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International Sauna Association (ISA)
The International Sauna Association (ISA) is an association of national and other sauna societies, organisations and private people. It was founded in 1958 with the office in Germany . After 20 years quite slow activities it was reborn in 1977 in Helsinki Finland and the office was agreed to be in Helsinki.
The founding members were Austria , Germany , Finland and Japan and they are continuously members. Besides those there are 20 other members including all the important sauna countries. The President has been all these years from Finland.
ISA and its members shall pursue the goal of publicizing the sauna and promoting its use on a global scale by rallying supporters of sauna activities in different countries.
This goal is served e.g. by acceptance of the Definition of Sauna recorded in Aachen , Germany 1999 as well as promoting the scientific studies of the sauna from e.g. such viewpoints as social history, folklore, medicine and technology. A particular emphasis is given to the collection and compilation in archives of the results of such scientific studies as well as other written material on sauna.
Sauna – How to take a sauna bath?
Leave your clothes in the dressing room. Also remember to take off your eye glasses because the heath of the Sauna can damage them. Take off your watch also even if it is waterproof – you are here to relax, not to measure the time. You should also have a clean set of clothes to wear after the sauna. Take something to sit on, e.g. a small towel, into the sauna.
SAUNALETTER-1 2020
Dear ISA Members and other saunalovers The New Sauna year has started with many activities. And that is naturally nice. We want to open in the future calendar which could show the different eventsorganised by the members as well as also other people/organisations...
SAUNALETTER 6 2019
Dear ISA members and other saunalovers Because there are so many things happening we make this extra Saunaletter in order to be able to distribute information to You. The company and member presntations we have been planning to this Saunaletter are published a littel...
SAUNALETTER 6B 2019
Dear ISA Members and saunalovers Additional information to Saunaletter 6 Please note the new events listed here. Glenn Auerbach from US visited Finland. Here is his interesting material....
NEWS
Rolf Pieper is retiring
The "Sauna Pilot" Rolf-A. Pieper goes off board and retires after 38 years work Rolf Andreas Pieper has been 38 years working for Deutscher Sauna-Bund and leaving now his job. But he is continuing e.G. With his dedicated work as board member in the International Sauna...
LONDON OLYMPIC SAUNA
by Mika Meskanen from the British Sauna Society A historic sauna discovery in the UK? That's right! Only few people knew, that over 70 years ago the Finnish team brought a massive sauna bath house to the 1948 London Olympics. Originally installed in Richmond Park, it...
Finnish Sauna Culture Added To The Unesco List
Finland’s sauna culture inscribed on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List Finland’s sauna culture was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 17. December 2020. The decision was made by an intergovernmental...
Regarding the sauna and the coronavirus
There is a lot of misleading information circulating on the subject of the sauna and the coronavirus. Here is a statement the International Sauna Association drafted. It has been reviewed by medical experts for accuracy.