The culture of saunas, steam rooms or hot baths, whatever your poison, has stood the test of time. You could even say it’s one of those things that has somehow stayed around and yet is perceived to have come back in style in a sort of a hip, retro manner. Today, saunas are a popular …
We have often seen steam rooms in movies and TV shows by spies to conduct clandestine meetings. Case in point, Mackenzie McHale in The Newsroom meets Molly Levy, her buddy from the FBI, in a steam room for a serious conversation. We have also seen Vince Vaughn do something similar in Unfinished Business but that …
Bathhouses and saunas have a long history across the globe, across cultures. It was a way for people to spend a chilled day while being exposed to heat and steam in specifically built rooms. These could be part of an individual’s house, as in the case of Finland, or public bathhouses as used by Romans, …