FINLAND TRADITIONS - Sauna & Snow (Lapland, Finland)
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- In this video, we do a Finnish tradition that has been passed down by the people of Finland for Centuries. Finnish people do this thing where they roll around in the snow (or jump in freezing cold water) between sauna sessions, and we were in Lapland Finland at the Santa Clause Village while it was snowing, so we had to try this tradition out!
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00:00 Intro
00:20 Setting up the sauna
00:34 The first sauna
1:12 History of Saunas
1:43 Rolling in the Snow
2:45 Another Sauna
3:39 Thoughts on this Finnish Tradition
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FINLAND TRADITIONS - Sauna & Snow (Lapland, Finland)
The early history of the sauna is that when a new settlement was started, a small sauna was built first, as it was possible to get it completed before the first cold season. People could then heat it and live in it while a bigger house was being built. After that the sauna was used just as saunas are used today, except for the fact that before modern health care people were born in saunas. Likewise the dead were washed in the sauna and prepared for the funeral. The birth, the life and the death of a Finn were connected with the sauna, which even today explains why for a Finn the sauna is way more than a place where you swet.
So amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. Wow.
All this "Roll in the snow" and "jump into hole in the ice" stuff is actually extreme sauna experience even for us Finns. Quite few actually do it every time they go into sauna. Very very typical Finnish sauna is that we go into sauna (shower first), we maybe go out on the terrace to cool down, go into sauna again and then washing in the shower with soap and finally one more cooling in the terrace. The whole process is about 1 hour long. But I'm happy that you guys have completed that extreme sauna experience because after that you know about all there is to learn about the sauna and the feeling you have from it afterwards.
Thanks for sharing that explanation!! 🥰 next time we’re in Finland we’ll try that hour long process out. Sounds fun 🤗
The shower before, while and after is a must. You can take a cold shower to cool yourself, same effect. But sauna is most of all about bathing and relaxing. Usually quietly. No rush. Just enjoying the steam aka Löyly. 😊😊
Back in the United States and I'm actually going to a sauna today! Really excited. Thanks for the tips. Take care! 🤗@@vilpuler13
Maybe more rare than extreme. But let's say that out of 3M Finns going to sauna at next Wednesday, only ver few will go into ice dip or snow rolling. Most of us will just bathe.@@spoonzor1
Roll in the snow is a thing for kids/young people when you pile the loose snow and climb up on the roof of the house jumping. Swimming is only at places where its possible, usually public sauna places/winter swimming clubs. Like I would not dip into a hole just to do it because I don't see the point, but if there is an opening big enough to swim in I would go. The older you get the more you just sit in a cold place for the cooling off, it can be outside or "cool room" next to the sauna depending on where you live.
I would add that you want soft fresh "pakkaslumi" snow for the rolling(its that really fluffly snow that ain't wet and packs), at least as a kind I managed to start bleeding when trying in "ice snow"(whatever its called when it freezes that hard surface and becomes more like small ice cubes).
Edit: When thinking about my life, its more of a fun way to introduce our children into the "sauna experience". Like you challenge them if they dare to roll in the snow and if they can take it you might even play around a bit, its easier to get them to play with snow that go into that below 10 degree shower.
Oh no, you got totally the wrong kind of snow. You need light, fluffy, fresh snow. Not this hard frozen layer of snow!
In the next vlog we do it again w fluffy snow 😘
We don`t use sauna with the door open, and we don`t use electronic devices in our saunas. Also it helps that the snow you roll around is powder snow.
Thank you! Cheers and have a great day
Best experience would be loose snow where you dive in and get covered totally in snow.
For sure. We did that in part of our next vlog actually with light fluffy snow that had just fallen 🥰🤗
That "pain" is actually part of the process, because it affects your blood circulation. This snow dipping after sauna is not just about the fun that Finns have, but it also has health reasons. Believe it or not, your bodies will thank you later.
If you do it too fast you could trigger arrhythmia but its not that common
Awesome! Quick question. What are the health benefits? We are super curious 🤔
@@WyattandReyka Well, as I said, dipping in cold snow refreshes the blood circulation but also speeds up the metabolism. It can also develop a person's cold tolerance, but of course this is also type-specific.
That's great. We love saunas and wish there were more of them back home in the US@@timojuustila7727
Saunas make everything better!
They really do!! 🥰🤗
Great that you got the idea of the hot and cold. There is a video about our sauna application to the intangible UNESCO world heritage where a guy explains it well: it's like eating something salty and sweet at the same time.
What you did was kind of an unpleasant extreme, because the snow had a hard surface, there wasn't much of it, and you needed to hike and hassle. Most times I only go outside and stand in the cold air for the cooling down effect. Or better yet, I visit a sauna with a hole in the ice next to it. It's more pleasant to dip into water than roll in (hard) snow.
My suggestion is to next time make it relaxing and trying to calm down and reduce the hassle. This might have been fun for the algorithm, but just grab a drink and stand a while at the veranda in your swimwear or bathrobes, breathe, and do it again. The changing of the temperature should be enough even without rolling around.
