Last year Finland produced a series of tongue-in-cheek national emojis that it said embraced Finnish "weirdness." Naked sauna-goers were one of the first they released.

“How does that feel?” asks Siiri, as the spikes of the juniper branches relieve the itch on my back and the spicy scent surrounds my body. “Peaceful,” I respond, so relaxed that one-word answers are ...

As the cab slows to a stop, I scrape some of Jack Frost’s handiwork from the window and peer into the depths of the polar night. We’re only 15 minutes from the center of Helsinki, yet dense forest ...

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HELSINKI, Finland (CBS) – While envisioning a relaxing day at the spa, Whoppers are usually the last thing that come to mind. But Burger King has opened a spa in Helsinki, Finland, complete with ...

How do you like to spa? Surrounded by trees and water and birdsong? Overlooking a lake with a horizon of distant mountains?

‘They are a place where everyone is equal and stripped of status’ … Rauhaniemi, a sauna in Tampere, Finland. Photograph: Heidi Holma Steamy, spiritual and stress-busting, there are more than 3m saunas ...

There’s a word in Finnish which evades translation: löyly. It’s commonly used to describe the steam that rises when water is poured onto hot stones in a sauna. But it also signifies spirit or life ...