29/03/2026
Our sauna host Otto has also launched an English-language account. 🔥
If you’re interested in sauna beyond the surface from an international perspective, follow Saunafellow in Instagram.
” 👋🏻 Otto Kronqvist here, a philosopher and historian by training.
I’ve been in the sauna for as long as I can remember. My earliest memories are from the sauna in my childhood home.
For over 20 years, I’ve been drawn to public saunas.
When I first moved to Helsinki, there were only three left in the entire city.
Back then, the rooftop sauna of my apartment building became my own “public sauna”. It was a place where I met friends, strangers, and even future business partners.
For the past five years, I’ve been running a traditional public smoke sauna in Sipoo, near Helsinki.
Together with my team, we heat the “altar of löyly”, carrying wood and water and keeping things running, 360 days a year, for all kinds of people.
On this account, we go deeper into sauna. We explore its ancient roots, current practices, the ritual of heating a smoke sauna, and everything that lives around it.
If sauna speaks to you beyond the surface, you’re in the right place.”
