Last year Finland produced a series of tongue-in-cheek national emojis that it said embraced Finnish "weirdness." Naked sauna-goers were one of the first they released.

As the cab slows to a stop, I scrape some of Jack Frost’s handiwork from the window and peer into the depths of the polar night. We’re only 15 minutes from the center of Helsinki, yet dense forest ...

I’m in the eastern reaches of Finland, in the Lakeland region that includes scenic Lake Saimaa, which has 14,000 islands and more shoreline than all of France. As the sun sinks slowly into the ...

Sauna culture is heating up, and not in the quiet, niche way it once did. What began as a regional tradition closely ...

The reimagination of the La Valle Coastal Club in Rancho Santa Fe continues as the club recently opened Verde, its new spa and wellness center. Available to club members and guests staying at the ...

“Koti” means “home” in Finnish, which makes it a perfect name for the Finnish sauna that is literally in Kristina Erickson’s backyard. Erickson grew up in Oregon, but she spent almost every summer on ...

Most people think of spas as health centers. There’s that ubiquitous cucumber spa water, raw vegetable dishes and now, thanks to a new Burger King, Whoppers and Coca-Cola? I can’t tell if it sounds ...