Posts Tagged: koskenkorva

Finns, sauna & hole in the ice

What do Finns do when they have a frozen lake and a sauna? Well, they make a hole in the ice, warm up the sauna to over 100 degrees celsius and take a bath in the lake. This is the Toivanen brothers at their summer cottage quite recently. The water may seem cold but it’s… Read more »

Patriot flies

I’m from Sweden, the small country far far away up north. Our neighbors are Finland and Norway. If I go to Norway, it is possible to buy (almost anywhere) “the book about stupid Swedes”. If Norwegians go here to Sweden they can buy the same book but with the very different name “the book about… Read more »

Sauna

The Finns really know how to have a good time. First everybody – men and women, young and old –  get completely naked. Then they go into a unique torture chamber called sauna. The temperature in this torture chamber is about 700 degrees warm. Since they consider this to be way too cold, they immediately… Read more »