Learning About The Sauna Culture In Finland || Finland Is My New Home
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Finland, Much love to you All a few years ago I knew nothing about Finland, now I'm obsessed with the culture!!!!
if you wanna share other things regarding Finland feel free to do so!
Man you really need to do trip in finland
If you feel you’re even a bit of the introverted, straight to the point kind of type, Finland is the place for you. Welcome! 😀👍🏼
You wanna come visit this summer? Come sauna with us. We'll try to show you a good time.
Now that you live here, can you do a sauna episode, please?
My mother was born in the sauna. This was the old tradition.
Ain’t no way🙀
That’s cool 😎
@@foreignreacts Way back in the days most Finns were born in saunas. It was the most hygienic place there was :) Also that vid won't tell that most usually you go sauna in your birthday suit, even with your friends or even with strangers (can be the same or opposite sex to you). Note that in Finnish culture it's strictly nothing sexual in it. That's what the reference "we all look the same" was for, you can't tell the difference between billionaire and a homeless person when they sit next to each other on the sauna bench hair all wet and stuff. When going to sauna you strip your status and ideology with your clothes.
@@tonipalm And the dead were also washed in the sauna. Sauna is present pretty much in everything Finns do. There's a saying, the first thing Finns do, when they go somewhere, they build a sauna. Sauna functioned as a base; source of warmth, cleanliness, boiled water, cooked food etc. That's why there are Finnish saunas in the USA too wherever the Finns have emigrated. Clips: "Why is the Oldest Finnish Log Cabin in New Jersey?" and "Sauna: Finnish Relaxation in Minnesota". Sauna is also one of the few Finnish words, which has found it's way into the English language. For interest, some relating sauna clips: "Kimi Räikkönen - Live Original", "Savotta, Finnish sauna etiquette" and "AVANTO = Hole in the Ice".
The tradition was based on very practical reasons. You need warmth, water and clean somewhat isolated peaceful place for it.
Sauna has all that compared to other parts of the homes of those times.
I am not sure how much tradition there was beyond those practicalities. But since sauna has had also ceremonial and community binding roles, I too would expect some traditions.
@@tonipalm This is so true, and something that foreigners can have a hard time grasping. Especially from some parts of the world, some cultures, which seem to associate nudity with sexuality 1:1 - sauna is not 'sexy', and if you're only going there to see naked people, you're a perv, right? xD You go there for YOU, to sweat out impurities, to improve circulation, your lungs (the hot, moist air can help clear airways, as an asthmatic I really, really vouch by it, always breathe easier afterwards!) and your skin. Also, your mind: when you sit there, sweating, relaxing, you can just sit there and not think about anything or worry about anything. That makes it something of a sacred experience. Cleansing for the body and the mind.
Great reaction to sauna😄 we are so blessed in Finland, because we have four different seasons here. So we get to experience all the changes in the nature. And sauna❤ One of the reasons, why Finland is the happiest country in the world 😁👍
Oh wow! Im Moving to Finland Then!
i wanna be happy too :-)
Greetings to Soumi from Rousti
The seasons are Autum, white winter, spring and green winter. 😂
@@williamgallop9425 Summer is short and less of snow😆 ...that we say often when is colder summer. Ones i have a good luck.. i was in Spain at midsummer and my parents send a picture of ice... there was little bit of snow too.. normally that time is +25°C in southern Finland. I send a pic back to them where i eat icecream and there was +35°C
5:17 - The birch leafs have etheric oils in them and they are to help your skin agains infections and the also helps to relax your muscles. AND it helps the blood circulation as well.
Secondary effect is the nice smell a fresh birch leaves give when they are used..
My great aunt used just the water of birch bundles to wash her hair and skin. No soaps or shampoos, because her skin did not like those. And she was always as clean as any. The tannin in the water will do some of that as well, if used commonly and if you have practically never used any shampoos - because using such will make the body become used to creating a lot more body oils.
cant have a sauna without the birch leaves! True Finn
@@lyrigageforge3259 Very interesting!! Just put fresh birch leaves in water?
