People often enjoy going into sauna after a workout to relax the muscles or maybe for some meditation. However, the traditional Finnish sauna—pronounced ‘SOW-nuh’ and used as both a noun and a verb by ...

It only makes sense that a Two Harbors native would write the definitive book on this part of the country's obsession with Finnish saunas. "Everybody knew what a sauna was [growing up], and most ...

In 2023, the World Happiness Report named Finland the happiest country in the world. Finns are known for their love of nature, saunas, and coffee. But some of their customs might surprise Americans.

That's about as close as it's possible to get to a phonetic spelling of the Finnish word Löyly, a noun (of sorts) that describes the water added to the hot rocks inside of a sauna to create steam.

As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories from Finland — a reminder of ...