Sauna in the news

Updated 29 March 2024

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My husband was ill and I was full of anxiety but a daily sauna changed my life i, 29 Mar 2024

How this Finnish ‘sauna capital of the world’ helped me recover from burnout The Independent, 16 Mar 2024

Hot ticket: 10 of the best pop-up saunas in the UK The Guardian, 10 Mar 2024

The UK’s sunniest island vying to become a ‘sauna isle’ i, 5 Mar 2024

Could an outdoor sauna on the beach be the new pub? BBC Wales, 3 Mar 2024

Heat me happy: How community saunas are helping people heal through trauma The Independent, 3 Mar 2024

Luxurious rooftop saunas have officially returned to east London TimeOut, 1 Mar 2024

Seven of the UK’s best saunas by the sea The Sunday Times, 21 Feb 2024

Tesla Norway fjord crash passengers saved by floating sauna users BBC Europe, 2 Feb 2024

Floating sauna guests wearing only towels rescue duo after car plunges into Oslo fjord Sky News, 2 Feb 2024

Hot topic: Why ‘slow motion’ saunas are becoming the new cold swimming The Independent, 25 Jan 2024

Hot sauna, cold plunge. Here’s where to try contrast bathing, National Geographic, 25 Jan 2024

Finnish sauna from 1948 UK Olympics is a hot heritage asset, The Art Newspaper, 25 Jan 2024

Inflammation isn’t always bad. Here’s how we can use it to heal, National Geographic, 24 Jan 2024

I visited the bizarre new London attraction launched by a top British DJ that only costs £6, The Sun, 22 Jan 2024

Wooden sauna from 1948 London Olympics gets Grade II listing The Guardian, 19 Jan 2024

Olympic Finnish sauna in Kent given Grade II listed status BBC News, 19 Jan 2024

Finnish sauna in Ditton dating from the 1948 Olympic Games granted listed status Kent Online, 19 Jan 2024

Oldest sauna in Britain gets protected status The Telegraph, 19 Jan 2024

'Time capsule' sauna donated by Finnish team to 1948 London Olympics wins Grade II listing The Standard, 19 Jan 2024

Finnish sauna in Kent gifted to UK after 1948 Olympics granted listed status ITV News, 19 Jan 2024

Pop-Up Sauna Cabins And Plunge Pools Have Landed In London For The Next Month Secret London, 19 Jan 2024

Outdoor saunas: A dive into the hot new wellness trend, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan 2024

Where you can find community saunas in London: from Hackney to Rotherhithe, The Standard, 17 Jan 2024

New pop-up sauna opens in Jersey Jersey Evening Post, 16 Jan 2024

Community sauna sessions a hit as Londoners shiver BBC London, 15 Jan 2024

Slovakian man enjoying limitless opportunities after making career change in Northern Ireland BelfastLive, 14 Jan 2024

Rob da Bank pledges to make the Isle of Wight a sauna hotspot BBC South, 13 Jan 2024

Jules And Greg’s Wild Swim, Series 1 Episode 2, BBC, 10 Jan 2024

Outdoor saunas, freezing dips and remote hutting: how Scotland fell in love with Scandinavian winters The Observer, 7 Jan 2024

The hottest wellness trends of 2024 revealed – from sound baths to ‘sauna blankets’ The Sun, 7 Jan 2024

Try heat therapy, from the East Neuk to Shetland The Scotsman, 2 Jan 2024

’Odd Socs’ column Current Archaeology, 2 Jan 2024

Rob da Bank hopes to make Isle of Wight a sauna hotspot – with a spare from Finland The Guardian, 1 Jan 2024

2023

Scotland’s new wild sauna culture BBC News, 30 Dec 2023

The hottest trend for 2024: Saunas Mail Online, 30 Dec 2023

Stressed in the City? Chill out in a horsebox sauna The Times, 26 Dec 2023

I’ve discovered why the Finns are so happy Sunday Times, 26 Dec 2023

Bid to save Olympic sauna in Ditton which is thought to be the oldest in Britain Kent Online, 12 Dec 2023

Why visiting Cornwall in winter is the secret to having a local’s experience Conde Nast Traveller, 10 Dec 2023

‘It is very much a living museum’ BBC Sportshour, 9 Dec 2023

The sauna secret: why Finland is the happiest country in the world The Guardian, 6 Dec 2023

There’s a campaign to save Britain’s oldest sauna Time Out, 1 Dec 2023

7 big wellbeing trends and predictions for 2024 Country Living, 27 Nov 2023

Campaigners seek listed status for Finnish sauna from 1948 London Olympics The Guardian, 26 Nov 2023

The heat is on as Britain’s boom in seaside saunas stirs up some local sweat The Observer, 26 Nov 2023

The powers of deep heat, with Emma O’Kelly The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show, 24 Nov 2023

Philanthropist offers £100k to put a sauna on Hampstead Heath The Times, 24 Nov 2023

New Salty Sauna business opens in Pakefield Lowestoft Eastern Daily Press, 24 Nov 2023

Application for sauna in place of Christchurch beach huts Daily Echo, 22 Nov 2023

Feel the heat: the Northern Irish beach that’s embracing Scandinavian sauna culture The Guardian, 18 Nov 2023

Smoke, sweat and tears: my initiation into Estonia’s sauna sisterhood
The Guardian, 18 Nov 2023

How to build a sauna: ‘somewhere between a chapel and a pub’ Financial Times, 17 Nov 2023

‘It was so exhilarating’: readers’ favourite spas and saunas in Europe The Guardian, 17 Nov 2023

