Plenty of other finnish people here, I see. This is the moment you realise how many people from Finland are your fans. I think your weird deadpan humour is similar to ours. We do not laugh, but it's still very funny and we are straight faced having so much fun. I think you know what I mean.
Welcome to Finland. - No oblication to talk to strangers in public sauna. - No need of trunks, nobody cares about your business junk One point about sauna is that it is recalibrating yours stress reactions. You are volunterary creating temporary high stress. When you go back out, you are now survivor of roast.
“you are now survivor of roast” is what I’m going to think every time I get through a particularly stressful life event 😂 Thank you!! (also, growing up in a Finnish influenced area with a sauna on a river where we would cut holes in the ice in winter to dunk ourselves, this video and all the Finns commenting bring me so much joy!!)
@@catharinecowan4514 Cold dunk is one different pain where your veins just shrank. But after two or tree times trough sauna and water, then winter cold felt like pleasing spring breeze. I am definition of 'nordic blond truck', so I have higher tolerance for cold than heat.
@@johnlow810 I am not fan of cold showers but that is mostly because outside is so cold in many months. And it is also relative to your body temperature, after hard swimming session it is nothing more than blessing. First thing at morning and it is a core shivering experience. But in the core those things are actions reaching the edge and coming back. Diving too long and realizing dimishing oxygen. High stress, and when you reach surface, rapid release of stress. Same times it releases every imaginary threat you are woven during a day.
Hi, it's me from Reddit! Since my comment was shown, I did some further homework and it seems that in my city of 260k people, Tampere, there are ~70 public saunas! I noticed you went in sauna with your eye glasses! That's a no no, sudden temperature changes are not good for them! You showed throwing water on stones (löyly) only at the beginning of the session. Water is thrown every now and a then :) I'm glad you enjoyed especially Finnish style and were able to find such good saunas! If you will build one yourself, make sure you have ventilation and drainage there and that the kiuas (fireplace) is assembled fire-proof so that it will not light surrounding wood on fire. I was going to wait till sunday when I go to sauna with my friends but this video made me heat up my own sauna for tonight, thanks for the inspiration!
I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned that the NATO headquarters have a sauna to accommodate the Finns. Additionally many of the Finnish embassies do as well!
I'm Finnish. Yeah sauna makes you tired. It's absolutely the best way to wind down and relax for that exact reason. Also, if you get too tired or start being lightheaded, drink more water! You're sweating a lot.
I have been to Finland, and the sauna culture there is one of the best experiences I had. I love the fact that you can bring some beer in the sauna so you can enjoy the ice cold beer in the hot sauna. Also try to find a local wood heated sauna. And as the comment said, sauna is amazing way to wind down and have your best sleep after that.
Another one from Finland here 😊. Yeah you're friends that build a sauna seems to really get the sauna experience. With a different accent I might think they're fiinns. Actually I'll give them a title of honorary finn, first one even knew the word "löyly" even if he couldn't prononce it 😅.
I have thyroid disease and I am always so cold, like shiver all day. I LOVE saunas. It’s one of the only times I feel like I am totally warm inside and out.
I’m probably like commenter number 9000 from Finland: but yeah, you go to sauna naked, no need to talk (at all) or maybe some Finnish “sauna-talk” if you’re feeling it. You go to the sauna mainly to relax; also yes, there are many types of saunas, and oh so many temperatures and moisture-levels (there’s also some competition about who can handle the most “löyly” (tossing the water on the “kiuas”). I’m from Finland and I need very specific sauna to enjoy it. There is no “wrong way” to enjoy sauna; but there are endless ways to “saunoa”. Cheers! -a
Absolutely! I'm down with covid at the moment and really miss the sauna. Aaaand I miss reading and calming down which I could do at home as well but it's not the same. I'm going to public saunas where phones are prohibited and I can't think of a place that calms me down so much because of this.
American here with a finnish electric sauna. Use it every day! At full heat it’s like a tranquilizer and lower heat it’s perfect for meditation (chyna might like that if u go electric)
My boyfriend and I go to this spa occasionally with a sauna, steam room, mineral pools, infared sauna, and cold plunge. We always get ravenous afterward! Maybe it's the water weight or our bodies burning calories from it. Either way, it's strange that you mentioned that too, and I'd love to know why this happens.
Back in the late 90's, I spent 2 years in Russia. We'd go to the public bath houses where they have saunas as part of the facility. AMAZING! We also went to several dachas where they had their own sauna. The neatest benefit that I experienced is that it would burn a head cold right out of you. You always need a nap afterwards. The experience you had with your friends (sauna 3 and 4) is exactly how it was. The social aspect is integral to the experience!
