Saunas

We’ve been to several saunas on this trip and find the small ones to be some of the best. I’m starting to understand why sauna is such a big part of life in Scandinavia and other places. It’s really relaxing, even when the sauna is in a busier place. The one pictured above is on a lake about 40 min by tram and bus from where we stayed in Stora Essingen. It was a very peaceful time. The lake was cool and

Will discovered Eden, another little local sauna just before we left Stockholm. It’s part of a little beach club where there is a restaurant, kayak rentals, a waterway that is mixed fresh water with salt water from the Baltic Sea, and their own little sauna radio! Too bad they weren’t playing while we were there. It’s a shared local sauna, but we had it to ourselves when we visited.

We’d visited Varberg for their classic old sauna last year, and returned this year to spend a windy sunny afternoon. The photo above shows the corner of the courtyard of the women’s side,and the window in the middle is the window of the women’s sauna. Will got this photo when we walked out the jetty later in the day. It was busier this year and equally as relaxing and special. I love the old style sling back sun chairs to sit and read between sea dips and going back into the sauna. The cost is about $10 per person!

In Oslo, we went to several different sauna, including one in the “Sauna Village” just past the museums on the harbor. There were cold baths as well as the fjord to hop into to alternate with the warmth of the saunas. The fjord was warmer this year- 68 degrees.

Having become a sauna “enthusiast” I’m wishing we could have a floating sauna on Peaks. But I know the insurance and licensing of such an idea would make it all very cost prohibitive. I’ll just have to wait til we get our own sauna finished!