In Finland, saunas have long been a way of life. But getting hot and sweaty is growing in popularity elsewhere.

Installing an in-home sauna is a luxury expense — not a value-neutral renovation — and homeowners should carefully weigh cost ...

WHAT do you get if you cross Dragons’ Den with ice swimming? Frozen assets? It was time to find out . . .  I was in Oulu, on ...

What if a stranger wanted to talk to me? What if I sat in the wrong place or somehow poured a can of Fanta on the sauna ...

CHICAGO • Frequent sauna baths may help you live longer, a study of Finnish men suggests. It would be welcome news if proven true — in Finland where hot, dry saunas are commonplace, and for Americans ...

In Finland, sauna bathing has been a way of life for 10,000 years. There are an estimated 3.3 million saunas throughout the country and 5.6 million residents-saunas are found at home, at work, in gyms ...

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This is Finland’s Archipelago, a maze of sea and stone between Finland and Sweden. It feels endless, dotted with red cottages ...