Inside a wood-burning sauna

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come meet me in the

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sauna.

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Hello.

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Welcome to an authentic Finnish

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wood burning sauna. I don't think

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there's anything as distinctly Finnish

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as saunas. Having a sauna is just as

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essential as having a bathroom or a

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kitchen or a bedroom. We start going to

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the sauna when we're only a few months

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old. Many people in Finland go to the

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sauna every day, but saunas are also a

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very important way to celebrate

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birthdays or parties or you name it. We

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always come up with a reason to go to

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the sauna.

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One of the most important saunas on an

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annual scale is a Christmas sauna. Sauna

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is actually an average Fin's version of

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going to the church. There's about 3.3

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million saunas in Finland, and it's safe

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to say that every single one of those

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3.3 million saunas is unique and

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different. And people in Finland build

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saunas in in the weirdest places. There

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are saunas on wheels and inside ice

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hockey arenas. But traditionally people

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have saunas at their home, either

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electric heated saunas or wood burning

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saunas, which is the traditional way of

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building a sauna.

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The most authentic way historically was