thanks for the info, from a swede who didnt know! :D
@@audhumbla6927 Hot water and obviously get them out after it's made a bit tea like color. But I need to say this though. Modern shampoos and soaps are such to make our skin create a lot more oils. She also used to comb her hair a lot longer than we usually do. Idk if she did something else too, but she always did have a scarf on her head to protect the hairs. You can imagine you know, granny with a scarf. :) Her hair was white grey by my memory, I think it used to be blonde. But very fine and a lot of hairs. I was not able to pull it off to have my hairs stay nice that way myself, but I have also used soaps and shampoos. It does not make any foam obviously. Such plants exist though. Just don't think in our type of nature I mean Finland or Sweden. But you can google about it. Soap leaf - and something equivalent. I do wonder if she had something like that growing in her garden too. But I did not see anything else but the use of the water to hold a birch bundle in for a while. Not saved though, took each time out of new bundle. Even in winter dry - well or freezer saved as green. I seen that there are other natural ways people seem to be trying out these days and some apparently work for them. But I do find the idea of a plant based foam interesting - would be nice to test out if one could find something that might grow in the garden for example. I just am not very 'green thumb' my self lol - and it is not possible to know so old things exactly - I mean I am 46 by now and she has been gone over 20 years.
There are few sayings about sauna.
If booze, tar or sauna wont fix it then there's the grave.
Other one that comes to mind is... There are two places where military rank doesn't matter: grave and sauna. The latter one is spot on since there are no titles in sauna - we are all the same.
I had once a dog who were sauna grazy when she know there was a sauna she just go to lauteille and demand löyly. After long day of hunting she always wanted go to sauna.😁
what breed was it?
I had a dog in our family too that was expert in sauna too, enjoyed +80C and also little bit of beer 😂 Breed was Boston Terrier
Welcome to Finland! Just let me know when you are coming I`ll take you to the sauna by the lake. If it is frozen we just cut a hole in to it and we have an "Avanto" - ice swimming pool!
Ayo
Woah
That’s wild
Cut a hole
Sounds like an adventure
One thing the video doesn't properly convey is that you usually go to a sauna COMPLETELY naked. No swimming suits or anything.
think it might be for the purpose of TH-cam but they could've indicated that!
This video falsely gives the idea about wearing swimsuits/etc, you're supposed to be completely naked in sauna.
I think it was for TH-cam purposes
Prevent nudity claim.
Great commentary, thanks! About Finnish sauna etiquette: we go to the sauna usually completely naked, this applies to family saunas, saunas among a friend circle etc. But traditionally men take one tour, women take another: so it's safe to be naked. Also: if you want to wear a towel or swimming trunks, it's ok. But: you have to shower or wash before going to the sauna. In the swimming hall saunas swimming trunks are an absolute no-no, because the pools' water is chlorinated, the chlorine can stay in the trunks even after showering and chlorine + heat can induce allergic reactions with a lot of people. If you're shy, bring a fresh dry towel.
All in all, every Finnish customary rule is breakable, you won't get praise for it, but usually you won't get too much bs for it neither.
Great video bro! I'm a Finn and I really appreciated this reaction.
I happen to be one of those people who follow our ancient pre-Christian spirituality, and for us sauna is not only a place for getting clean, relaxing, and calming your mind. In certain settings sauna is also a sacred thing, where one performs self-healing or healing to others with the aid of the spirit world. One might sing old runic songs, do beneficial spells, use folk healing medicines etc.
So this "deeper" tradition is still alive, and kind of getting back.
Regardless, there are many ways to bathe in sauna. One thing that is common to all of them, is that quarrelling, fights, envy and so forth are not ok in sauna. It's a place of negotiation and diplomacy, if people with different views get in.
This makes me so homesick ;-; Ive been living in the US for 7 years now, and the one thing i miss the most is Sauna! It was such a good way to just wind down.
We have roughly 3.3M Saunas In Finland. this means that the entire Finnish people can go sauna at the same time.
Also, it is true that all are equal in sauna. I work in a highly hierarchical organization, the military, but.. in sauna there are no generals, captains, sergeants or privates. When we're all butt naked on the benches, there are no titles, just people.
It's the epitome of equality.
First time here on your channel. But I must must say, you sir.. or shall I rather say your mindset, is perfectly ready for a real Finnish sauna experience. But don't go with those stupid competitive bathers, I don't like that stuff either, but start easy. Get out when you start to feel uncomfortable, cool down and try again. Warm up, cool down, rinse and repeat. Don't perform, just do what feels good. Casually go hotter on the warming bit, and casually go colder on the cooling bit. Eventually you'll find the magic of the extreme difference in temperatures which gets your blood rushing like nothing else, and you'll be hooked for the rest of your life.
