I had a nice, refreshing dip in the sea, mid-October. Twelve degrees. Cold, but if you compare it to the usual summer sea water temperatures, not that much lower yet...
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October 2020, Rantasauna ystävän mökillä, Töllinkari, Salo, Finland
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Water, Outdoor, Waterbody-Sea, Beach)
Tero and I stayed at the "Duck" (Ankka), a cabin near Ruka. We had driven up with Tero's car to avoid having to use flights or get too exposed to viruses.
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October 2020, Mökki Ankka, Ruka, Kuusamo, Finland
Sauna (Normal)
I managed to find a very nice, remote mountain hotel to stay at: Berghotel Sudelfeld. They also had a sauna!
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August 2020, Berghotel Sudelfeld, Bayrischzell, Germany
Sauna (Normal)
I was a bit busy among picking up groceries, work in the yard, and fetching some medicines for the kids that I almost had no time to celebrate midsummer on the eve. But, I did get a chance to put in a very nice swim!
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June 2020, Jupperinranta, Kuninkainen, Espoo, Finland; House Arkko, Kauniainen, Finland
Swimming (Outdoor); Sauna (Normal)
It seems insane to stay at airport hotels, but this time it worked well for me. Convenient for the early morning departure, free train ticket to my meeting site, and, most importantly, a nice sauna department!
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February 2020, Hilton Zurich Airport, Kloten, Switzerland
Sauna (Normal)
My main requirement for our hotel in Kayseri was that it should have a sauna... which is fortunately quite likely in Turkey.
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February 2020, Holiday Inn, Kayseri, Turkey
Sauna (Normal)
Funnily enough, our hotel was called Alaska Inn -- even if it was in Israel.
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February 2020, Alaska Inn, Metula, Israel
Sauna (Infrared)
Having been delayed, rerouted, and cancelled umpteen times, we spent a short night sleeping on the benches of the new Istanbul airport. But our eventual flight turned out to be in the next evening, so we asked for a hotel room for the day.
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February 2020, Novotel Istanbul Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, Turkey
Sauna (Normal)
I always book different hotels on my trips to Sweden, to try out different areas for fun, but also to test drive different saunas. This time I booked the Ariston Hotell in Lidingö, a nice island community near Stockholm. With ski a ski hill... no snow during this bad winter though.
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January 2020, Ariston Hotell, Lidingö, Stockholm, Sweden
Sauna (Normal)
Our quick start for year 2020 involved skiing in the Austrian alps, about an hour south of Salzburg. We found a nice, affordable hotel, LUFA in St. Michael im Lungau. While being affordable at only a bit more than 100€ per night, it had nice sauna facilities.
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January 2020, JUFA Hotel Lungau, St. Michael im Lungau, Lungau, Austria
Sauna (Normal, Steam, Infrared)
While in Serbia I stayed at the Dvori apartments, about 10 kilometres from the ski slopes. They had a quite nice spa area, with a jacuzzi and four saunas. Very relaxing!
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December 2019, Dvori Apartments, Kopaonik, Serbia
Sauna (Normal, Steam, Infrared); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Every time I fly out from the non-Schengen side of the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, I visit the new Finnair lounge sauna. Dark, hot bliss!
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November 2019, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland
Sauna (Normal)
On the following week, I managed to score a luxury accommodation, a hotel room with a window!
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November 2019, The Studio Hotel, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
Sauna (Normal)
Connect Hotel: In my quest to try all the saunas in different hotels in Sweden (or Kista, at least) I booked this hotel for a very special price... only for me. Cheap, but the room didn't come with a window. That was fine, it was a hack-documents-until-2am day anyway.
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October 2019, Connect Hotel, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
Sauna (Normal)
Before the Red Cross camp opened for the caving conference, I had to stay one night somewhere, and have a place for some work conference calls. I ended up selecting the Tsarsko Selo Spa hotel. An interesting place, with many saunas and pools :-)
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September 2019, Tsarsko Selo Spa hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria
Swimming (Indoor, Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal, Steam)
This is how to serve champagne in Palju (a hot outdoor tub heated by wood fire): floating.
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September 2019, Kekkolan Kartano, Mikkeli, Finland
Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal)