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* [https://www.reittiopas.fi/ Helsinki-region traveler router] will whisk you where you need to go. | * [https://www.reittiopas.fi/ Helsinki-region traveler router] will whisk you where you need to go. | ||
== Choosing a sauna == | |||
Some famous saunas are: | |||
* [http://www.allasseapool.fi/eng.html Allas Seapool] by the central market square with saunas, warm swimming pool (which floats in the sea) and the sea pool itself. | |||
* [https://tilajakamo.fi/uutiset/lapinlahdessa-telttasauna/ Lapinlahden telttasauna] by the sea in the scenic Lapinlahti grounds open Fri and Sat 15-20 is renowned for their trademark smooth and mellow löyly administered by the 'Sauna Major'. | |||
* [http://www.sompasauna.fi/?page_id=263 The community-run Sompasauna] is free of charge but bringing firewood will be appreciated. This sauna is by the sea. | |||
== To the sauna == | == To the sauna == | ||
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Depending on your choice of sauna, i.e. municipal swimming hall, country-side cabin sauna, old-school commercial sauna a few exist, hotel or restaurant's sauna or one of the new design saunas that have recently sprung up the rules are slightly different but lingo is unchanged throughout Finnish sauna culture. | Depending on your choice of sauna, i.e. municipal swimming hall, country-side cabin sauna, old-school commercial sauna a few exist, hotel or restaurant's sauna or one of the new design saunas that have recently sprung up the rules are slightly different but lingo is unchanged throughout Finnish sauna culture. | ||
=== Getting to the sauna === | === Getting to the sauna === | ||