The sauna takes an important place in the Finnish life. Finnish people goes in the sauna from their youngest ages, and most of them take a sauna at least once a week. As the old saying goes: “first built your sauna, then your house”.
During the summer time, you can find in Oulu a floating sauna. What is it? The floating sauna is a sauna which is on the water. The concept is simple, you stay a long time in the sauna and when it’s really hot and you sweat a lot, you can jump in the river. After that, you start again!
I wanted so much to try this ritual, so with some friends of mine, we went in the Oulu floating sauna, it was a great experience. After the sauna, I just felt wonderful, relaxed and refreshed.
Inside the sauna, you can find a ladle of water, and if you add some water on the hot stone, the sauna temperature increase. At the beginning, I didn’t know, so I added copious amounts of water. The temperature in the sauna rose by about 10°C… It was a bit frightening.
I think I will remember this experience. Next step: floating sauna in Lapland on the frozen water…