As an American that has a strong Finnish bloodline, I've been in saunas for as long as I can remember. Growing up, after the farm work was done, we would go over to some neighbors house for sauna, coffee and cookies. They are one of those things "If you know, you know". The cardiovascular and cognitive benefits that are coming out about frequent use are the cherry on top. The only part missing is the fresh cedar branch bough that you brush your back with. Those oils in the hot sauna...So good
I just had a sauna with some friends and now this video as a nice reminder of why it’s so amazing. Here in sweden 🇸🇪we have a lot of saunas and I will build my own this year!
Fun fact: In ancient Rome, in the steam sauna rooms, they had bowls that they put herbs in. What herbs? Well, along with aromatics, they also added cannabis and opium. ;)
My maternal grandmothers family is Finnish, so my mom was raised with the sauna experience. When my parents built their house they put a sauna in, which meant I was also raised with the sauna experience. It was a good time.
My dad has some land with a pond out in the middle of nowhere and he built a sauna there. It's so nice to jump into the pond after and nice sauna. I don't do it during the winter but the pond is usually cold enough most of the summer.
Lithuanian here, your pronunciation was on spot! By the way, you should try wearing a hat, there is such thing as sauna hat, you can stay in sauna longer, as your head don't overheat. If you really like sauna, you must try the full social aspect of hanging out, drinking tea and having snack in between 4-5 sauna sittings. In some saunas, we use "Sauna birch-rod" to gently whip the skin to give more benefits to skin and blood circulation. Google that ;)
I have always wondered this too. My theory has always been that it's primarily a relief from cold dry air as most countries that do it are far north. It's a way to warm up without getting dried out like most sources of heat do. You sit around a fire all winter and your skin will turn to leather.
@chazdomingo475 I prompt a question: How do you clean yourself when outside is frozen? No river to bath. You make a small insulated room and heat it. Boil some water and mix cold water to proper cleaning temperature. Most times, you want to be as dry as possible because moist cloth transfers heat faster than dry clothing. It was created from nesecity and become a weekly bathing tradition. It still is a nice contrast for cold. There really weren't too many open fires. Everything was wrapped in stone to store heat in material for slow release even when fire was dying (american hearts are so wastefull). And still, in the olden days, everyone would have clothing to distribute heat from more open flame. When you are heated, you would step out from flame.
Y’all seem confused right off the bat between saunas and steam rooms. Very different. Saunas are dry but can have a burst of steam added by ladling water onto the hot rocks. Saunas have wood interiors. Steam rooms have hot moist steamy air. They have tile interiors.
As a Finnish subscriber, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I'm glad you got all the correct info about saunas, and that you enjoy them. Praying your wife will eventually, too. Also, my brother and I have a channel called sauna brothers.
Oh, the puns😂 Turning my shower on full heat blast and letting the room get steamy is such a great comfort to me(maybe not to my walls😅) I know I will love saunas ❤
We went to Inari and Saariselka recently and did a traditional smoke sauna followed by a plunge in a river coming from a glacier (close to 0c), the contrasts were the most extreme I ever experienced, it felt incredible. Very painful in the moment though.
lithuanian here! i personally don't like saunas that much and my first choice would actually be infrared, so i'm not entirely sure what those people were saying lol. but the tranlation is surprisingly correct and your pronunciation of tegul būna, especially the second word was really good! awesome video as always, Craig :)
I've started going to a Sauna/Cold Plunge in Minneapolis called Embrace North, I love it! It's also a great place to meet new people that's not Alcohol centric for folks that don't drink. Love your videos!
I don't like super high heat and humidity, but in the middle of a cold-dark winter, I'd love to have the option to sweat for a few mins to shake the ice out.
Here in western Canada my experience is that almost every public pool will have a dry sauna (water is not permitted on heater) and most also have a steam room right beside which is tiled instead of wood and pumps steam out of a pipe running from a boiler in the basement. For example my city of 100,000 people has 4 public indoor pools and there are three steam rooms and three dry saunas amongst them. One has dry sauna only and one has a steam room only. There are more steam rooms and saunas in the private gyms as well.
Dry saunas are abominations and should not be allowed! The point the steam (löyly in Finnish) that rises from the stones amd that makes you sweat and it’s more enjoyable, if you don’t overdo it. Even the idea of a dry sauna just makes me itchy
Lithuania mention! i was never into saunas but recently tried again and kinda really almost loved it. so this video is very timely for my Rediscovering The Sauna journey. thanks Craig
American here. Only tried saunas at gyms, but ive always said that the one luxury id like to build in or around my future house would be a sauna. I love to see people discover them.
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After a long hike ending the day in a sauna is simply fantastic. If the view from the sauna is good that’s a nice bonus.
