Finland is known for its saunas. A Finnish sauna is a room or small hut with a temperature above 80 degrees C. When water is poured over a hot stove stones, the steam cloud fills the sauna to take the temperature to a higher level. Sauna bathing in Finland typically takes half an hour and two hours. This sauna is often followed by a bath or swim in the lake. In winter, many snow rubbed on their skin after their sauna Finland. Some beat their skin with birch twigs soaked in warm water to exfoliate and clean.
With a sauna is the most popular leisure activity in Finland. A visit to the sauna sans Finland would not be complete. The Finnish sauna to enjoy its healing properties. Millions of people in Finland and sauna, on average, each household has a sauna.
Saunas can be used for social gatherings and relaxation with family and friends. In private settings, men and women often share in the sauna, while single-sex saunas are the norm in public places.
In the past, the steam compartment for wood in the vicinity of the lake is used. Burning of wood under a flat stone and arranged in rows to produce heat. The steam by pouring cold water these stones produced. In general, the temperature in the steam of 70 ° C and 90 ° C. It fluctuated Lodge to 120 degrees C.
In Finland there is an annual competition for the people who can spend the most time in the sauna honor