Kimmo Raitio shares his extensive experience and study of the sauna culture.

In the words of Kimmo Raitio: “Sauna has been my weekly pleasure since a toddler as it is practically for every Finn. I would like to share with you my extensive experience and study of the sauna culture in Finland and neighbouring countries of Sweden, Estonia along other Baltic states and Russia. You will find a vast variety of sauna experiences such as Finnish sauna, Russian banya, savvusann in Võrumaa, musta kyly in White Carelia, pirtis in Lithuania, bastu in Sweden or pirts in Latvia. Is sauna from Finland originally? Hardly. More likely, as Mikkel Aaland’s ‘Sweat’ describes, benefits of hot bathing were perceived independently in different parts of the world, without knowledge of each other.”