An Authentic Finnish Sauna

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Жыл бұрын

Tour Jim Kurtti's historic sauna in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Jim is the Honorary Consul for Finland in the U.P. and former director of the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock.
This program was produced by Kristin Ojaniemi and the Finnish Theme Committee of Hancock Finlandia Foundation Copper Country Chapter for National Sauna Week 2023.

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@Tulizukka 6 ай бұрын

As a Finn sauna enthusiast i applaud this video for its correct information and respect on etiquette, history, use and tradition. The sauna in this video is lovely and very reminiscent of traditional finnish outdoor wooden sauna. Everything in this video is very lovely

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your nice comments.

@davidkannas8932 Жыл бұрын

I built a sauna in my back yard in West Seattle. It's stove is electric, so it heats very quickly. Some rocks on top of the stove came from my grand parent's sauna in Northern Minnesota, and one came from a beach in Finland. Every time I take sauna, I am transported to a time on my grand parent's farm and their wood fired sauna and all the Finnish language conversation that surrounded me. Kiitos for the video.

@jmeurman 4 ай бұрын

Apparantly sauna rocks need to be changed after about 100 sessions.

@mourlyvold64 4 ай бұрын

@@jmeurman Why is that exactly?

@svanari 3 ай бұрын

@@mourlyvold64 if you sauna alot rocks start to crackle and cant hold heat so much. you can test them by clapping together and if the sound is hollow its time to change.

@mourlyvold64 3 ай бұрын

@@svanari Thanks for the reply. I've been studying information on saunas for days now and learned a lot, including about stones. Most of all I now understand why many saunas feel like torture and some are so wholesome. Design is everything.

@tahtitaivas2290 Ай бұрын

@@mourlyvold64they loose their capability to storage heat and may start to crackle.

@themightykabool 5 ай бұрын

That is a slick use for historic door handle

@quarterhorsetj Жыл бұрын

My grandma and great grandma both had authentic Finnish saunas they used, and so did I when I was a kid, staying with my grandma. I still remember to this day the scent of it and how relaxing it was. My great grandma and grandpa came over from Finland in the early 1900's. This was in Crystal Falls MI

@SuperChaz_ Ай бұрын

Would love to hear more about the luuko and traditional ventilation!

@user-sg4jt3lx6o 6 ай бұрын

Kiitos, Herra Kurtti!

@samil5601 2 ай бұрын

Great pronunciation of Finnish here. Kiitos!

@raunovittaniemi4905 4 ай бұрын

KYLLÄ........✌️✌️✌️✌️❤️

@businessraptor127 2 ай бұрын

"Sow na" been useing one since I was a kid. Now im building my own!

@martint.1538 9 ай бұрын

From 🇬🇧, I would love to visit that sauna & have a lovely sauna session in there !. I have a sauna in my back yard, I count my blessings everyday that I have one !.

@keithkuckler2551 7 ай бұрын

Here across the lake from the UP we use white cedar boughs. I like to dip them in water, and, then smack them on the benches, this releases the aromatic oil in the cedar, smells a bit like eucylyptus to me.

@singetdem 4 ай бұрын

Good video

@pigetstuck Жыл бұрын

a great sauna!

@AyahuascaSage 8 ай бұрын

I'm from the LP (I've since moved to Virginia), had no idea my home state had sauna culture! I never really got into sauna until I moved to Japan, where public baths are very important culturally and the baths often include saunas as well. I want to bring part of that culture home with me and I'm planning on building a sauna soon!

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 8 ай бұрын

More people outside of the Finnish-American community are discovering the joys and benefits of traditional Finnish sauna, as well as simiilar bathing methods from around the world. Be sure to join our National Sauna Week celebration online February 18-24, 2024

@AyahuascaSage 8 ай бұрын

@@FinlandiaFoundationNational With any luck I'll have my own sauna up and running by then!

@viktorrusanov2531 8 ай бұрын

I would say two hours is minimum, if it is a proper sauna house with a lake next to it, as is mostly the case in Finland. I am southern man so I discovered sauna in my 40ies only, by chance. Having 15-20 minutes in sauna, followed by a few minutes in an ice-cold lake, having a beer by the fire outside and then back in the sauna... it is a process, a ritual... that can last for many hours.

@FinlandiaFoundationNational 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like you do it right!

@lilatravelpartners 8 ай бұрын

In these times of warnings on the hot coffee mug. CAution this is hot. I want to suggest driking just WATER suring the repeat visits...Enjoying a salty bite w beer afterwards.... First time visitors listening to their own bodied and leaving , if feeling uncomfortable

@davidpichkar8239 7 күн бұрын

Very similar to traditional Russian Banya. Even down to the Birch Veniki.

@2mnxffrddfghjbbvcdfh6644bcddcv 7 күн бұрын

Great video What is the U.P.?

@riesa85 11 ай бұрын

Jos Sauna terva tai viina ei auta on tauti kuolemaksi: If Sauna, tar of booze wont help, the sickness is deadly! A fast translation of the original saying. Finnish and English are so different that a direct translation is often nigh on impossible!

@nataliemukka1863 Жыл бұрын

We sauna every single night

@dianastvarnik697 5 ай бұрын

Me to.

@johnskalos8025 Жыл бұрын

Those are river rocks, same as I use. Or maybe from a lake shore. Either way, they didn't have special "sauna rocks" shipped from Finland.

@businessraptor127 2 ай бұрын

How adamant of an assumption...

@ubilo Жыл бұрын

SISU

@samh-smith2931 9 ай бұрын

Whats the birch leaf 🌿?? What you use in australia instead?

@pvahanen 8 ай бұрын

Before long, there were no plastic sponges. The soft birch leaf washes and rubs away the dirt at the same time! I don't understand how people clean themselves otherwise.