when men and women steam together in a sauna.

According to the woman, the refugees in the steam room behaved very friendly, laughed a lot and did not even refuse to be photographed.

“I was surprised that they took me with them because I am a woman. Nevertheless, I did not dare to completely remove myself outerwear, because she believed that such behavior could be considered offensive by Muslims,” Nyokikien explained.

She noted that all the men were in the sauna in swimming trunks.

The lady herself, who visits the sauna once a week, noted that it was the first time she felt so “hot” and “heavy” at the same time, but she was pleased with such an “interesting” joint visit to the steam room.

The sauna owner noted that he allowed refugees to visit his establishment under the auspices of the Red Cross in Finland.

He said that refugees always visit his sauna in swimming trunks and while in the steam room they sing songs in Arabic.

Kimmy noted that Finnish saunas “begin to steam at 20-30 degrees,” but “Iraqi men wash each other in Turkish hammam style, despite the fact that Turkish spa culture is very different from Finnish.” According to him, the refugees “never had any problems with several women coming to their shared sauna.”

A well-known entrepreneur organizes “charitable” bathing days for migrants.

In the city of Helsinki, refugees can find refuge in the sauna of the famous Finnish entrepreneur and musician Kimmi Helistö. A businessman organizes free bath days for the men living next door to him at the immigration center. This was reported by the Helsingin Sanomat publication. The proposal from Kimmy, who is a member of the city council, turned out to be unique, since he not only offered refugees from Middle Eastern countries a free bath, but also invited them to visit a shared sauna with Finnish women for free. In his conscription speech, he used words such as “brotherhood” and “friendship,” which, in his opinion, exist in the sauna “during all these troubles.” The musician-entrepreneur’s statement immediately drew attention in the Netherlands, where, for the first time in the EU, a community for sex education for refugees was created in the hope of instilling in them European moral principles. Until recently, immigrants from Iraq went to the Finnish sauna in a purely male group, but photographer Ilvi Njokiken decided to introduce migrants to sexual tolerance by visiting the Helistö sauna with them. “Suddenly, I saw people carrying towels on their shoulders. I asked them where they were going. They pointed me to a nearby sauna. As a joke, they asked me to join them, and were very surprised when I agreed,” said Nyokikien. The refugees were delighted with the half-naked woman who first went with them to the shower and then to the steam room. The refugees admitted that they had never felt so hot in a bathhouse in their lives. And the Dutch woman said that she had heard a lot about the cultural traditions of Finland, when men and women steam together in a sauna. According to the woman, the refugees in the steam room behaved very friendly, laughed a lot and did not even refuse to be photographed. “I was surprised that they took me with them because I am a woman. However, I did not dare to completely remove my outer clothing because I believed that Muslims might consider such behavior offensive,” Nyokikien explained. She noted that all the men were in the sauna in swimming trunks. “They sang and laughed all the time,” the lady added. The lady herself, who visits the sauna once a week, noted that it was the first time she felt so “hot” and “heavy” at the same time, but she was pleased with such an “interesting” joint visit to the steam room. The owner of the sauna noted that he allowed refugees to visit his establishment under the auspices of the Red Cross in Finland, reports. He said that refugees always visit his sauna in swimming trunks and while in the steam room they sing songs in Arabic. Kimmy noted that Finnish saunas “begin to steam at 20-30 degrees,” but “Iraqi men wash each other in Turkish hammam style, despite the fact that Turkish spa culture is very different from Finnish.” According to him, the refugees “never had any problems with several women coming to their shared sauna.”