Sauna is the complete opposite of competition and performing. It's all about making you relaxed and happy, nothing else.
Much love to you good sir, from a sauna loving native Finn.
Nice video, thanks! Watching your videos my intuition tells me that you would really enjoy sauna. You could visit Finland during the winter and that would be a wild experience for you but summers here are something special when the Sun doesn't really set during the night time. You could order a Finnish sauna on-line and have one either installed (a room in your house) or build (an outdoor cabin). There are many companies that deliver saunas abroad.
I think that it is fantastic that you are educating yourself about different countries and cultures. Keep up the great work!
oh for sure I would enjoy it! I definitely want to experience all those wonderful things!
But I recommend you get a Finnish stove and please favour companies that either originate from Finland or have Finns working there.
In a sauna, some foreigners tend to not have our experience to make a quality, well aging sauna. I've heard horror stories of serious mold proplems and such when people endeavoured into building them with no prior experience.
Also saw some Norwegians making their own trailer sauna during the pandemic. They got permission for coming to Finland for two days and the sole purpose of their trip was to get an authentic Finnish stove made in Finland.
Nice reaction. Greetings from Finland. Today we have had about -23 degrees Celsius here in central Finland. I just found your channel and will watch your videos more.
It seems that you really have to visit Scandinavia! I live up north in Sweden and recommend you to not only stay in the southern part of Sweden/Norway/Finland, even though it´s beautiful areas. We´re blessed with 4 seasons AND 3 climate zones. Where I live we may have +35 degrees C (95 F) and in winter -35 C, sometimes more and sometimes less. A bit further north is the polecircle and above that is the polar zone.
Norwegian fjords and lush greenerys, Lofoten and Vesteralen islands...The deep forests of Sweden and Finland, our outstanding archipelago in the south and the thousand lakes and tundras in the north...and of course the Scandic mountains to hike in or go skiing in the wintertime, watching the aurora borealis when at evenings after the sauna (bastu in swedish). Maybe stay in the Icehotel in Jukkasjarvi? Welcome!
But you have snow in the US, maybe a couple of states up from South Carolina?
Yeah I know
Never cared to go just for snow
Of course I’ve been to states that snow but never in winter time!
never experienced snow!!? isn't that almost illegal🤣
Aye man it is what it is
Guess that’s why I’m moving to Finland!
@@foreignreactsWelcome! But one must consider that the winter is about 4 long months of darkness, during december and january the sun comes up only for couple hours.
If you're okay with that then you will enjoy it here, I've never adjusted to it even though I was born here, many people have winter depression because of the darkness.
Summer is blissful and we are in the middle of it now :) Btw if you visit during winter I very much recommend going to Lapland, Rovaniemi, if you want to see the Northern Lights.
Though they are not so common that it's 100% that you will see them if you are just visiting for a week, but very likely, 2 weeks and you will most definitely see them.
(200 nights a year there are Northern Lights).
@@unknownentity8256 oops I’m already living in Finland
Time to brace for the snow ☺️
Native Americans have saunas (Sweat Lodge)
There are also "findians". Sami people and Native Americans have similarities in their culture
@@Skege1000 do you know that notrhern usa natives are from siberia?
@@Ari-gm7pr every native came from there. But findians are mix of finnish people and natives. Those finns were so called forest-finns (metsä-suomalaiset).
@@Ari-gm7pr th-cam.com/video/eq43Yqi5-UE/w-d-xo.html
The leaves is because it makes the air move and it feels way more hot for the moment
I remember really well... when I was a kid, during the winter, any time there was powder snow we used to have the backdoor unlocked while we went to sauna, so we could quickly hop outside and roll around in the fresh snow before coming back in. It's been researched and proved that the combination of sauna and either snow or avanto is very beneficial to general heath and the immune system.
Unfortunately there's one thing that's risky about it, and that ended up being the reason my family decided to stop going out to the snow from sauna. My mum developed some (hereditary) blood pressure issues and the rapid shifts in temperature that make the sauna-snow-sauna combination so healthy otherwise can strain the heart. Sure, it helps strengthen the vasculatory system when done regularly, but living so far south meant it was already a rarer treat for us so it was better to be careful.
