As the cab slows to a stop, I scrape some of Jack Frost’s handiwork from the window and peer into the depths of the polar night. We’re only 15 minutes from the center of Helsinki, yet dense forest ...

From Finnish saunas to Korean ice tubs, these spas specialize in the practice of alternating between intense heat and intense cold. In Swedish Lapland, a guest at the Arctic Bath hotel and spa ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I solve the key hotel mystery: Which rooms are best? This article is more than 7 years old. Look at the space shown in the photo ...

Saunas are an important part of Finnish culture. It is estimated that there are about two million of them in the country. With a population of just over five million, that's an average of one per ...

FITCHBURG — Saunas are not only a part of our daily lives but play a role in some Finnish holiday festivities and the Finnish Center at Saima Park is excited to invite the community to celebrate them.

There’s an word in Finnish which evades translation: löyly. It’s commonly used to describe the steam that rises when water is poured onto hot stones in a sauna. But it also signifies spirit or life ...

LAC LA BELLE, MICH. -- Mount Bohemia visitors will have two new ways to unwind this winter thanks to a pair of fresh additions to the U.P. resort’s popular Nordic Spa. The Keweenaw ski resort recently ...