My dad was a player at Spring Green for many many years and we went there on a couple school field trips. Youre making me want to add a sauna in my tiny backyard
Dutchy here! I go to the spa every few months, which is a place with multiple sauna’s, steam rooms, hot tubs, swimming pool, restaurant etc. Very relaxing to go for multiple hours and switch up all the saunas/pools and read a book in between the sauna sessions. It is normal here to be fully naked in the sauna/pools, and most people will wear a bathrobe or towel when walking though the building. I go with my partner, or friend(s) :)
Another finn here. Best way to take a sauna is to shower first so you are wet, then go to the sauna. It feels better that way instead of being dry. Also more löyly(=water on the stove to get more steam) is better.
I was cracking up through this whole video - thanks for raising my mood! I so want a sauna. I think I might want an infrared because there are a lot of health benefits to getting infrared light as well as heat, and Costco sells little IR boxes that you can just stick in your house and plug in. So I'm going to look into that!
I discovered sauna life about 4 months ago and it has been life changing. I’m a 2 x 15mins per day with cold showers. It’s like a daily run with a grounding. Amazing. Then there is the community. ❤
I've only tried twice but just can't take that level of heat. Both times only lasted a few minutes and got instant headache, nausea and felt like passing out. Not for me.
I feel sure my experience would be like yours, since I get horrible headaches from being outside when it’s over 80, but I’d be interested to try it once, maybe
Check out Smokin' Barrel in Madison. It's a pop-up Finnish style barrel sauna. Usually they park next to the Yahara or provide a cold plunge. Also, Finns and Americans in the know pronounce it sow-na 😊
Do you think we the stressed people are confusing tiredness with being relaxed? Potentially relaxed is less usual than tired in this here modern day? Like is your body tired? Or are you just holding less tension?
Kinda? If you're relaxed, it's like your body is telling your brain, or your brain is telling your body, or both, that you're safe, and that includes that it would be a safe time to go to sleep. Although I'm not a neurologist or anything so I'm kinda guessing. 😅
I love saunas...The gym I go to has one and hop in there for about 10 mins after a workout and it really reduces muscle soreness. I also go to the infrared sauna at my doctor's office and bought an infrared light. It is really good for inflammation and I have asthma and other inflammatory conditions which it helps with. One time I got a chiropractic adjustment and then did infrared sauna for 25 mins and omg i felt amazing - all the blood was flowing. But yes, totally agree it makes me sleepy too....Was surprised multiple people in your area had saunas at their house, that's so cool, now I want one at home lol.
I was in a sauna in a danish airbnb last year. It wasn't steamy, just hot and dry. I felt so uncomfortable, my skin hurt, breathing was hard. My friends went outside (it was in March, so probably less than 10°C, which means coldish in Fahrenheit) which was even worse. The others loved everything about it but I hated every second.
The Russian banya-style sauna is amazing. You soak dried tree branches with the leaves on them in buckets of warm water and then whack each other on the back with them as a sort of aroma therapy massage. Evidently, different trees were used to treat different ailments. And I did the plunge into a pond with a hole cut in the ice that was right outside the banya in a village. You feel every nerve in your body all at once. It’s incredible.
Finns do that, it is called VIHTA, usually made of birch branches (new spring leaves are softer) and you can whip yourself as gently or violently as you want. It will smell nice and exfoliate a little bit, but it will also make a mess and making vihta is a chore so it is not as common nowadays.
That same thing is actually traditionally done with birch branches in Finland too. Just not that common anymore since most people in cities don't own trees.
A Finn here, and I love sauna! 😅 but I don’t like going to the public ones. My apartment building has the option of reserving an hour a week where you can go by yourself. So I put on music while sitting in the sauna. And use that time to do a bit of extra TLC, like using a hair mask, body scrub, shaving, etc. I find it relaxing 😎
in Finland 77 ˚C is on the cold end for a sauna. The thermometers usually go up to 140 ˚C (284 °F), although most saunas cap out somewhere around 110-120 ˚C.
@ since they are steamy with high humidity, I thought they moisture would start condensing inside your lungs, since inside of the body is only 37-40c Obviously not, since Fins have been having saunas for a long time. But this condensation is meant to be a risk in high heat, high humidity environments, and yet it doesn’t happen in a sauna
As someone who is always cold and always looking for ways to get and stay warm, I should love Sauna. Especially since my parents have a Sauna in their basement. But I hate it. I don't like being naked around strangers, I hate the feeling of sweat rolling down my body, I hate that it makes me breathe hard. I'm more of an infrared cabin kinda person, 40 °C are my comfort zone, 90 °C is too much for me.
Sauna is also very good if you ever have some muscle tension, although not recommended if you're ill. And also, infrared saunas are just terrible in general, so it might not have been a matter of you being lonely. Being a Finn, I am in no way biased against the objectively inferior infrared saunas.
Word of warning. They mentioned having a cocktail and going in. Don't drink and enter a sauna. That is the biggest cause of cardiac events and death in saunas.
