Sauna Pekka: References

History of genuine Finnish sauna

Come now God,
grand of the air
to the «löyly»,
into the warmth
to make a health
to build a peace

Kalevala

You will find saunas over 2000 years in Finnish history.
Following photos about hundreds of years old «smoke saunas» are
from sauna museum in Saunakylä «Saunavillage», Muurame - Finland.
Over 50 sauna are excellent samples of saunas
historical evolution in Finland.
These saunas are moved from various provinces and
locations in Finnish countryside.

Imaging !
Official Finnish statistics informs
over 1,600,000 saunas in Finland today !

There is nothing so inviting
in Finnish nature
than the old turf roofed
«Savusauna».

The door is half open,
hanging a little bit out of
it's earlier form.
You can hear
the Sauna Spirit whispering
his welcoming poets
to his sauna's
miracles healthy world.

When my father bought a land
from Finnish country side
the first thing we built
was a sauna near
the lake side bank.

I'm sure it stays there still
with it's barrel shape stove
in which we collected hundreds
of kilos of stones
from river banks.

You know that Finnish sauna is the healthiest place on the earth.

80/90°C - 176/194°F
Sauna heath kills all bacteria's.

Early years the babies was born in sauna's healthy environment in Finland.

Heating the savusauna.

«Kiuas» the sauna stove
has 300 to 800 kg (660 to 1760 lbs)
of stones which are heated half a day with one meter (3 ft) long logs.

On the floor you see a large cold water bucket. To get comfortable washing water the water in buckets is heated on the sauna's top benches.

After half a hour, when the fire is distinguished Sauna Master pour the «soot löyly» and welcomes the bathers to sauna - «... hey, sauna is ready»!