To non-Finns who might be weirded out by being naked in a sauna: We Finns kinda have two forms of thinking about being naked. One is clean, natural and non-sexual, and that's the kind of naked you are in sauna when you have a red face, no make-up and there's no care about what anyone looks like. The other one is the good old nakedness you share with your SO in your bedroom.
Birch leaves give nice aroma to the Sauna. This is family. When guys go together its alcohol beer and dirty stories.
Perfect pronunciation of SAUNA!
Tämä!!! 😁 It is Sauna, not "Sawna"😁
I imagine that being stoned and a sauna go perfectly together.
They whisk themselves with birch-wood branches. It heats the part of your body where you whisk even more. It's healthy for the skin and gives a nice scent. Bucket full of birch branches and the heat of the stove, steam and water. The whole sauna smells very good. The tree branches are releasing a scent in the air and the whole room smells like a fine spa. And you have to go to the lake or in the snow once in a while. The heat in the sauna pulls your blood to your feet and fingers, out of your inner organs. When you jump into a cool lake or in a snowbank, it rushes the blood back to your vital organs because your body recognizes it as an "emergency" situation, and tries to keep your vital organs alive. It's healthy and very good for your heart and blood circulation system. To you know... take it to its limits sometimes... I like to go to a frozen lake and then back to sauna and back into the lake :D Hot-cold treatment. Athletes do that to keep the muscles better.
Sauna is something that is ubiquitous in central, eastern and northern Europe. The Scandinavians do it, the Balts do it, the Slavs do it. It's one of those cultural things that a lot of Europeans understand and practice.
Why did you leave southern Finland out of this.. we also have sauna culture.
@@avatara82 what?
@@wdvnge sorry I missread your comment
Thank you for reacting to my small but lovable country. Loved to see you smile 🙏🇫🇮 Finnishmama
In finland sometimes in winter it can be over minus 30 degrees
10:36 - Here's a short video of Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights from Rovaniemi (Lapland, Finland): th-cam.com/video/jZqbgN1ZhtM/w-d-xo.html
I first saw those in 1995 when I was serving in my mandatory military service. We were at this military maneuvers training camp, it was late (10 PM or so) and we were suppose to get our tents up and stuff ready when they appeared and everyone just stopped what ever they were doing, laid down and we enjoyed the magical lights for a loong time.
sounds magical and ill check it out, also I have been speaking about moving to Finland lol, will I have to do the mandatory military training?
@@foreignreacts No, it only applies to Finnish citizens. I did got out of it (due to dual citizenships) since I didn't want to do military service in my younger days, but kind of regret it now.
She's talking about Celsius not Fahrenheit of course so 100C = 212F and -20c = -4F
Northern lights = aurora borealis
Nice reaction män 😎👍
You should come here in Finland next time when the world championship on sauna(ing) will arranget! 💥😁🔥
This is so pure! You make so great videos, the commentations are fun and honest to watch. Realy apreciate. 👌👌 -fin
People used to born in saunas, because it's sterile and resently passed have their last was in saunas. I'm not sure if my late grandma was born in sauna. And what comes to those whisk, the leafs had good oils and smell very nice. Hitting with them helps blood circulation or something like that. Sorry for my bad english
that's wild, Your English was good. Keep speaking it!
@@foreignreacts thanks, man. I can write better in english than speak it. It's because I don't have basicly any english speaking friends
Sauna in winter is so great. An age old tradition is to ramp up the heat in sauna, then go outside and roll in the snow, and back in sauna. This supposedly enhances your blood circulation and is generally healthy. Traditionally it's also believed to make you strong and robust, like hardening steel!
I think the best thing ever is, takeing a sauna, and then jump into ice water. The feeling after it is so damn refreshing!
We have a bit of a sauna culture in sweden to, but not as hardcore as our dear finish friends on the other side of the baltic ocean. :)
You should definitely try sauna, and you should also muster some courage to jump into frozen water. its good for the body and immune system, and you feel really damn cozy and relaxed after it!
Hi. I've seen a lot of your videos in the past days, but never seen you so emotional!!! Greetings from Sweden!!
In the Sauna you can just chill and it's cool... nah bro. ;D greetings from Finland.
The togetherness of family in the sauna in Finland is equivalent to the family eating all together at the dinner table.
