The Sauna Trail

09/06/2024

Good Morning from The Sauna Trail! We're enjoying some homemade Finnish pancakes and hot coffee. 😋

06/06/2024

After over 100 saunas on the trail... this might be the first electric barrel. Let's see what this thing can do!

03/06/2024

um yum

Finnish Coffeebread Sale at Kaleva Lodge, 32 Perry Rd. Lancaster MA on Saturday, June 15 from 9 to 11 AM. Coffeebreads are $9.00 each. Send a message if you'd like to reserve your coffeebreads. Great Fathers Day gift!

30/05/2024

Daniel learning how to start and tend to the fire for our afternoon sauna 😊

22/05/2024

Wood joins and some tools for joinery from the Matti Kaups archive. 🤩

There are so many unique ways to cut and place the logs!

19/05/2024

Risto and Nahlah traveled to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis to do research on the Matti Kaups archive. Nahlah helped scanned sauna documents which you can learn more about in our latest episode!

18/05/2024

We had some technical difficulties, but now the episode is OUT! In this stop on the sauna trail, we’re going to get super geeky and tell how Risto and Nahlah ended up traveling to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis to do sauna research in the Matti Kaups archive.

In this episode, we’re going to get super geeky and tell how Risto and Nahlah ended up traveling to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis to do sauna re...

18/05/2024

Today's episode is almost done... stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy this teaser.

17/05/2024

In tomorrow's episode we visit the Matti Kaups archive--a wealth of interesting sauna information.

11/05/2024

Part two is out! Join us for the second episode of our adventures in Thunder Bay as we tour Kangas Sauna, try more Finnish pancakes, and go sledding in our birthday suits.

Part two is out! Join us for the second episode of our adventures in Thunder Bay as we tour Kangas Sauna, try more finnish pancakes, and go sledding in our b...

09/05/2024

Should you go sledding in your birthday suit??🤔 Join us Saturday morning to hear our verdict!

04/05/2024

We’re crossing the border! In the first part of this two part series, we drive up to Thunder Bay, Canada. We share our memories of Thunder Bay and the sauna, discuss a brand new food we fall in love with, and laugh about troubles at the border. Join us in this new adventure on the sauna trail!

We’re crossing the border! In the first part of this two part series, we drive up to Thunder Bay, Canada. We share our memories of Thunder Bay and the sauna,...

27/04/2024

In this episode we talk about prepping for a sauna, getting into the hot room, relaxing in the cold, enjoying nature, and post-sauna habits. Remember that not everyone does it the same way!
We apologize for the poor audio. We had a technical error and only one microphone was recording, so we salvaged as much as possible…

Should I use soap in a sauna? How much steam should I be putting on? Is a sauna in the summer at all relaxing? In this episode we share about how to use saun...

27/04/2024

We had technical difficulties on today's episode. It will be out later this afternoon.

25/04/2024

Before our first round of sauna, we like to use a hose to spray down our hot room walls and humidify the air. Tune in Saturday morning to hear more about the ins and outs of how we sauna!

20/04/2024

We’re traveling as far as we ever have on the sauna trail to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We’ll talk about our trip in general and the sauna we used, then we’ll share about our favorite band, The Innocence Mission. Their music has been our soundtrack on many sauna journeys. Join us as we discuss two of our favorite things – music and sauna!

We’re traveling as far as we ever have on the sauna trail to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Today’s episode will have two parts. First, we’ll talk about our trip i...

16/04/2024

On the sauna trail today...

13/04/2024

Surprise! Today we’ll talk about our visit to a sauna we already featured in episode four “Kinda Rustic”, and share how it went from being “meh” to a favorite sauna that is near and dear to our hearts.

Surprise! Today we’ll talk about our visit to a sauna we already featured in episode four “Kinda Rustic”, and share how it went from being “meh” to a favorit...

11/04/2024

A sauna doesn't have to be fancy to be GREAT! In this week's episode, we'll share our favorite sauna of the over 100 we've used. This photo of resin on pine walls is from that sauna.

04/04/2024

This coming Saturday's episode takes us to Cokato, Minnesota and a sauna set on the shores of East Lake Silvia. This sauna was at Koinonia Retreat Center, which is sadly closed now. We also talk about our first time attending the Cokato Christmas Scandinavian Bazaar!

30/03/2024

We have a VERY special guest joining us in this episode — the author David Salmela and his wife Anne! Join us this week as we laugh over coffee, poetry, stories, and sauna.

We have a VERY special guest joining us in this episode — the author David Salmela! He and his wife Anne agreed to come on our podcast and talk about their F...

29/03/2024

Tomorrow's episode is live early on our locals page. Enjoy!

29/03/2024

from David Salmela and Joyce Koskenmaki's book "The Sauna"... he joins us on the show tomorrow!

26/03/2024

The story of "Samppa's Best Sauna" by Veijo Mäki

Julie reads the story about "Samppa's Best Sauna" from Sweating With Finns

24/03/2024

23/03/2024

This episode marks our introduction to the wonderful world of sauna books! We’ll give you an overview of the different categories of sauna books, highlight a few unique or odd ones, share some of our favorites, and even read some excerpts.

This episode marks our introduction to the wonderful world of sauna books! We’ll review the history of notable English language sauna books, give you an over...

16/03/2024

This week we’ll be discussing one of our favorite parts of the sauna trail--community connections! Join us as we detail how our trail connected us with so many others!

This week we’ll be discussing one of our favorite parts of the sauna trail: community connections! We’ve met so many wonderful people over the years through ...