Well, a finn here disagrees. We have this thing called Sauna Kalja (which translates as a Sauna Beer). We technically always drink beer within a Sauna sessions. It's not uncommon to drink ice cold beer in the Sauna either.
The cold plunge (in finlnad we just cut a hole in ice on a lake and dip there) will up your sauna game I tell u! It is divine and has many health benefits as well like keeps your weight in check etc.
I'm Canadian. Everyone around me loves saunas. I'm extremely heat-sensitive, though, and I can't be in a sauna or hot tub for more than a couple minutes before I feel faint and nauseous. Not my idea of a good time.
Here’s my take, if you, dear reaeder, are interested: a sauna under 176°F (80°C) feels pointless. I can stay in for 30 minutes no problem-so comfortable I could fall asleep, which is obviously a bad idea. If the place is crowded, nobody might even notice because anonymity increases with the number of people. But do not forget about the cold, you have to have the cold as well. An older (than me) guy showed me once amazing, going in the cold-plunge before you do next sauna-session. Than afterwards cold again, and relax until the next . The feelings I get from the cold are difnitely different but oddly similar to the heat-both leave me realaxed and centered., and my body happy it did not have to die ^^ Oh yeah, I can also, only go into the sauna, after my days work is finished. If I go in the morning, I will feel very sleepy and lethargic for a long time.
😂why are we so many finns here? Great video, I immediately told my husband to heat up our sauna. I recommend sauna twice a week, it really keeps you balanced and healthy. Can recommend it for a happy marriage😊
Plenty of other finnish people here, I see. This is the moment you realise how many people from Finland are your fans. I think your weird deadpan humour is similar to ours. We do not laugh, but it's still very funny and we are straight faced having so much fun. I think you know what I mean.
Welcome to Finland.
- No oblication to talk to strangers in public sauna.
- No need of trunks, nobody cares about your business junk
One point about sauna is that it is recalibrating yours stress reactions.
You are volunterary creating temporary high stress. When you go back out, you are now survivor of roast.
"Voluntary creating high stress" to train your body is a great way to put it. Same with exercise and cold showers!
“you are now survivor of roast” is what I’m going to think every time I get through a particularly stressful life event 😂 Thank you!! (also, growing up in a Finnish influenced area with a sauna on a river where we would cut holes in the ice in winter to dunk ourselves, this video and all the Finns commenting bring me so much joy!!)
Now I know why Vallteri Bottas looks so relaxed in his calendars... years of practice
@@catharinecowan4514 Cold dunk is one different pain where your veins just shrank. But after two or tree times trough sauna and water, then winter cold felt like pleasing spring breeze.
I am definition of 'nordic blond truck', so I have higher tolerance for cold than heat.
@@johnlow810 I am not fan of cold showers but that is mostly because outside is so cold in many months. And it is also relative to your body temperature, after hard swimming session it is nothing more than blessing.
First thing at morning and it is a core shivering experience.
But in the core those things are actions reaching the edge and coming back. Diving too long and realizing dimishing oxygen. High stress, and when you reach surface, rapid release of stress. Same times it releases every imaginary threat you are woven during a day.
Hi, it's me from Reddit!
Since my comment was shown, I did some further homework and it seems that in my city of 260k people, Tampere, there are ~70 public saunas!
I noticed you went in sauna with your eye glasses! That's a no no, sudden temperature changes are not good for them!
You showed throwing water on stones (löyly) only at the beginning of the session. Water is thrown every now and a then :)
I'm glad you enjoyed especially Finnish style and were able to find such good saunas!
If you will build one yourself, make sure you have ventilation and drainage there and that the kiuas (fireplace) is assembled fire-proof so that it will not light surrounding wood on fire.
I was going to wait till sunday when I go to sauna with my friends but this video made me heat up my own sauna for tonight, thanks for the inspiration!
You're so cool. ❤
@lizduffy9825 thx! :)
yeah throw more löyly, don't be a pansy
260k*
@fdagpigj oh my bad!
I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned that the NATO headquarters have a sauna to accommodate the Finns. Additionally many of the Finnish embassies do as well!
We wouldn't have joined otherwise. 😉
I'm Finnish. Yeah sauna makes you tired. It's absolutely the best way to wind down and relax for that exact reason. Also, if you get too tired or start being lightheaded, drink more water! You're sweating a lot.
I want to visit Finland because of the culture around saunas, I love saunas!
I have been to Finland, and the sauna culture there is one of the best experiences I had. I love the fact that you can bring some beer in the sauna so you can enjoy the ice cold beer in the hot sauna. Also try to find a local wood heated sauna. And as the comment said, sauna is amazing way to wind down and have your best sleep after that.
And toss a pinch of salt in
Another one from Finland here 😊. Yeah you're friends that build a sauna seems to really get the sauna experience. With a different accent I might think they're fiinns. Actually I'll give them a title of honorary finn, first one even knew the word "löyly" even if he couldn't prononce it 😅.