What do families do in the Sauna? Do they drink, eat, sleep and have conversations in the Sauna? How long do they stay in the sauna?
It's a nice video. It is heavy with mysticism and heritage but there is a lot of what is true in it. We live in a flat and we haven't got a sauna integrated but we have reserved an hour for sauna each Friday in this small condominium (I'm not sure if the term is correct).
sauna wood tar and vodka
The coolest sauna i been to is outside Helsinki. It belonged to the Technical University in Helsinki and had one small log fired sauna in one end for like 10 people and a bigger electric sauna in the other end for like 30 people. In between there was a bar and a dancefloor. Outside was the very cold water of the Gulf of Finland.
The northern light is really cool.
I live in Sweden so can you react to Swedish traditional food? th-cam.com/video/4aB2AklGatE/w-d-xo.html.
Hitting with branches helps blood circulation, massages muscles, helps trumendesly on mosquito bites.
in my home, we do go sauna EVERY evening, no matter it was summer or winter :)
6 years ago, I had my Mexican girlfriend with me here in Denmark, where she experienced snow for the first time.
She totally freaked out! It was a true joy to watch. We also have saunas in Denmark and Sweden, but the Finns are the original masters. You are a new person, when you get out from the sauna. You have to try it. It's a fantastic sensation.
By the way, when you have the time, you should watch this documentary about the Finnish-Russian war. A prelude to the IIWW.
Those Finns kicked maximum ass! You'll find it extremely fascinating:
th-cam.com/video/v_-JATOVHNI/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction! I'm going to Sauna today 😅 Honestly when you go to Sauna one day, bring your whole group of friends, it's a more social thing in finnish culture even though finnish have difficulties social communications. But thats the place where finns gather themselves and are having fun. And btw, the way the people use sauna in this video is not my type 😅 I just bring a cold drink with me and throw water in to the rocks, waiting for sauna to get hot and and then i just enjoy 😃
You're correct about the Birch Whisks, (vasta) it increases blood circulation, contains Vitamin-C, helps with inflammation.
Secondly it's sort of a light massage, also it gives a nice odor while in the steam, so it adds to the experience.
Also I think some people do not enjoy sauna for their first time if they heat it too hot, one should gradually increase the tempature, start with 60-70 celcius (140-158 fahrenheit.) work your way up from there, before adjusting to the heat it will be a bit uncomfortable at first for some people, but after a while of doing it, it becomes sort of like meditation. Combining Sauna with cold shower, swim or even better cold bath will make it even more amazing experience.
10:20 its -2 celsius here currently and I'm crying because it is usually very cold and I want -30 celsius soon xD my jaw literally dropped when you said you haven't experienced snow :(
Nice Finland vids.. Intro is a bit loud compared to rest.
Edit, the temperatures at around 10min mark are of course in Celsius, so in Farenheit it would be "from 212 to -4".. Most often though I'd say saunas are about 80 C (176 F). Wooden are without exception always better - much smoother löyly and the little light and sound from the fire is just amazing. Electric saunas tend to be more dry and really attack you when throwing löyly. In your apartment buildings if you have your own sauna, it is always electric and I would recommend to use a shower to wet all the walls and benches before going in, it helps a lot getting it a bit more smooth.
Edit2, northern lights aka Aurora Borealis is correct. To really see them you want to go to Lapland (northern) in Finland, hopefully when there is a lot of sun activity.
Really good work at pronouncing Sauna correct way. Way too many say it as "sawna", which is incorrect.... we are not sawing anything. It´s sauna. I think the one and only word in Finnish that is used world wide.
To me sauna is a sacret place, it´s just like church. People are respectful, you go nude (everyone looks the same), titles does not belond in sauna. Meaning you can be the president, doctor or a homeless person. Everyone is on the same level.....
I myself was 1-2 months old, when my parents took me to sauna for the first time. And I still go to sauna at least once a week.
My grandparents were born in sauna´s and in my family still own the house which is my grandmothers childhood home (and there is two sauna´s -- wood heated sauna and smoke sauna which is 150 years old) And my grandmother was born in one of those....
Even both of my parents (not together anymore) have two sauna´s..... electric sauna and wood heated sauna. :)
Wow, are you native to South Carolina btw..? It’s one of the states I’d really like to visit in the US. I picture it a really beautiful and quite laidback place, is it..? And Charleston a beautiful city. One of my good friends lived there as a child. Love to visit some day!
fun fact: Finlands former president Kekkonen who was president of Finland in 50s and 80s used to handle political relations with Soviet union by going to Sauna with leaders of Soviet union.
