Nuuksio visitors can now experience a truly relaxing sauna moment, guided by a professional sauna host. The Silent Sauna is a two-hour, immersive, multi-sensory and deeply relaxing experience, in which the sauna host’s ritual and the calming silence of the sauna support recovery and help release stress. One of our sauna hosts, Piritta Kallio, says […]
My friend and I had planned our forest date days in advance. Nothing special, really, just an ordinary Sunday and an ordinary patch of forest close to home. But there’s something about that ordinariness I can never quite explain, except to say: it’s always enough. The Sunday morning didn’t promise anything remarkable. The sky was […]
If you want to know whether the Finnish blueberry season has started, you don’t even have to go into the forest. Just look down: bird droppings have turned purple. Birds love blueberries as much as people do, and by late July their droppings give away the fact that it’s time to head into the woods. […]
The Japanese term ‘hanami’ is often associated with admiring cherry blossoms, but the word refers more broadly to the appreciation and enjoyment of flowers in general. In Finland, too, there are cherry trees and cherry groves here and there, whose blossoming is a magnificent sight — though a fleeting one. A somewhat longer window for […]
Autumn in Finland isn’t just about beauty and vibrant fall colors. It’s also the time of year when many people start to feel more tired and low-spirited. The days grow shorter, the rain becomes constant, and the cold seeps into your bones. No wonder moods can dip and energy levels drop. Some even experience what’s […]
Why Does Sauna Bathing Feel So Good? How Does the Sauna Relax Us? Great questions! We’ve gathered here a few interesting ways in which being in a hot Finnish sauna affects your body. Where exactly the feeling of wellbeing comes from, however, we still do not know for sure. This article is based on the […]
I have just been reading a blog post about the beneficial effects of the forest on brain health. When, after a long day at work – tired from my job and weighed down by the news of the world – I pull a woolly hat onto my head, slip rubber boots on my feet, and […]
The darkest days of the year are upon us in Finland, and weekday evenings after work are pitch black. It’s easy to be tempted to curl up on the couch instead of going out. While darkness affects at least some of us negatively in the form of seasonal depression, nature and being outdoors have good […]
The cleanest air in the world is in Finnish Lapland. It is proven that the world’s cleanest respiratory air is in the Muonio municipality of Western Lapland. In Muonio, there are only 4 microgrammes of particles of under 10 micrometres in a cubic metre, while in the world’s dirtiest city, Nigeria’s Onitsha, there are almost […]
Those suffering from noise and stress can find an escape in forests. It is proven that sylvan nature reduces stress and blood pressure. Finland offers an excellent opportunity for a change in lifestyle, and its path leads to the forest. Only five per cent of Finland’s surface area is built. More than 70% of the […]
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