Welcome to the cool Saunablogger blog, stories from saunas around the world, from Finnish smoke saunas to luxury spa saunas. Not to mention hotel saunas! The Saunablogger has explored saunas in 38 countries, in a total of 140 saunas. You can also click on the map below to see where in the world they took place.
The Saunablogger articles appeared originally in the Blogspot Planetskier series, at TGR posts, or at the Relaa website. See also the articles about skiing, caving, urban exploration, climbing, cycling, flying, and swimming.
All sauna-related articles:
| Porvoo swimming hall Today I wanted to try a new swimming hall, and ended up driving all the way to Porvoo, an hour away from where I live. Porvoo is of course a wonderful historic city with wooden houses alongside the river banks. Their swimming hall was constructed in the 1970s probably, but then more recently expanded. Full story January 2025, Porvoon uimahalli, Porvoo, Finland Swimming (Indoor, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal, Steam) | |
| Thermal spa and sauna in Andorra I've been to Andorra couple of times before, but never had the opportunity to visit a sauna or do a swim. Now I did! Hotel Spa Termes Carlemany provided both! They are situated in an area of Andorra la Vella, by the river, where there's 72 degree water flowing from the ground. The water is also used to run interest pipe displays and art work. Full story December 2024, Hotel Spa Termes Carlemany, Andorra La Vella, Andorra Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Waterbody-Pool, Indoor) | |
| Hotel Ramonda pools and saunas Hotel Ramonda (Хотел Рамонда, Ртањ) is named according to a flower that only grows on the mountain it is on, the Rtanj mountain in eastern Serbia. It is a luxury hotel that started out five years ago and has recently expanded with even more rooms and pools and saunas. It has outdoor and indoor pools and several different saunas. Full story December 2024, Hotel Ramonda, Rtanj, Serbia Sauna (Normal, Steam); Swimming (Indoor, Outdoor, Waterbody-Pool) | |
| Space Sauna We visited Cité de l'Espace, a science museum dedicated to space exploration in Toulouse. It is a wonderful museum for the kids to explore, though I was not super impressed as most of the displays were replicas. But one thing that definitely caught my attention was the Mir space station (replica, of course), and in particular the shower and sauna tank they had. Full story December 2024, Cité de l'Espace, Toulouse, France Flying; Sauna (None) | |
| Ireland sauna and swimming experience I was in Dublin for a conference, pretty tight agenda but I did manage to do a cave hike on one morning. And visit a local spa for a quick swim and sauna on the last evening! Full story November 2024, The Spencer Health Club, Dublin, Ireland Sauna (Normal, Steam); Swimming (Indoor, Waterbody-Pool) | |
| Sauna, snow, and departure Trip to the IETF conference in Dublin started. But it feels like I’m going in the wrong direction when after a long warm spell it just now started snowing .. fortunately bumped to old friends at the airport. And managed to squeeze in a traditional stop at the airport sauna on the way in, too :-) Full story November 2024, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Sauna (Normal); Flying | |
| Day trip to Levi Did a day trip yesterday to Levi for October turns. Levi and Ruka are the only open ski resorts in Finland. Icy experience on the slopes, but glad I went! Full story October 2024, Levi, Kittilä, Finland; Levi Hotel, Kittilä, Finland; Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland; Rovaniemi Airport, Rovaniemi, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Swimming (Indoor, Outdoor, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal); Flying; Travel | |
| Night sail Had a fun event at work today, a picnic in Suomenlinna (the fortress island in front of Helsinki). But a friend from work invited us to join the trip by a sail boat. Nice! Full story August 2024, Suomenlinnan vierasvenesatama, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland Travel; Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Outdoor, Waterbody-Sea) | |
| Sauna in Hotel Merihovi Kemi. Never been, but what a nice surprise! Nice, walkable center, boat harbors, nice restaurants, ... and a nice historic hotel, the Hotel Merihovi. We visited the sauna upon arrival, having been in the outback for a week by this time :-) Full story August 2024, Hotel Merihovi, Kemi, Finland Sauna (Normal) | |
| Rantasauna Rantasauna is a legendary party place in Otaniemi, in the student village of the Helsinki University of Technology (now called Aalto University). Full story June 2024, Rantasauna, Otaniemi Espoo, Finland Swimming (Outdoor, Waterbody-Sea); Sauna (Normal) | |
| First mökki-swim in 2024... driving on a Jaguar Too busy, and now without a car I have not been able to visit the summer cottage this year at all. Sigh. But now my car repair shop nicely loaned me a four-liter green '99 Jaguar for the weekend. Very nice! And a fun car to drive. And it was such a bliss to drop into the lake after visiting the sauna. The water was warmer than it probably has ever been on June 1st... Full story June 2024, Arkko summer cottage, Teisko, Finland Car; Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Outdoor, Waterbody-Lake) | |
| Excursion to Myyrmäki A Friday evening excursion to Myyrmäki, a suburb in Vantaa! I went for a swim in Myyrmäki's community swimming hall, but it was of course also an opportunity to do more sightseeing in the nice weather. And ride more trains... given that my car is broken. Full story June 2024, Myyrmäen uimahalli, Myyrmäki, Vantaa, Finland Sauna (Normal, Steam); Swimming (Indoor, Waterbody-Pool) | |
| Hotel Vema Spa Hotel Vema is a brand new hotel in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Visoko is a small town near Sarajevo, maybe a 20 minute drive away. It is perhaps best know for the Bosnian pyramids, pyramid shape mountains that some claim actually are ancient pyramids. More on that story later... but for now, we will focus on this wonderful hotel! Full story May 2024, Hotel Vema, Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Waterbody-Pool) | |
| Urheiluhallit kallio My first time visiting the Kallie swimming pools. Very nice! Full story May 2024, Urheiluhallit Kallio, Helsinki, Finland Swimming (Indoor, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal) | |
| Sveitsin uimala - Switzerland swimming in Hyvinkää After my visit to Usmi, I felt like I *really* needed to have a shower. And a sauna and swim would be a bonus. Fortunately, Hyvinkää's Sveitsin Uimala was nearby. Very, very nice. Indoor and outdoor pools (from June 1st), multiple pools, very nice saunas, clean, and at a nice pine forest area on top of the hill. Full story May 2024, Sveitsin uimala, Hyvinkää, Finland Swimming (Indoor, Outdoor, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal) | |
| Swim in the Tammisaari swimming hall I visited Tammisaari on a Friday evening, after a tough work week. It was sunny... my crappy car was still kind of running (but few weeks left), and the swimming hall, the Tammisaari beaches, and Tammisaari in general were just wonderful. Full story May 2024, Tammisaaren uimahalli, Raasepori, Finland Swimming (Indoor, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal, Steam) | |
This is the 1th set of articles. The next sets are set 2, set 3, set 4, set 5, set 6, set 7, set 8, set 9, set 10, and set 11.