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The Finnish sauna is by definition, never steam baths are not the only Nordic country par excellence: the practice of sauna covers all the countries of northern Europe, in all three continents. In Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, in particular, where the winters are long and cold, the sauna has always been a way of life. They are now experiencing a period of revival and every new house, just as every hotel has one.
This culture, combined with love for cures and treatments in traditional mud-Spa (Parnu in Estonia, Latvia and Jurmala in Druskininkai in Lithuania) is a region of the Baltic countries, healthy life that offers tourists a view to a holiday of relaxation and wellbeing.

SAUNA IN THE BALTIC STATES
If you receive an invitation to a traditional sauna in the Baltics, you should not miss this chance to experience local so fascinating. And if you're not invited ... you should look for an invitation!
In Estonia, the sauna is called sauna - there is a Sauna Sauna Street and Tower in Tallinn - and can be found everywhere in Sauna Kula (the village-sauna) in a forest at 8km from Tallinn, with a capacity of 60 persons. But there is also a floating sauna in Saaremaa National Park. This is a steam dry in the best Finnish tradition, although they are back in vogue, and the bathrooms of smoke where the smoke of a wood fire filled the room.

HOT LIKE THE ESTONIAN
In traditional Finnish sauna, the heat is made up of pouring ladles of water on hot stones, bringing the temperature to 60-70 ° C, but like to Estonian hotter ... indeed, much warmer! The ritual also requires that after really hot we should be cool. If you're new to the practice of sauna, the advice is to stay in the sauna for 10 minutes and then cool gradually. Of course, for the purpose we shall use birch branches (with leaves) immersed in buckets of icy water, which are shaken back. This type of cooling in the Baltic States is a real art, to all intents and purposes considered a type of massage. The benefits are significant: increases blood circulation, improves respiration and perspiration, open pores helping the skin to breathe and expel toxins. It 'also a good remedy for sore muscles and get rid of extra pounds.

COOLED ...
How does it cool? The methods are different: a shower is enough, or just wait in a room separated from the sauna. But the inhabitants of the Baltic Countries like swimming in a lake (when possible) or, when winter does not allow it, we roll in the snow. And if a visitor is offered a tea, you can easily find that cool, locals often use drinking cold beer.

Good adventure!

Source: Mondoviaggi blog