sauna

In Ylläs alpine mountains, Finland -after a sauna bath in a barrel

snow dips after sauna. #Finland

summer in Finland, via asunto e

SAUNABOAT in Vesijärvi, Lahti, Finland 22.5.2015

Splish Splash I was taking a bath

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Ice swimming. And the most interesting smoke sauna in the world by the "Sauna-achitect" Risto Vuolle-Apiala. Kiilopää, finnish Lapland.

Finnish Sauna, the lake and long summer nights....

OMG- I would love to know the story behind this picture...how? and why?

Birch leaves contain soap and that's one of the reasons why Finns started to use birch branches as bath whisks in ancient times | The Finnish way to sauna [sow-na]