You made me go and look up how to pronounce löyly!
Your friend needs to order a "löylykiulu" and "löylykauha" from Finland
I have thyroid disease and I am always so cold, like shiver all day. I LOVE saunas. It’s one of the only times I feel like I am totally warm inside and out.
Would love to see a video covering the process of buying and building a sauna in your backyard.
Yes please! and maybe a sauna company can sponsor it to make it happen
I’m probably like commenter number 9000 from Finland: but yeah, you go to sauna naked, no need to talk (at all) or maybe some Finnish “sauna-talk” if you’re feeling it. You go to the sauna mainly to relax; also yes, there are many types of saunas, and oh so many temperatures and moisture-levels (there’s also some competition about who can handle the most “löyly” (tossing the water on the “kiuas”). I’m from Finland and I need very specific sauna to enjoy it. There is no “wrong way” to enjoy sauna; but there are endless ways to “saunoa”. Cheers! -a
A sauna was mentioned - a Finn was summoned (me)
Nords unite! (Dane)
I will even try to forgive the Americanized pronunciation ”soona”?😊
@@GlassedGamerwhen Denmark buys America, we will help you build a decent sauna in every town
What is the Finnish word for the feeling in a good sauna? Like the German word 'Gemütlichkeit', there is no single English word for it.
Torille
You can't tell how happy I am seeing you talk so much about Finland and I've been watching your videos since 2011 (and I'm a Finn, yay!)
I feel like you're becoming more unhinged every video you post, and I'm all for it!
Just returning to how unhinged I used to be
I can only imagine Chyna' response to "I want to build a sauna in the backyard." Glad to hear you love it!
The best thing is the cold shower after a very hot sauna and than reading a book in a calm place
Absolutely! I'm down with covid at the moment and really miss the sauna. Aaaand I miss reading and calming down which I could do at home as well but it's not the same. I'm going to public saunas where phones are prohibited and I can't think of a place that calms me down so much because of this.
American here with a finnish electric sauna. Use it every day! At full heat it’s like a tranquilizer and lower heat it’s perfect for meditation (chyna might like that if u go electric)
My boyfriend and I go to this spa occasionally with a sauna, steam room, mineral pools, infared sauna, and cold plunge. We always get ravenous afterward! Maybe it's the water weight or our bodies burning calories from it. Either way, it's strange that you mentioned that too, and I'd love to know why this happens.
For me it is fluid loss, once you drank enough water, that stops. But no mater how much you drank you'll still enjoy a cold beer afterwards. Cheers
Back in the late 90's, I spent 2 years in Russia. We'd go to the public bath houses where they have saunas as part of the facility. AMAZING! We also went to several dachas where they had their own sauna. The neatest benefit that I experienced is that it would burn a head cold right out of you. You always need a nap afterwards. The experience you had with your friends (sauna 3 and 4) is exactly how it was. The social aspect is integral to the experience!
As an American that has a strong Finnish bloodline, I've been in saunas for as long as I can remember. Growing up, after the farm work was done, we would go over to some neighbors house for sauna, coffee and cookies. They are one of those things "If you know, you know". The cardiovascular and cognitive benefits that are coming out about frequent use are the cherry on top.
The only part missing is the fresh cedar branch bough that you brush your back with. Those oils in the hot sauna...So good
Ah, interesting! In Finland birch is used for the vihta (the branches), and in addition to brushing you can lightly whip yourself or your friends
I just had a sauna with some friends and now this video as a nice reminder of why it’s so amazing. Here in sweden 🇸🇪we have a lot of saunas and I will build my own this year!
Fun fact: In ancient Rome, in the steam sauna rooms, they had bowls that they put herbs in. What herbs? Well, along with aromatics, they also added cannabis and opium. ;)
I need a time machine more than ever
My maternal grandmothers family is Finnish, so my mom was raised with the sauna experience. When my parents built their house they put a sauna in, which meant I was also raised with the sauna experience. It was a good time.
My dad has some land with a pond out in the middle of nowhere and he built a sauna there. It's so nice to jump into the pond after and nice sauna. I don't do it during the winter but the pond is usually cold enough most of the summer.
Lithuanian here, your pronunciation was on spot! By the way, you should try wearing a hat, there is such thing as sauna hat, you can stay in sauna longer, as your head don't overheat. If you really like sauna, you must try the full social aspect of hanging out, drinking tea and having snack in between 4-5 sauna sittings. In some saunas, we use "Sauna birch-rod" to gently whip the skin to give more benefits to skin and blood circulation. Google that ;)
I have always wondered this too. My theory has always been that it's primarily a relief from cold dry air as most countries that do it are far north. It's a way to warm up without getting dried out like most sources of heat do. You sit around a fire all winter and your skin will turn to leather.
