Sauna

Sauna is a very important and popular thing in Finland. Almost every Finnish person goes to sauna at least once a week. Sauna is a place where you can forget all your problems and just relax. There is usually from 60 to 110 degrees celsius (158-230 fahrenheit).



= __**A bundle of birch twigs**__ =

Finnish people sometimes collect a bundle of birch twigs to sauna. With them you can hit yourself or your friend. There is also couple of healthy impacts in bundle of twigs; it helps against muscle pain, promote healing of scratches, creates relaxing effect. Sounds weird but it's real fun (It doesn't hurt at all)!



=__The stove__=

The stove is the thing which warms up the sauna. With throwing water to the stove, the temperature goes higher. There are two kind of stoves: wood and electric. When you want to warm up wood stove, you must ligth a fire in it. Electric stove is much easier to warm up because all you have to do is turn on the warming up.



//Traditional Finnish wood stove//

=__Instruc____tions to use saun____a__=

-take your clothes off -open the sauna__s__ door -walk into the sauna -sit __to__ the benches -throw some water to the stove -relax -when you are feeling too hot, go out -after you have cooled yourself, go back to sauna -wash yourself -put towel on you

//Gj, and good images, but those some pics wont work.// t.atte

Pretty good presentation! :)