My friend don't be hard on yourself, you are learning and that's the most powerful thing that you can do to make your life better and I'm very proud of you
BTW you've got yourself a new subscriber
I wiuld never move anywhere else than my home country. Love from Lapland, Finland :)
Other part of the sauna culture, is the workplaces sauna night, where the workplace arrange one night of sauna, drinking and eating 🍻
I have only electric saunas, in our second house in lapland I want to ut back a wooden stove or kiuas, it's a better experience.
A few times i've been in a smoke sauna and I can say THAT is the best one, with more work 👍
Sanunavihta and why you slap you or somebody is to get you're dead skin off and because you sweat it's triple kill. And grandpa say it's old thing to get out itching
For me, vihta (sauna whisk, or something the video called it?) is something that spreads this very nice leafy scent all around the sauna and my skin. When I go to sauna, I first pour water over the vihta, then shake it a bit above the stove to really get the scent everywhere, and then start on my back or my legs. It also helps with itches, if mosquitos have bitten me or something, and helps make my skin smooth. And it helps me focus on an area of my body and get it even warmer. We make vihta of birch trees, and a lot of skin products here use birch as well. But yeah, the fresh scent & helping with the mosquito bites are the main reasons I use it.
Going to Sauna with family is nice. However my finnish family will make the sauna so hot it feels like the ears curl up. You really want to cool down after that.
in Finland cats and dogs enjoy being in sauna too. And whisk is good for you they help your blood circulation
th-cam.com/video/jZqbgN1ZhtM/w-d-xo.html video of northern lights as you asked! its from my home town
Hi from Finland now the thing is that real Sauna is heated with woods it has more gentler feel to it and crackling of the wood is a nice touch in those cold winter evenings :)
Sauna has always been a place of healing and birth before hospitals , sauna used to be the place where women gave birth. Sauna is a relaxing place where u can just sweat your worries away :D
Can you please tell me more about Finnish people relaxing. Are the Finns known for desiring peace and silence? I love peace, nature and less talk when home. Is this the Finnish way too?
@@sophiasaccone8121 I can't speak for all Finn ofc only when it comes to majority of the ppl. Finns are silence is golden kind of ppl we don't usually talk much this is true. It's one of the core values here. Speak only when you have something to say not to fill the silence since to us the silence is natural. As far as the relaxing goes well we are like every one else some drink alcohol to relax some watch movies some do sports. If you talk loudly on a buss you will get dirty looks because this is not our way and we don't like to sit next to some one else either on a buss... Other then that we are just like every one else. Check out Finnish nightmares they will tell u more about the way we live and who we are and some of them made me really laugh as a Finn because they are so true :D
If Tar, booze or sauna doesn't help then you going to die. Very old saying in Finland.
One of our presidents invited his foreign colleagues like prsidents PM etc to have sauna naked.. That os where he negotiated with them their political isdues. As the guests asked why he is doing this, his simple answer was, well you are nahed, bare you can hide nothing that is a good place discuss
Just book your plane tickets, i have the best cottage sauna waiting for you! :D
The "slap slap" thing just feels and smels good. No other reason.
It's sadomasochism
Love the video man lol you need to try authentic finnish sauna. Smoke sauna too. Culture of finnish sauna is just amazing. Couldnt live without it.
One of the last few places where cellphones are not with people. You really are with our own thoughts or interacting with people.
Go to sauna, feel perfect for a moment. Sleep and when you wake up: u feel kliin!
Insider information, if you pour some beer on the hot rocks it smells like toast.
Here in Ireland it's -8c at the moment and I could do with a sauna right now.
We don't have our own sauna in our flat and I'll never ever again agree to live somewhere without one. I mean... there is a sauna in our building but it's not the same ☹️
I really looooove loove loove sauna and a good löyly 💖
And all the people, Joe Rogan, is sauna crazu..
Id say the meaning of the sauna whisk is just that it feels good af. Regards a finn.
Birch gives nise smell and movemet in your body.
You need to came in Finland and test sauna yourself😅🇫🇮
10:00 this is most painfull and most funny thing what I know
Some american native tribes also practice sauna.