@chazdomingo475 I prompt a question: How do you clean yourself when outside is frozen? No river to bath.
You make a small insulated room and heat it. Boil some water and mix cold water to proper cleaning temperature.
Most times, you want to be as dry as possible because moist cloth transfers heat faster than dry clothing.
It was created from nesecity and become a weekly bathing tradition. It still is a nice contrast for cold.
There really weren't too many open fires. Everything was wrapped in stone to store heat in material for slow release even when fire was dying (american hearts are so wastefull). And still, in the olden days, everyone would have clothing to distribute heat from more open flame. When you are heated, you would step out from flame.
Saunas are good because you complain about the sauna and forget about your other problems.
Y’all seem confused right off the bat between saunas and steam rooms. Very different. Saunas are dry but can have a burst of steam added by ladling water onto the hot rocks. Saunas have wood interiors.
Steam rooms have hot moist steamy air. They have tile interiors.
Absolutely. I much prefer a steam room.
Summon Finns accomplishment opened using cheatword "sauna" at the title 😂
As a Finnish subscriber, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I'm glad you got all the correct info about saunas, and that you enjoy them. Praying your wife will eventually, too. Also, my brother and I have a channel called sauna brothers.
Oh, the puns😂
Turning my shower on full heat blast and letting the room get steamy is such a great comfort to me(maybe not to my walls😅) I know I will love saunas ❤
Nice to see Lithuania mentioned :) Also, We do not have traditional saunas(Pirtis) it came from mix of Fins and Russians.
We went to Inari and Saariselka recently and did a traditional smoke sauna followed by a plunge in a river coming from a glacier (close to 0c), the contrasts were the most extreme I ever experienced, it felt incredible. Very painful in the moment though.
River from a glacier? In Finland? That doesn't sound right..
Happy new year, Craig!
lithuanian here! i personally don't like saunas that much and my first choice would actually be infrared, so i'm not entirely sure what those people were saying lol. but the tranlation is surprisingly correct and your pronunciation of tegul būna, especially the second word was really good! awesome video as always, Craig :)
I've started going to a Sauna/Cold Plunge in Minneapolis called Embrace North, I love it! It's also a great place to meet new people that's not Alcohol centric for folks that don't drink. Love your videos!
I don't like super high heat and humidity, but in the middle of a cold-dark winter, I'd love to have the option to sweat for a few mins to shake the ice out.
Craig mentioning my home country Lithuania and then trying to speak Lithuanian, just wow 😅😊
Oh hey, another Lithuanian! I was also super surprised when I heard it 🤩
Sweating feels good maybe? We don't have saunas but we have hammams and there's always a hot room. But we do it to exfoliate easier.
I've been using a dry sauna daily for 4 years after my workout and I love it. It's legit cardio exercise!
Lol, snowy sauna nights feel awesome. Worst part is waiting for it to get hot. 😂
The sauna is where I do my best brain storming!
Here in western Canada my experience is that almost every public pool will have a dry sauna (water is not permitted on heater) and most also have a steam room right beside which is tiled instead of wood and pumps steam out of a pipe running from a boiler in the basement. For example my city of 100,000 people has 4 public indoor pools and there are three steam rooms and three dry saunas amongst them. One has dry sauna only and one has a steam room only. There are more steam rooms and saunas in the private gyms as well.
Dry saunas are abominations and should not be allowed! The point the steam (löyly in Finnish) that rises from the stones amd that makes you sweat and it’s more enjoyable, if you don’t overdo it. Even the idea of a dry sauna just makes me itchy
Yeah, in every town I've lived in, the public pools have a dry or wet sauna
This sounds very similar to where I live in NZ
Lithuania mention! i was never into saunas but recently tried again and kinda really almost loved it. so this video is very timely for my Rediscovering The Sauna journey. thanks Craig
Love my sauna! It’s the one thing that really helps me feel good in our Canadian winter!
American here. Only tried saunas at gyms, but ive always said that the one luxury id like to build in or around my future house would be a sauna. I love to see people discover them.
After a long hike ending the day in a sauna is simply fantastic. If the view from the sauna is good that’s a nice bonus.
My dad was a player at Spring Green for many many years and we went there on a couple school field trips.
Youre making me want to add a sauna in my tiny backyard
Dutchy here! I go to the spa every few months, which is a place with multiple sauna’s, steam rooms, hot tubs, swimming pool, restaurant etc. Very relaxing to go for multiple hours and switch up all the saunas/pools and read a book in between the sauna sessions. It is normal here to be fully naked in the sauna/pools, and most people will wear a bathrobe or towel when walking though the building.
I go with my partner, or friend(s) :)
You might be tired from dehydration 😬 Glad you enjoyed it though! I love saunas
I love American Players Theater! Absolutely mesmerizing performances on top of a picturesque hill 😍
Smoke saunas dont have smoke in them when they are in use, they get the name from the way its heated - thats when there is smoke inside.
