The city is filled with exciting modern buildings that are designed to blend with the old and create a distinctive national style. Finland is the home of the sauna. The Finns have used the steam bath for centuries, and today most houses in Finland have one. A sauna is a small, very warm room which people sit in to relax and cleanse their bodies. From time to time they throw water over hot stones and as the water crackles and spits, the air fills with clouds of steam.
Most families enjoy a shared sauna every week.