How to enjoy a traditional sauna in Finnish Lapland ?
Visiting a traditional Finnish sauna is a must for any Finnish Lapland itinerary ! The sauna is truly integral to Finnish culture ! You will be hard pressed to find any hotel, resort, or log cabin in Finnish Lapland without a proper sauna. Therefore, you will have plenty of opportunity to indulge in this Finnish past time. In the freezing winter months, you might even find a wooden sauna on a Finnish island towed like a sledge over a frozen lake to find the right spot for a plunge pool. The contrast between the hot and the freezing cold outside is invigorating ! Finnish sauna is a source of wellbeing. There are plenty of saunas in the world, but “sauna” is originally a Finnish word. Traditional saunas are heated by wood, burned either in a stove with or without a chimney