Its so wierd some people dont even go to a sauna outside of Finland unless in a hotel or something.
People used to give birth in sauna.
So of course its in our blood✊
From finnish wiki "Hikimaja": Ensimmäiset suomalaiset siirtolaiset Amerikassa muuttivat nykyisen Delawaren seudulle 1600-luvulla. Paikalliset intiaanit alkoivat kutsua heitä nimellä ”hikimajaihmiset” tai ”valkoiset-miehet-jotka-ovat-samanlaisia-kuin-me” sen vuoksi, että suomalaiset kävivät saunassa. Tämän vuoksi suomalaiset tulivat hyvin toimeen intiaanien kanssa ja ensimmäisten intiaanisotien aikana suomalaisten asumukset jätettiin tuhoamatta.
The first Finnish immigrants in America moved to what is now the Delaware region in the 17th century. The local Indians began to call them “sweat lodge people” or “white-men-who-are-like-us” because the Finns went to the sauna. As a result, the Finns got along well with the Indians, and during the first Indian wars, the Finns' homes were not destroyed.
yeah the best sauna is like in cabin in the woods
The only inaccuracy in this video is that people are wearing clothes or towels. In Finland you go to the sauna naked. ALWAYS.
Hehe
I’ll go to sauna with clothes for TH-cam purposes 😁
Me likes your tsännel!
There are times when youtalk on the sauna but usually silence goes tohether with the relaxing
Understandable
I have my Sauna warming up right now when i'm watching this.
That’s amazing
Go check out this channel
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I’ll release a video soon of me trying the sauna
As a baby, my mother would put me in a small shallow bucket filled with cool water in the sauna. It is the best way to get clean and lose weight. I miss it here in Australia, where they are only in Leisure Centres, local pools, and it isn't the same. In winter, we would go to the summer house, have a sauna and play in the snow after, naked. I miss Finland so much and can't go there atm due to crazy covid and being in Australia. Thanks for this. I got emotional
In ole days in Finland first thing to build when family movie to new place was sauna. You sleep and live on sauna and after that they build House of cottage.
They used to say that sauna is a holy, spiritual place. It was a place where you were born, where you grew up, and where you were given your last wash before being laid to rest. Place that saw the entirety of human life, every part of it.
During harsh winters the warmth was important, absolute, for the sake of just staying alive. Also, the old saunas used to get this sort of a layer of "smoke" on the walls that had antibacterial properties. This in turn helped when giving birth and taking care of wounds in the sauna.
You could cook in it, you could preserve food in it, you could sleep in it. Sauna used to be the first part of the house build, because of all those reasons. It's not just a room, it has a lot of history and feelings attached to it. I, and many others, truly believe that sauna is one reason why we managed to survive here.
Bit of a ramblings haha. Great video, I truly hope you'll get to experience the real sauna experience one day :)
When our family goes to sauna, we are usually completly silent. If someone speak, the words have so much more impact.
And francly, it is wrong. Living in north Sauna was like bring summer wormth in the middle of winter and keeping clean.
You definitely have to try sauna. :) You can find it in many countries in Europe now - in Wellness hotels etc. It is just amazing. Cannot believe that this is not to be found anywhere in the US. XD
Hey! Finnish people live very up north. It is making summer in the middle of winter!
Sauna is incomparable to a shower, it's so much better, having a beer with your friends in there and then running straight out and jumping into the snow is awesome
You really need to feel some snow. I like your videos. It is healthy for all of us to learn something new. P.s. go to Iceland for the northen lights:)
I have an “always-on”- sauna. You open the lid and it’s instantly hot. We go many times a week.
Really fun fact! The day after I was born the temparature in Finland dropped to -51,5 degrees😄
😵💫 wow
these temperatures not excit in finland this kind of temperatures may be in russians Siperia but Finland nope or maybe 100years ago but not anymore -20 or -30 is more realistic these days.
@@Kokardi65 28th of january 1999 temperature in Finland reached all time low (-51,5 degrees celcius) so please don’t comment when you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about
@@Limbzbiscuits okey i check that and yes i find the news about that gold weather indeet there was in year 1999 place from north Lapland where this happend.my bad that i wasn't check that before sorry about that.
go pop over to minnesota, or michigan if you want to ee some finns close by. finndians might also be a thing to look upon ;)