Alvar Aalto’s Wood-Heated Sauna Is Firing Up Again – Public Sauna Evenings in a UNESCO Setting
Alvar Aalto’s wood-heated sauna in Jyväskylä has been regularly heated again since 1 September and is open for public…
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Alvar Aalto’s Wood-Heated Sauna Is Firing Up Again – Public Sauna Evenings in a UNESCO Setting
Alvar Aalto’s wood-heated sauna in Jyväskylä has been regularly heated again since 1 September and is open for public sauna
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Sauna of the Future – can wooden walls be replaced by air and membrane?
Sauna of the Future may look completely different from the traditional wooden sauna. TAIYO…
Public Sauna Charter – 11 countries unite around the future of sauna culture
Public Sauna Charter is a new international initiative attempting to answer an important question…
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Sauna of the Future – can wooden walls be replaced by air and membrane?
Sauna of the Future may look completely different from the traditional wooden sauna. TAIYO TSUBOMI, created for Expo 2025…
Read the story →Public Sauna Charter – 11 countries unite around the future of sauna culture
Public Sauna Charter is a new international initiative attempting to answer an important question at a time of rapidly…
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Smart Sauna 2026 – digital technology enters even the wood-burning sauna
Smart Sauna 2026 no longer means simply an electric heater that can be switched on with a smartphone. Modern…
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Võromaa Smoke Sauna Tradition – Living UNESCO Heritage in Estonia
Võromaa Smoke Sauna Tradition in southern Estonia has not become a museum exhibit, even more than a decade after…
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Hilton Therme SPA in Klaipėda – €70 million thermal complex with 17 pools
Hilton Therme SPA in Klaipėda is planned as a thermal spa and hotel complex worth more than €70 million…
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International Sauna Congress 2026 – the sauna world gathers in Oslo
International Sauna Congress 2026 will take place in Oslo from 24 to 26 September, bringing together more than 40…
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Latvian Sauna Day – more than 80 saunas joined across Latvia
Latvian Sauna Day took place on 12 September, bringing together more than 80 saunas and sauna families across the…
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Cardiff Sauna Complex – historic docks to become a £17 million sauna destination
Cardiff Sauna Complex could transform the more than century-old Mount Stuart Graving Docks into one of the most interesting…
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Saunas in Vilnius – three public saunas planned by the River Neris
Saunas in Vilnius could soon take on a completely new form – three mobile public saunas, terraces, showers, a…
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Crystal Sauna in Sweden – a public sauna inside a giant lithium crystal
Crystal Sauna in Sweden is far more than an unusual place to experience heat. In Skellefteå, a former polluted…
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Roman bath in Serbia – a unique discovery in an imperial palace
A Roman bath in Serbia has revealed something extraordinary to archaeologists: a luxurious private bathing complex was built into…
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