Estonian Saunas

27/02/2023

😍 We had a chat with British newspaper, i, about the popularity of Estonian sauna design in the UK, the Saunas For Ukraine initiative, and why more people should come discover saunas across Estonia this year.

Forget cold water swimming, Estonia is celebrating saunas all year and a session starts from as little as £6pp

27/02/2023

For Estonian Independence Day, the Estonian Embassy in London invited people in the UK to join them for a sauna & cold swim at the Serpentine - while also helping raise funds for Saunas For Ukraine.

Thank you to the British Sauna Society for helping support with great leil.

19/02/2023

That’s the European Sauna Marathon wrapped up for another year! Congratulations to all the winners. Of course, we all win by celebrating sauna culture together and helping more people around the world discover it here. 🙂

18/02/2023

People came from across Estonia and the world for the European Sauna Marathon in Otepää today - and their costumes were 👌.

18/02/2023

All set up & ready to go at the XII Euroopa Saunamaraton Otepääl/European Sauna Marathon!

17/02/2023

The first stage of the XII Euroopa Saunamaraton Otepääl/European Sauna Marathon has begun tonight in Tõrva. Here’s our latest update.

17/02/2023

We’re in Estonia’s winter capital, Otepää, for the XII European Sauna Marathon - and will be keeping you updated.

We’ve long supported this event to help celebrate Estonian saunas with more people around the world.

13/02/2023

One final round of tickets for this weekend's XII Euroopa Saunamaraton Otepääl/European Sauna Marathon will go on sale tomorrow at 10am online at Piletikeskus.

Final tickets go on sale at 10am on 14 February — but you have to be quick.

13/02/2023

The idea of a ‘European Sauna Marathon’ in Estonia started as a bit of a joke. It was first a local competition inviting people from Otepää and beyond to discover the great variety of saunas across Estonia’s winter capital.

Yet it has evolved over the past 15 years into a truly international competition, joined by competitors and journalists from around the world. The competition has kept its good-humoured spirit, but does a seriously good job of boosting sauna tourism across Estonia and celebrating Estonia’s rich sauna heritage and expertise with more people globally.

We spoke to one group of three teams travelling together from Switzerland who plan to enjoy as much of Estonia and its saunas as possible while they're here:

Sauna enthusiasts are travelling to south Estonia from as far as the US, Qatar, and Japan. There’s 3 whole teams from Switzerland.

10/02/2023

The sauna is usually a judgement-free zone, including when it comes to how you cover yourself (if at all).

But if you’re attending the XII Euroopa Saunamaraton Otepääl/European Sauna Marathon in Otepää and Tõrva this month, we want to see your best outfits as there will be prizes for the weirdest and most wonderful.

https://medium.com/estoniansaunas/dress-to-impress-at-the-xii-european-sauna-marathon-3cf5a6c0a24e

04/02/2023

Here's what to expect at the XII Euroopa Saunamaraton Otepääl/European Sauna Marathon.

It’ll be a two day event for the first time.

01/02/2023

Estonia's Year of the Sauna began with a best directing award and glowing reviews at Sundance for 'Smoke Sauna Sisterhood', a challenging and empowering portrayal of women in south Estonia who bond through the smoke sauna tradition.

The documentary follows women in south Estonia who bond through the smoke sauna tradition.