“How does that feel?” asks Siiri, as the spikes of the juniper branches relieve the itch on my back and the spicy scent surrounds my body. “Peaceful,” I respond, so relaxed that one-word answers are ...

Dublin, March 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Sauna and Spa Market: Insights & Forecast with Potential Impact of COVID-19 (2021-2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's ...

I’m in the eastern reaches of Finland, in the Lakeland region that includes scenic Lake Saimaa, which has 14,000 islands and more shoreline than all of France. As the sun sinks slowly into the ...

While Finland has arguably become more individualistic, sauna is an anchor to a collective subconscious that binds Finns ...

The history of Finnish sauna goes as far back as almost two thousand years. But to the Finns, it doesn’t really matter who invented the sauna – what matters is who developed it to its highest ...

Less than five minutes after my arrival on the reindeer farm, I inadvertently ask a personal, extremely inappropriate question. "How many reindeer do you have?" I inquire, innocently. Scandalized, the ...

‘A special kinship with the wilder variety of nature - with virgin forests, unproductive fells, and the animal life that haunts them,’ wrote the author Hudson Strode of the Finnish in his book Finland ...

Most people think of spas as health centers. There’s that ubiquitous cucumber spa water, raw vegetable dishes and now, thanks to a new Burger King, Whoppers and Coca-Cola? I can’t tell if it sounds ...

If you want to take a quick relaxing trip to Finland—allegedly the world's happiest country—but can do without the uncomfortable eight-hour flight, the Finnish Long Drink canned cocktail brand is ...

The Greek physician Hippocrates may well have been the first sauna aficionado. One can imagine him, circa 400 BC, sitting in a tiny windowless room heated by hot rocks, sweat dripping down his brow, ...