The sauna appreciation thread

[Hottentot]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Can I have a personal sauna?

Sure, but you can't take it to an airplane. Too many nutjobs these days threatening to throw water on the pilots of they won't co-operate with their demands.

Seriously speaking, "personal sauna" is the more common thing than a public one. I don't have statistics, but I'd say most Finnish houses have a sauna in them, both in the countryside as well as in cities. It's not considered a luxury. Saunas exist even for tenement apartments, in addition to the public ones found on them. And a summer house isn't a proper summer house without one.