In celebration of National Sauna Week, Lake Superior Chapter President Ron Hill will give a presentation about the sauna as part of the museum's annual meeting program. Refreshments will be served.
FFN NATIONAL SAUNA WEEK EVENT: Finnish comedians Ismo Leikola and Miska Kajunas compare saunas typically found in American gyms with the traditional saunas of Finland. At the FFN YouTube channel beginning February 24
FFN NATIONAL SAUNA WEEK EVENT: Learn from Press Counselor Pasi Rajala how the sauna is an unusual but effective setting for diplomatic relations at the Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C. You could win a prize package of imported Finnish mustard, pea soup and more! Click for details: REGISTER BY Wed., Feb. 23
National Sauna Week festivities include: Finnish Pannukakku Breakfast (8-10 a.m.), Wife Carrying Contest (10:30 a.m.); visit the former sauna, now preserved as a museum (11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.); X-C ski, snowshoe or hike the beautiful, groomed trails (limited equipment available to borrow); Finnish coffee bread and hot drinks available (10 a.m.-3 p.m.).
Enjoy a traditional, wood fired sauna during this week-long recognition of the Finnish bathing method. The sauna has a private dressing room, hot room large enough for three, buckets of water for rinsing and an outdoor shower (with a privacy screen). There will be birch whisks to try - wonderful for blood circulation! Or perhaps […]
Outdoors, Log the Sauna, a woodfire barrel sauna will host up to six people for each one-hour session ($20 per person). Indoors, the Red River Finns will serve coffee and cookies in the reception area where guests can view a display of sauna memorabilia, such as a sauna bucket, sauna thermometer, the artist impression of […]
Enjoy a Finnish winter picnic and sledding event at the second annual Laskianen, a joint celebration with FACA, Suomikoulu and FFTC/Finnsource. BYO picnic lunch and sleds; click below for more information.
Join in the wintry fun and tasty Pea Soup Challenge.
Wear purple and green and enjoy a menu of pea soup, salad, sandwiches, special desserts, Finnish coffee. Donation $12.
The Minnesota Wild retires Mikko Koivu's jersey at the game against the Nashville Predators. Event includes a ticket to the game, a post game on-ice photo and celebration of our favorite "Finnesotans." A portion of each ticket pack supports the Salolampi Foundation.