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Tampere in Finland has been the "Sauna Capital of the World" since 2018 because the region has the most public saunas. Additionally, Finland’s oldest still-operating public sauna is located in Tampere. Read more
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    December 30, 2022
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    Follow the Steam

    December 31, 2022 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C

    To end the year 2022 in style and start the trip to the "Sauna Capital of the World" with good music, I booked the sauna in the Bodom Bar for new years evening. Founded by the former members of the groundbreaking metal band Children of Bodom the bar offers good pizza, band-memorabilia and three saunas: a women’s, a men’s and a mixed sauna.Read more

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    Mental Sauna

    January 1, 2023 in Finland ⋅ 🌙 -2 °C

    Lapinlahti Hospital in the western part of Helsinki was once one of the oldest mental health facility in Europe. The hospital was founded in 1841 and operated for over 160 years before its closure in 2008. Now it houses a cafe, restaurants and is used as an event venue. Next to the former hospital building lies the "oldest still functioning sauna in Helsinki that is open to the public" according to the webpage. The sauna building was completed in the 1880s and lies next to a bay. In winter the beach, the way to the icehole, the boat next to it and everything else is very frozen.Read more

    Trip end
    January 8, 2023
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