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Sauna in Finland
Happy as a Finn – go to sauna! It is a must experience in Lapland.
There are over 3 million saunas in Finland – that’s more than passenger cars. It’s safe to say we love our saunas! For an absolute Rovaniemi experience one must try sauna.
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Wellbeing from sauna
Wellbeing from sauna
For us Finns the sauna is a place for relaxation and laidback socialising. It’s our sanctuary and a source of wellbeing. We go to sauna to clear our minds of our everyday worries.
Sauna is often combined with a swim in natural waters or a dip in a jacuzzi – an exhilarating sensation whether it’s summer or winter.
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Benefits of sauna
Benefits of sauna
Sauna helps to relax both the mind and body, so the health benefits are versatile.
- Sauna relieves stress
- Sauna induces deeper sleep
- Sauna helps to recover after exercise
- Sauna combined to ice swimming or cold shower affect mood, improve stress tolerance and can relieve pain
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Rovaniemi saunas welcome you
Rovaniemi saunas welcome you
Going to a small, hot and steamy space wearing only a swimsuit or a towel can be a little intimidating. We get it. But no stress, we appreciate the visitors and newcomers joining!
In Rovaniemi one can choose from a variety of diverse sauna experiences, such as snow sauna – a sauna built with ice and snow – traditional wooden saunas, a sauna boat, and a riverside restaurant offering a sauna experience.
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Which sauna is for me?
Which sauna is for me?
For a casual, easy access sauna experience, one can try out the public saunas in and around Rovaniemi. Saunas are found in all the resorts and hotels with public and private shifts. If you’d like to experience a sauna on the river, we have sauna rafts and boats, and floating saunas.
There are electrically heated saunas and wood burning saunas, you can even order one to come to your doorstep, or you can book your own sauna experience with spa treatments and dinner.
Questions about Sauna
No preparation is needed. Wet and wash yourself in the shower and enter the steam room. Wear a towel or a swimsuit, if you like. If you attend a sauna tour or have book a sauna experience, it is adviced to check what is included. It might be a good idea to bring a bottle of water with you, if you are not used to sauna and some warm clothes to wear after the sauna at winter time.
Us Finns believe there’s nothing to be ashamed of in naked human bodies, so in the public saunas in Finland people don’t wear swimsuits. The public saunas are divided to women’s and men saunas. In the mixed, all gender saunas people often tend to use towl or swimsuit. Yet, we totally understand wearing a swimsuit or wrapping a towel around you for sauna feels more comfortable for you.
Just relax and enjoy. Sit on a sauna bench on your bench covering cloth. If more benches than one is available, you can choose a higher bench for more heat or a lower one for less. Anyone in the steam room can throw water on the stove to add more steam and heat. This will make a hissing sound and bring on a little extra heat quickly. Everyone stays in the steam room for as long as they feel like, there’s no rule to it, it can be from a minute or two, or much longer. If you are not used to sauna, listen to your body and get some fresh ait in the between of the heat whenever necessary.
This depends on the sauna and the people. Some like alternating from the sauna steam room to a dip in a pool, natural waters, or a jacuzzi. Some step out of the sauna to sit for a drink on the terrace. In the winter, taking a break from the steam room might mean a dip in a winter swimming spot or rolling in snow. The ultimate sauna experience is meant to leave a wonderful feeling to your whole body and relax your mind.
It depends on the situation, but generally the temperature is anything between 70 to 90 up to 100 centigrade. It also depends on a sauna type, wooden and electric sauna can feel different even though the temperature would be the same.
Book sauna activities!
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Private Traditional Lakeside Sauna with Midnight Sun
For your authentic Finnish experience, sit back in the lakeside private traditional Finnish sauna with the mild steam warming you up.
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Private Wooden Heated Sauna and Ice Swimming
Experience this healthy tradition like a true finn!
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Magic of the Forest and Log Sauna, 4 hours (Private Tour)
Feel the healing effects of the forest, herbs and log sauna with herbal bath for feet or treatment for hands. After the sauna we’ll serve you traditional Finnish dinner.
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Traditional Lappish Evening in the Wilderness with Dinner
Experience the traditional Lappish firewood sauna next to a cozy cottage and take a dip in the private Arctic lake! Blow off some steam and enjoy a peaceful night in the authentic Finnish sauna. End the night with a tasty dinner cooked over an open fire.
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Luxury Log Sauna and Finnish Dinner Summer, 3 hours (Private Tour)
Experience the gentle heat of a log sauna and its invigorating health effects only with your own family or friends. After the sauna we’ll serve traditional Finnish home made dinner.
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Reindeer & Wilderness Sauna (Private)
A unique private tour from Rovaniemi, which combines an authentic reindeer farm visit with a relaxing time at a lakeside sauna in the wilderness. For a complete local experience, other activities are possible at the sauna cabin : swimming, canoeing…
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Visiting package: Snow sauna experience
Try Finnish sauna and very unique & humid sauna made snow (!) and get to visit Arctic SnowHotel where everything is made of snow and ice
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Arctos Winter Spa – Day session (Private)
Spa experience against an Arctic backdrop. Includes wood-heated sauna, hot tub & ice-dipping. Price: 149€ per person
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Parpalandia
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Kotatuli Experience
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Lapland Welcome
Lapland Welcome is a pioneer company in Lapland, which has been providing nature holidays and activities in Finland for about 20 years. We are called Nature and Aurora Experts of Lapland, merged with the talented activity organizer.
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Arctic TreeHouse Hotel
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