Wheezy - Audiobook LOTR! We are loving it!
Another finn here. Best way to take a sauna is to shower first so you are wet, then go to the sauna. It feels better that way instead of being dry. Also more löyly(=water on the stove to get more steam) is better.
I am absolutely loving the Nintendo propped up like a book on your shelf!
I go to the sauna at least a couple times a week for the last couple years. Absolutely love it, I want to build my own sauna now
I, for one, can't wait to go to International Wheezy Con next year. This year's convention was a treat.
I was cracking up through this whole video - thanks for raising my mood! I so want a sauna. I think I might want an infrared because there are a lot of health benefits to getting infrared light as well as heat, and Costco sells little IR boxes that you can just stick in your house and plug in. So I'm going to look into that!
I discovered sauna life about 4 months ago and it has been life changing. I’m a 2 x 15mins per day with cold showers. It’s like a daily run with a grounding. Amazing. Then there is the community. ❤
I've only tried twice but just can't take that level of heat. Both times only lasted a few minutes and got instant headache, nausea and felt like passing out. Not for me.
I feel sure my experience would be like yours, since I get horrible headaches from being outside when it’s over 80, but I’d be interested to try it once, maybe
Please please PLEAAASE come to Finland and make a video about it!!!!
happy new years to you and your family ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
Excellent video. Be sure you drink plenty of water right after your sauna. Dehydration can make you feel tired.
This video made me happy you guys are so close with each other xD
Sauna 4 is definitely hitting the right temp. I'd aim between 180-190F, 170 is a bit low.
Check out Smokin' Barrel in Madison. It's a pop-up Finnish style barrel sauna. Usually they park next to the Yahara or provide a cold plunge. Also, Finns and Americans in the know pronounce it sow-na 😊
As a Lithuanian, I can say that your pronounciation of 'Tegul būna' is pretty spot on so I will quote you on that thank you
Googling Saunas in England, and there's one in Town! Had no idea. Also, thanks for the Celcius!
As a Finnish person i approve this video.
You should do a steam room as a comparison. I prefer a steam room as I don’t like the dry heat of saunas.
Do you think we the stressed people are confusing tiredness with being relaxed? Potentially relaxed is less usual than tired in this here modern day?
Like is your body tired? Or are you just holding less tension?
Kinda? If you're relaxed, it's like your body is telling your brain, or your brain is telling your body, or both, that you're safe, and that includes that it would be a safe time to go to sleep. Although I'm not a neurologist or anything so I'm kinda guessing. 😅
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Just wanted to tell you I'm starting a youtube channel this year and you're one of my inspirations. Keep doing what you're doing!! :)
Subbed, because WheezyFans are good people
TORILLE!!! as we Finns say when anyone notices us.
I love saunas...The gym I go to has one and hop in there for about 10 mins after a workout and it really reduces muscle soreness. I also go to the infrared sauna at my doctor's office and bought an infrared light. It is really good for inflammation and I have asthma and other inflammatory conditions which it helps with. One time I got a chiropractic adjustment and then did infrared sauna for 25 mins and omg i felt amazing - all the blood was flowing. But yes, totally agree it makes me sleepy too....Was surprised multiple people in your area had saunas at their house, that's so cool, now I want one at home lol.
My two favorite things in one video! It’s a miracle!
I'm a Finn. I've been summoned because someone mentioned my country. Now I'm here. Hi. (Sauna is the best, wish I had one.)
I was in a sauna in a danish airbnb last year. It wasn't steamy, just hot and dry. I felt so uncomfortable, my skin hurt, breathing was hard. My friends went outside (it was in March, so probably less than 10°C, which means coldish in Fahrenheit) which was even worse. The others loved everything about it but I hated every second.
The Russian banya-style sauna is amazing. You soak dried tree branches with the leaves on them in buckets of warm water and then whack each other on the back with them as a sort of aroma therapy massage. Evidently, different trees were used to treat different ailments. And I did the plunge into a pond with a hole cut in the ice that was right outside the banya in a village. You feel every nerve in your body all at once. It’s incredible.
Finns do that, it is called VIHTA, usually made of birch branches (new spring leaves are softer) and you can whip yourself as gently or violently as you want. It will smell nice and exfoliate a little bit, but it will also make a mess and making vihta is a chore so it is not as common nowadays.
That same thing is actually traditionally done with birch branches in Finland too. Just not that common anymore since most people in cities don't own trees.
A Finn here, and I love sauna! 😅 but I don’t like going to the public ones. My apartment building has the option of reserving an hour a week where you can go by yourself. So I put on music while sitting in the sauna. And use that time to do a bit of extra TLC, like using a hair mask, body scrub, shaving, etc. I find it relaxing 😎
Fun fact: the low setting of a slow cooker is about 170F. I had no idea that this is how hot saunas can be.
