National Sauna Week

Sauna Culture in Finland exhibit explores the history and traditions of saunas while diving into the future of contemporary urban saunas as well. Open during Nordia House hours.

Finlandia Foundation National hosts a week-long celebration of the authentic Finnish bathing tradition, with free online programming and on a variety of sauna-related topics, joined by events at FFN chapters across the country.

See sauna week art poster exhibits, featuring Calumet Debbie Paver’s winning poster. Learn about sauna culture and history through stories and see a Finnish Log Building exhibit. Copper Island Academy […]

Record your sauna memories! “Sauna Stories” is an oral history project from the Finnish Theme Committee of Hancock. This is a recorded audio and visual project inspired by NPR’s StoryCorps. All are welcome to share their most treasured sauna memory, history, or experience for the camera and/or microphone. Whether the traditions of the sauna are […]

Sauna with a Superior view---Lake Superior! In celebration of National Sauna Week we want you to bring a friend and enjoy the calm together and connect with others. Use code SAUNAWEEK at checkout in the community social sessions and save 50% off your friend's ticket. Purchase tickets at lakesuperiorsteam.com Social sessions are 75 minutes in […]

Group trip to Spa World, an authentic Korean spa with many bathing areas, including sauna. This will be a unique opportunity to rotate through different saunas and discuss the differences in customs.

HOT SPOT MINNESOTA: THE STEAM IS ON! From early Finnish immigrants to wellness-centered Millennials and younger generations, Finnish saunas represent an integral part of personal wellness. A panel of sauna enthusiasts and entrepreneurs talk about developments in the Minnesota sauna scene that have attracted a  large community of young people, especially in their 20s and […]

A discount coupon for 10 people (applied when booking on the Cedar and Stone Nordic Sauna website) to enjoy a 75 minute guided Social Sauna Session to share  a sauna with other people, connect, relax and even take a cold plunge through a floating raft on Pier B in Duluth. Check for hours and availability. […]

SAUNA: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, FOLK HEALING AND MAGIC Dalva Lamminmäki and Frank Eld will talk about Finnish sauna culture, within and outside of Finland by asking: Do we still have space for these myths and rituals as part of the experience of taking a sauna, and can we recognize the intangible cultural heritage in our sauna activities?

Celebrating National Sauna Week with Aimee O'Carroll and Jon Gentry from Go'C, a leading architecture firm in Seattle, Washington. Together they will present the two saunas that GO’C has designed and built in Seattle including a floating sauna that explores connections between community, water, and fire; and sauna chapel for a Seattle resident that acts […]