Whether they’re sweating in the sauna or plunging into an ice-cold lake, it seems that the Finns love extremes. And with winter just around the corner, there’s no better time to indulge in the ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Situated in Espoo, a small town in the outskirts of Helsinki, whose growth has rendered it almost ...
Heta-Jemina Pudas is the owner of the only public bathhouse in Lapland where people ice-plunge straight in the Baltic Sea, not in a lake or a pool. Ms Pudas reveals all the secrets for a pleasant, ...
A sculptural white staircase lit by a skylight connects an open-plan living space to a mezzanine floor inside this house in Finland by Avanto Architects (+ slideshow). Avanto designed the villa in the ...
Sauna bathing is an essential part of Finnish culture and national identity. There are only 5,4 million Finns but 3,3 million saunas. Public saunas used to be common in bigger cities but now that most ...
Julkaistu 30.05.2016 11:06. Päivitetty 20.04.2017 15:59. Kuvateksti Anu Puustinen ja Ville Hara ja mallinnos Suomen omaperäisimmän muotoisesta saunasta. Kuva: Avanto Arkitehdit, Mikko Hovi/ Triidii, ...
Avanto Architects of Helsinki have designed this whitewashed funeral chapel with a copper roof in Vantaa, Finland. The building comprises three chapels of varying size and a bell tower. The building ...
Text description provided by the architects. The Vantaa Parish Union held an open architectural competition in the spring of 2003 for the design of a new chapel in the vicinity of the historic Church ...
Whether they’re sweating in the sauna or plunging into an ice-cold lake, it seems that the Finns love extremes. And with winter just around the corner, there’s no better time to indulge in the ...