There’s a word in Finnish which evades translation: löyly. It’s commonly used to describe the steam that rises when water is poured onto hot stones in a sauna. But it also signifies spirit or life ...
The world's eyes may be on the Olympics, but Finland dominated another hot competition: the Sauna World Championships. The men's champion stayed in a sauna heated to 230 degrees for more than 18 ...
It's a sticky, steamy business. Two or more do it naked in a small, dimly lit room. Suomi (Finland) as it is referred to in Finnish, I got a rare opportunity in April this year to visit this Nordic ...
For the eighth consecutive year, Finland was ranked first as the happiest country on Earth, according to the annual World ...
The Finns and the Russians made it to the end of the song. Their teammates, not so much. The Avalanche’s trip to Finland wouldn’t have been complete without a team visit to the sauna — and an ...
The Swedish-speaking Finnish trio KAJ represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest with a cheerful sauna song that was ...
Their experience in Europe spurred a need to share with Americans that communal sauna energy, what Dion Ruzicka calls the ...
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland has rolled images of a couple in a sauna, an old Nokia phone and a heavy-metal music fan as part of its own set of national "emojis", or symbols to be used in digital ...
The Finns and the Russians made it to the end of the song. Their teammates, not so much. The Avalanche’s trip to Finland wouldn’t have been complete without a team visit to the sauna — and an ...