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=== In the locker room === | === In the locker room === | ||
[[File:Finnish Vasta (Vihta).jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''Vihta''' (Western Finland dialect) or '''vasta''' (Eastern Finland dialect) is an essential sauna culture thing. It is a bunch of birch branches tied together with a birch branch and it is used for whacking self and/or others with it. Believe it or not it actually makes the sauna even more soothing in the end-game.]] | |||
In private saunas there are no lockers but in many except the most ad-hoc saunas offer a lockable locker. Key is attached to a rubber ring (at the swimming hall) that is to be worn around the ankle. | In private saunas there are no lockers but in many except the most ad-hoc saunas offer a lockable locker. Key is attached to a rubber ring (at the swimming hall) that is to be worn around the ankle. | ||
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=== Shower room / bathing area === | === Shower room / bathing area === | ||
* In hotel and restaurant saunas toiletries will be provided by the establishment for the traveler. | * In hotel and restaurant saunas toiletries will be provided by the establishment for the traveler. | ||