Year 2023 is dedicated to saunas in Estonia. The year of saunas is all about the most essential aspects about saunas - the inheritance, the culture, the customs, the products, the companies, the communities and the leaders. This year is for everyone who has a sauna in their soul. Historically the life of Estonians began and ended in a sauna, new households build saunas first - in many ways, our life revolves around the sauna even today.
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For centuries, sauna has been a place for physical and spiritual cleansing, for getting bare in all senses of the word and entering the core of humanity.
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This is how Eda Veeroja, the saunalady of Mooska Farm, introduced the Estonians' way of whisking in the sauna at the international tourism fair Matka 2020 in Helsinki!
Marianne Zitting, a journalist for the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti, experiences among other things, the unique peat sauna experience at Lammasmäe Holiday Centre in Lääne-Virumaa!
Smoke, steam, an ice hole and a moon shine - journalist from USA discovers the four elements, that offer a physical and mental healing experience in the Võrumaa smoke sauna. Discover with Todd Pitock!