The video about entering Finnish sauna into UNESCO world heritage: th-cam.com/video/qY__OOcv--M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NjPtX242CFlmtuaC
Haha yeah sometimes you gotta exaggerate for the algorithm. But thank you for the relaxing alternative! In the United States it's extremely cold right now and I (Wyatt) have been enjoyin winter runs in the cold. If only there were more saunas here 🤗
And what Reyka said about it hurting to breathe. It's the same with us all. Just take shallow breaths and try breathing through your nose and mouth and explore what works best for you. And if you breathe deeper when the steam has died down, then you can breathe s bit shallower to get over the initial steam when you pour it.
We are sauna novices so this is very useful info. Thank you very much! We want to have a sauna at our future house so good to know we have a lot to learn and look forward to in this one.
@@WyattandReyka that's great news! If you end up building or commissioning your own sauna, remember to have proper drainage as well as ventilation. Sometimes I see videos where they're built abroad too tightly, being afraid that the heat will dissipate. But having a vent in the ceiling helps to keep it dry and healthy. Many times the air intake we just have the door not go all the way down, so the fresh air is sucked in from there, and hot air can escape from the ceiling vent.
We will definitely keep that in mind in the future. Are they easy to build or is it better to hire people? Or does it depend on our carpentry skills?@@sket179
no no no... you go sauna 80c and be there like your so HOT. after that you go outside in the snow yeah and then you stay outside like 5-10 mins you can take drink out side with you and chill there. then u go back sauna but not trow any water yet let the sauna heat just worm you up litell bit be for you trow more water. now you do it right :D and now you repeat this as many times you want. its much more easyer the sekend time. its not that cold on the sekend time.
Okay! We’ll definitely use this advice the next time we try it out 🥰🤗
When a sauna is properly heated on a regular basis it's sanitary. It's also spacious, when it comes to old times / style saunas that are in a separate building from the "main" house. It was also an easy access to heated water in the old times. A good place for giving birth, really.
Fair! Sounds like about as good as any hahaha
Saunas are the bomb!
About feet hurting: many people use these swimming/diving socks or shoes because it's really unnecessary to have your feet hurting.
Just posted a new video where I (Wyatt) tried it again and I think it's a lot better! Snow was fresh and puffier. I did long sauna sessions between rolls. Cheers and thanks!
I'm from Finland and I take a sauna 2 times a week. the feeling that comes after a sauna is something that is difficult to fully describe. it has to be experienced.
Saunas are the bommmmmmbbbb. Absolutely love them.
Remember to let your body to cool down bit and pulse to normalize before jumping in to snow/lake to prevent arrhythmia
Good to remember. We were too cold to bother with that lol but maybe next time
Hi! We just went to the sauna for the first time. It was fantastic. However, we had the courage to do it without... clothes. 😁
Brave!!!! Did you roll in the snow without clothes too??
@@WyattandReyka Hi 😃 We haven't done this yet - there is no snow, but during the session, the sauna master rubbed us with ice cubes.
Haha! Nice! I heated my sauna yesterday but didn't go to the snow. We have been joking for years with my friends that a real sauna is heated by firewood and an electric is just a sauna simulator :D
lol!! Yeah we never tried a wood sauna in Finland but would definitely love to use one one day
take a shower before going to a sauna
Really don't know how else they got wet before going in.
Haha yeah we did
Ouch your poor feet!
I am not a huge fan of saunas because I always feel like I cant breathe in them.
This looks like an extreme experience. xx
Daw thanks guys!! And yeah our feet definitely hurt quite a bit haha. Next time we're wearing sandals in the snow. Hope y'all are doing good :)
sadly the snow you were rolling on was not puffy and just rained. then its best when its like actually covering your whole body. i know that mustve hurt a little. cuz ive done it too
You’ve done it too? Isn’t it cold? 😂 how often do Finns do this practice out of curiosity? 🤗
@@WyattandReyka ive done it plenty of times! and it helps with your blood circulation :) and id say it heavily depends where you are from. not so much in south but from northern/western finland they usually do it in christmas/otherwise "guys weekend" on cottage and do it half drunk with best friends!
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Rolling in snow is a thing, but it's not something that an average Finn would do all the time.. The last time I did it was 40 years ago as a kid. ;) The same goes for ice swimming. Common, but not everybody is doing it. Most of us aren't.
Interesting! Seems like a rite of passage then, like something most do when they’re young but maybe leave behind as they enter adulthood. Super cool. Thanks for sharing 🤗
@@WyattandReykaI think it's more about personal preference than age, at least in regards to ice swimming. Also for many of us these are not very practical things to do at home, so you would need to practise them somewhere else, such as a cottage or a public sauna.
Makes a lot of sense. We enjoyed it a lot. Very fun to try ourselves 🥰
1:44 Weird, when I'm going to Sauna I usually sweat all over my body but you both don't at all. Also the camera lense did not get foggy so you did not really have a real sauna experience. You have to heat it fully up, stay 15-20min and then go for the cold outside....bit wrong shown here!
Just posted a new vid where we did it properly! Check it out if you'd like. Thanks for the help here 👍
Hay que lindos too much steam
Haha yeah it got really steamy in there 😂
Finland does this without swimsuits.
If only we were that brave lol
It is better when there is more snow, like fluffy and soft snow. not the icy kind. You really should try a sauna in Germany. They are way better than in Finland.
Just posted a new video with the soft, fluffy kind of snow! And we DEFINITELY want to explore germany and all of the saunas there 🤗
No no no... we need to see naked edition
Lol you first