page_title: Finnish sauna
section_title: Types of sauna
hierarchical_section_title: Finnish sauna / Types of sauna
caption_attribution_description: English: A Finnish smoke sauna stove. This one is located in a museum area close to the Utsjoki church. The sauna was used by long-distance church-goers overnighting in the log cabins next to the church. Suomi: Savusaunan kiuas Utsjoen kirkkotuvilla.
context_page_description: The Finnish sauna is a substantial part of Finnish culture.
context_section_description: Many different types of sauna can be found in Finland. They can be classified either by the sauna building itself or by what kind of stove it uses.
  The main division of saunas is between once warmed and continuously warmed stoves. All smoke saunas are once warmed, but there are also other type of ovens that are once warmed.
  Once warmed stoves have larger amount of stones that are warmed up before the bathing. This can be done by burning wood, with or without chimney, oil, wood pellets, or natural gas. Continuously warmed stoves have lower amount of stones that are heated during the bathing. The warming can be done burning wood, oil or natural gas, or electrically.
  The temperature in Finnish saunas is 80 to 110 °C (176 to 230 °F), usually 80–90 °C (176–194 °F), and is kept clearly above the dewpoint despite the vaporization of löyly water, so that visible condensation of steam does not occur as in a Turkish sauna.
caption: Interior of a smoke sauna in Utsjoki, Finland
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