Fascinating idea: do a sauna session with meat in the room
14:14 this one they say they sometimes goto to 220°f over waters boiling point, I cannot believe it that is scary
in Finland 77 ˚C is on the cold end for a sauna. The thermometers usually go up to 140 ˚C (284 °F), although most saunas cap out somewhere around 110-120 ˚C.
@ since they are steamy with high humidity, I thought they moisture would start condensing inside your lungs, since inside of the body is only 37-40c
Obviously not, since Fins have been having saunas for a long time.
But this condensation is meant to be a risk in high heat, high humidity environments, and yet it doesn’t happen in a sauna
It's relaxing to sit in the heat and just sweat it out
The city I live in has "Conference Saunas! Used for larger groups up to 20 people."
Get naked and sweaty with your coworkers.
As someone who is always cold and always looking for ways to get and stay warm, I should love Sauna. Especially since my parents have a Sauna in their basement. But I hate it. I don't like being naked around strangers, I hate the feeling of sweat rolling down my body, I hate that it makes me breathe hard. I'm more of an infrared cabin kinda person, 40 °C are my comfort zone, 90 °C is too much for me.
I haven't' finished watching this video yet but an old friend of mine's grandma had a sauna and i wanted to sit in there forever :')
220F, lets go dude! Tbh, it makes me eager to jump into the frozen lake tmrw :)
Sauna is also very good if you ever have some muscle tension, although not recommended if you're ill.
And also, infrared saunas are just terrible in general, so it might not have been a matter of you being lonely. Being a Finn, I am in no way biased against the objectively inferior infrared saunas.
Word of warning. They mentioned having a cocktail and going in. Don't drink and enter a sauna. That is the biggest cause of cardiac events and death in saunas.
hear hear
Oh God, I'm afraid I won't invite you to my Finnish sauna... 🍻
Welcome to Finland, here everyone drinks beer in sauna 😂😅
Sauna beers simply add to the experience!
Well, a finn here disagrees.
We have this thing called Sauna Kalja (which translates as a Sauna Beer). We technically always drink beer within a Sauna sessions.
It's not uncommon to drink ice cold beer in the Sauna either.
The exhausted feeling is how I feel all summer when living in a hot steamy climate and not having AC in my car. Do not want.
The cold plunge (in finlnad we just cut a hole in ice on a lake and dip there) will up your sauna game I tell u! It is divine and has many health benefits as well like keeps your weight in check etc.
"Tried reading The Lord of the Rings, here's what happened"
Been a long time checking out the Wheezyvers but glad to see its still hot and steamy.
I'm Canadian. Everyone around me loves saunas. I'm extremely heat-sensitive, though, and I can't be in a sauna or hot tub for more than a couple minutes before I feel faint and nauseous. Not my idea of a good time.
All knowing, all seeing, steamy space baby
As a Lithuanian I can confirm that we as Lithuanians indeed live our saunas (pirtis).
I watched this in my Sauna. (Phone goes on the floor where it’s not so hot)
My sauna was the purchase of my life.
Looking forward to the sequel in 6 months at your local water park city 😂😂😂
Please do cold plunges!!! I don’t get it. I feel like it is very inconvenient.
Here’s my take, if you, dear reaeder, are interested: a sauna under 176°F (80°C) feels pointless. I can stay in for 30 minutes no problem-so comfortable I could fall asleep, which is obviously a bad idea. If the place is crowded, nobody might even notice because anonymity increases with the number of people.
But do not forget about the cold, you have to have the cold as well. An older (than me) guy showed me once amazing, going in the cold-plunge before you do next sauna-session. Than afterwards cold again, and relax until the next . The feelings I get from the cold are difnitely different but oddly similar to the heat-both leave me realaxed and centered., and my body happy it did not have to die ^^
Oh yeah, I can also, only go into the sauna, after my days work is finished. If I go in the morning, I will feel very sleepy and lethargic for a long time.
Also, here in germany most places have a 100C(212F) room, even my local gym has a 95C hot sauna (they have no water-pouring though)
Thank you for your resume but you didnt get the job
@enriqueshockwave damn, yeah, unfortunately I am always way better showing than telling. Suck at selling myself with words
@fr33doom damn i was joking and now im sad
@@enriqueshockwave ❤️ have a wonderful year my friend
I'd not talk to a stranger, little less in a sauna. I am a Finn though, and thus understand the spirit and etiquette of saunaing.
😂why are we so many finns here? Great video, I immediately told my husband to heat up our sauna. I recommend sauna twice a week, it really keeps you balanced and healthy. Can recommend it for a happy marriage😊
If you ever get invited I highly recommend going to a indigenous sweat lodge