Finland is the actual birthplace of the sauna concept. Although these days, modern saunas have revived a lot as compared to the ancestral Finnish saunas, the concept, philosophy and the ideology behind the sauna remains intact.

Sauna has its roots deep in the pages of Finnish history. Sauna was a considerable part of the lives of Finnish, a necessity and a place to relax with friends and family. It was also a place where mothers gave birth to babies as sauna environment was sterilized and hygienic.

Today also sauna is considered as a holy place for many Finnish people. They believe in warm welcome of the guest by offering sauna bath. On an average each house in Finland has one sauna. Till date sauna is very popular in Finland and the proof is that today also Finnish people grab the opportunity to take sauna bath at least once a week. It has got as importance as other national identities and so even Finnish parliament has the sauna. They used saunas even when they were in foreign lands and history narrates that Finnish army used to take sauna baths during world war-II for relaxation. This has resulted in the expansion of sauna culture.

Finnish sauna bath consists of two to three cycles lasting from one to two hours. After sauna bath people take a dip into swimming pool or roll over ice during winter as it becomes very hot during sauna bath so it is necessary to cool down. The silver birch is used during sauna to pacify the mosquito bites and more over to relax tired muscles. The silver birch is gently beat to one’s body to get pleasant feeling.

Ancestral Finnish saunas used heat of stove for heat generation in sauna bath. The new, modern day ones have chimneys that allow the excess heat to die. Finnish saunas usually contain wooden room warmed from a range of heat 80-100°. Previously Finnish people also used stone to construct their steam bath chambers, when wood was not so popular. Normally water is thrown hot stones to give steam effect. That is how heat generation took place in a traditional Finnish sauna.

These days more technological advances are poured into the sauna system and many different methods of heat generation like infrared rays are used, but the essence of sauna system lies in the typical Finnish saunas. We bring to you this true and pure sauna with the exact Finnish touch so that you can reap health benefits in a traditional Finnish manner.