Sauna enthusiasts are travelling to south Estonia from as far as the US, Qatar, and Japan. There’s 3 whole teams from Switzerland. — The idea of a ‘European Sauna Marathon’ in Estonia started as a bit of a joke. It was first a local competition inviting people from Otepää and beyond to discover the great variety of saunas across Estonia’s winter capital. Yet it has evolved over the past 15 years into a…

Prizes will be awarded for the quirkiest costumes in Otepää and Tõrva. —

It’ll be a two day event for the first time. — The long-awaited European Sauna Marathon will take place in Otepää again this month. This time, however, the sauna marathon is two days long — with a “warm up” event in Tõrva on Friday 17 February before the main competition starts at Otepää Central Square at noon on Saturday 18 February. …

The documentary follows women in south Estonia who bond through the smoke sauna tradition. — 2023 is officially the ‘Year of the Sauna’ in Estonia, which involves year-round events organised by the Estonian Rural Tourism Organization and its partners to celebrate and help preserve Estonian sauna culture. Part of the aim is to encourage more sauna tourism around the world — as, at present, the…

The XII European Sauna Marathon will take place over two days in Otepää & Tõrva. — Estonia has declared that 2023 is its Year of the Sauna. They’ll be events throughout the year organised by the Estonian Rural Tourism Organisation to celebrate Estonia’s rich sauna inheritance, culture, customs, products, industry, communities and leaders — ultimately to help more people enjoy good leil (sauna steam) together, the…

Want to enjoy an authentic sauna without the hassle of steam? Here’s a round up of our favourites — from traditional infrared saunas to sauna belts, pants, & other innovations. Just kidding. You can’t have a sauna without good rocks and good sauna steam. Or leil as we call it…

Take a look at how Jack Ray tore out his spare toilet to build a sauna using design and technology from Estonia. —

Võtsime ette the Great British sauna tour’i ja kogesime seda omal nahal. — Suurbritannia ei tundu esmapilgul olevat saunariik. Sellegipoolest on seal viimastel aastatel hakatud tänu suurenenud nõudlusele ehitama aina rohkem saunu. Selle keskmes on Eesti disain ja tehnoloogia, nagu võib näha sellest luksussaunade töökojast Walesi mäetipus. ‘Auru teine tulemine’, nagu seda kutsub Briti saunaühing, ei piirdu enam ainult spordisaalide ega spaadega.

We went on a Great British sauna tour to experience it for ourselves. — You might not think of Britain as a sauna nation. Yet there’s been a surge in sauna building here over the past few years to meet rising demand — and Estonian design and technology is at the heart of it, like here below at a luxury sauna workshop at the…