Rain pelts down as I lower myself, step by step into the pitch-black, ice-cold water, the night sky above. Just 30 seconds, I ...

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A national debate has been sparked after a woman was asked to leave a public sauna in Sweden for wearing a swimming costume. Traditionally, people are supposed to enter saunas wearing nothing at all ...

Holistic wellness expert Matilde Wergeland's recs for Stockholm's best spas range from the Grand Hôtel's traditional luxury treatments to Heat by Sophia Lie's high-tech sauna. When visiting a country ...

FOR as long as I can remember what it feels like to shake and shiver, I've been taught to fear the cold. Always wrap up warm. Don't leave home without a coat. And never, ever go out with wet hair.

Saunas, known in Sweden as 'bastu', are a crucial part of Swedish culture. Photo: Helena Wahlman/imagebank.sweden.se A Stockholm policeman arrested a fugitive criminal on Friday evening after the two ...

A Swedish policeman arrested a criminal while they were both naked in the sauna after they recognised one another. The officer was relaxing in a sauna in Rinkeby, north-west of Stockholm, when he ...

Sauna culture is deeply rooted in Northern Europe – the word itself originates from the Finnish language, Sweden’s easterly ...