Hampstead Heat? Swimmers sweating over plan for sauna by pond Camden New Journal, 17 Nov 2023

Finnish Ambassador backs 1948 Olympic sauna listing bid Twentieth Century Society, 14 Nov 2023

Saunas: The essence of Finland's heartbeat BBC Reel, 13 Nov 2023

Sauna on every corner: Rob da Bank reveals ambitious Isle of Wight wellbeing plans Isle of Wight Radio, 10 Nov 2023

New book, Sauna: The Power of Deep Heat, is dedicated to the art of sauna European Spa Magazine, 7 Nov 2023

The 10,000-year-old origins of the sauna – and why it's still going strong BBC Designed, 25 Oct 2023

From Romans to Wild-Swimming: The Evolving Story of Public Bathing in Britain Living Therme, 22 Oct 2023

Lewes Depot Cinema to get sauna visit for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood The Argus, 18 Oct 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood review – intimate portrait of an ancient Estonian tradition The Guardian, 14 Oct 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood review — a mesmerising Estonian documentary The Times, 13 Oct 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood review: A strange, hypnotic documentary i, 13 Oct 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: the sauna is about purifying the soul as much as the body in this raw and powerful documentary Sight and Sound, 12 Oct 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood film review — magnificent visual poetry from Estonia Financial Times, 12 Oct 2023

The new hot spot: why we’re all falling for the warm embrace of the sauna The Guardian, 8 Oct 2023

10 stunning and remote spots to find wild sauna in Scotland The Herald, 8 Oct 2023

A sweat with a view: The wild sauna trend sweeping Scotland The Herald, 7 Oct 2023

Outdoor sauna project set to offer Scandinavian experience that will make you sweat Shetland News, 19 September 2023

Therme Manchester: Planners approve £250m tropical spa resort BBC News, 15 Sep 2023

Why mobile saunas are being sent to Ukraine's front line BBC News, 12 Sep 2023

St Andrews wild swimmers open Finnish-style sauna on Fife beach The Courier, 12 Sep 2023

Sauna culture explored: new book delves into the power of deep heat Wallpaper, 10 Sep 2023

Can lying about in a sauna really count as exercise? The Sunday Times, 3 Sep 2023

Inside the wild saunas of Britain Financial Times, 25 Aug 2023

Why saunas are good for your brain The Telegraph, 16 Aug 2023

The women baring all in Smoke Sauna Sisterhood film BBC News, 17 Jun 2023

Sauna and a show? ‘Wellness theater’ makes its sweaty debut in Las Vegas The Observer, 17 Jun 2023

Wellness trends: the growth of mobile saunas European Spa Magazine, 12 Jun 2023

Rudding Park hosts inaugural UK Aufguss Championships Leisure Opportunities, 4 May 2023

First UK aufguss champion is named at inaugural event European Spa Magazine, 3 May 2023

Britons warm up to saunas The Economist, 16 Mar 2023

The rise of the seaside sauna — and the other trends to know The Sunday Times, 13 Mar 2023

Sauna heated by volcanic rock to open on Welsh beach WalesOnline, 5 Mar 2023

The heat is on for the UK Diplomatic Sauna Society The Times, 3 Mar 2023

How London became obsessed with saunas Evening Standard, 1 Mar 2023

Soul Water Sauna hits right note on Porty Beach The Edinburgh Reporter, 1 Mar 2023

Inside sauna culture in Estonia, the Baltic country where low-cost wellness is its superpower i, 22 Feb 2023

The hottest beach trend — a sauna in an old horsebox The Times, 19 Feb 2023

Postcard from London: the (steamy) corner of Belgravia that is forever Finland Financial Times, 18 Feb 2023

The New Wave of Social Saunas BESIDE, 15 Feb 2023

The secret to enjoying cold-water swimming in winter The Telegraph, 4 Feb 2023

The rise of community saunas Outdoor Swimming Society, 3 Feb 2023

How to build a sauna at home House & Garden, 24 Jan 2023

Will the UK warm to Finland's naked sauna diplomacy? BBC News, 19 Jan 2023

Naked Networking BBC Sounds, 18 Jan 2023

Saunas — so hot right now Financial Times, 4 Jan 2023

2022

Rudding Park to host UK Aufguss championships European Spa Magazine, 15 Dec 2022

Floating outdoor swimming pools, sauna and 90-metre balloon ride plans announced for Cardiff Bay WalesOnline, 7 Dec 2022

David Baddiel’s hot new obsession: ‘I’m naked, sweating and trapped’ The Times, 30 July 2022

‘I call it sauna head – your ego disappears’: how the UK got hooked on heat The Guardian, 18 June 2022

Soak up the views and sweat it out all year round in Co Derry mobile sauna The Irish Times, 14 Feb 2022

2021

Twigs, sweat and vodka shots: am I man enough for a Russian sauna? The Times, 13 Nov 2021

Husband and wife team hopes to bring Scandinavia sauna culture to isles Shetland News, 29 Jun 2021

2019

The secrets behind Finland's obsession with the sauna The Telegraph, 30 September 2019

2018

Souls of the sauna Scan Magazine, 2 Dec 2018

Sauna time may be linked to reduced heart disease risk, study claims The Independent, 28 Nov 2018

Taking regular saunas is good for your health, finds study The Independent, 7 Aug 2018

Pregnant women can exercise in warm weather and use saunas without risking the health of their unborn child, study finds The Independent, 2 Mar 2018

Pregnant women can enjoy hot baths and saunas without risk, says new review The Telegraph, 1 Mar 2018

2017

An authentic Finnish sauna opens on the South Bank Evening Standard, 9 November 2017