Sauna pages on the web
Private pages
- Excerpts from the book Sweat, by Mikkel Aaland. An exceptional documentary on all kinds of sweat bathing around the world: the native American sweat lodge, the Finnish sauna and Mediterranean baths are covered, with Russian banias coming soon.
- A thorough FAQ on building saunas by Kalle Hoffman.
- The exceptional haMeyyasdim, a sauna in the Judean desert, by Pinhas Baraq
in English,
,
. - Sites by Juha Kuosmanen (with weird saunas) and Eva Lund (Deutsch).
Official Sites and Sauna Societies
The Finnish Sauna Society, the authoritative sauna site. Recommended for any sauna fan.
The Sauna as a National Symbol, an excellent article on the roots of the sauna, by Pekka Laaksonen.
Tampereen Saunasäätiö, the sauna association in the city of Tampere, Finland.
The Uljas Koitto Temperance Society , in Pembroke, Massachusetts, USA. "We are very active practictioners of Finnish sauna culture. We run a serious wood-fired sauna in Massachusetts. We are open to the public May - October on Saturdays, and on Wednesdays July - August."
The Sauna Appreciation Society.
Manufacturers and Public saunas
See the list of manufacturers around the world.