Smoke saunas

Helsinki, Finland

Two traditional smoke saunas on the northern tip of Vasikkasaari, with the Helsinki skyline across the water.

Helsinki, Finland

A lakeside sauna complex in the Sipoonkorpi forest, 30 minutes from Helsinki centre.

Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki's most architecturally striking public sauna, a timber-lattice building on the Hernesaari waterfront with direct sea access.

Tampere, Finland

A smoke sauna and an electric sauna on a lake shore in forest about 13 km from central Tampere, in a 1968 building extended in 2006.

Tampere, Finland

Finland's oldest public sauna, in operation since 1906 in Tampere.

Burghead, United Kingdom

Orka Sauna sits on Station Road at Burghead, on the Moray Firth.

Groningen, Netherlands

Byonz is a private sauna venue on the edge of Groningen, with Finnish, infrared and wood-fired saunas, a swimming pool, a steam cabin and a hot tub.

Haanja, Estonia

A working farm in the Haanja hills of Old Võromaa, keeping the UNESCO-listed Estonian smoke-sauna tradition.

Isle of Bute, United Kingdom

Caladh is a mobile wood-fired sauna on the quay at Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute.

Kaarina, Finland

A farm at Piikkiö in Kaarina with two smoke saunas and an ice-swimming hole cut in a pond in the woods.

Kuopio, Finland

A 1950s logging-camp cabin on the shore of Kallavesi, six hundred metres from the Rauhalahti hotel along a sand track through a nature reserve.

Leura, Australia

A European-style public sauna in Leura, in the Blue Mountains, open since 2022.

Lochwinnoch, United Kingdom

A wood-fired mobile sauna based in southwest Scotland, operating at rotating locations near Lochwinnoch and Prestwick.

Lower Largo, United Kingdom

Largo Castaway is a seaside wood-fired sauna on the Scottish coast near Leven, positioned to overlook Largo Bay.

North Berwick, United Kingdom

BYRE Balgone is a wood-fired sauna with cold plunge set in rural North Berwick, Scotland.

Oulu, Finland

Three saunas stand in the woods on the Tervatoppila estate in Oulu: a VIP sauna and two smoke saunas, Iso-Savu and Pikku-Savu, with a hot tub in the yard.

Sigulda, Latvia

A pirts-led wellness retreat in the forests near Sigulda, known for three architecturally distinct bathhouses.

Thurso, United Kingdom

Clach Mara is a hand-built, mobile wood-fired sauna that travels to coastal locations along Scotland's North Coast.