Remember last year when we met at the Assembly of Traditional Bathing has taken place in Kaunas on 28-30? Which revealed the rich tapestry of bathing traditions across cultures? It's fascinating to think about how these rituals have evolved. Bathing isn't just about...
Latvian Pirts and Wellness Festival 2023
Pirts and Wellness Festival will take place 19– 23 July in Tērvete, Latvia, amidst a beautiful pine forest and on theshore of the Tērvete Reservoir (precise location: ….). PIRTS AND WELLNESS FESTIVAL 2023. This will be the ninth Festival, organised by our Association....
Sauna Aid Receives Prestigious Löylynhenki Award
Helsinki, Finland8 May 2023For Immediate Release This year's Sauna Löylynhenki Award, also known as the Spirit of the Sauna Award, has been presented to the International Sauna Association's Sauna Aid initiative. The award will be presented at a public ceremony on...
World Sauna Aid Moment
On Saturday 11 March 2023 the International Sauna Association (ISA) is inviting private sauna owners all over the world to host a sauna party and collect donations for Sauna Aid. Sauna Aid is a multicountry initiative, sponsored by the ISA to provide...
Saunaletter 1/2023
Dear ISA members and other sauna lovers ISA News The New Year has started quite actively for ISA. We had a general Meeting in last October where we accepted e.g. the new bylaws. This was giving ISA an option to increase the amount of Board members totally up to...
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Estonian director Anna Hints to world premiere at Sundance Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, the debut feature documentary by Estonian film director Anna Hints, has been selected to premiere in the Sundance Film Festival 2023 World Cinema...
REPORTING & MEDIA COLLECTION
REPORTING | MEDIA COLLECTION The 18th International Sauna Congress was in high demand in the press and media world. Various press representatives were present at the congress, others asked for interviews in online format. Newspaper articles Frankfurter Allgemeine |...
The Emerging Science of Saunas
Sweat houses have been used by cultures for centuries. Now research is supporting claims that they’re good for health. Credit: deliormanli/Getty Images By: Sally McGrane - Jun 14, 2019 - 7 min read Finland is a country that boasts over 3 million saunas for some 5.5...
Saunaletter 1-2/2022
Dear ISA members and other saunalovers The year has started with many strange happenings including still COVID – 19 and the restrictions based on that and then the war in Ukraina. Still the sauna events are postponed from the first half of the year...
Klafs is the main sponsor of the 18th International Sauna Congress
Klafs will support the 18th International Sauna Congress, which is being held in Stuttgart from 25 to 27 October 2022, as the sponsoring partner. Based in Schwäbisch Hall, the German manufacturer of sauna systems for private and commercial purposes is the world market...