Sauna for All's Public Sauna-Bathing Charter sets ten principles for how public saunas are priced, run and funded, and Sauna for All founder Becky Pelkonen speaks at the International Sauna Congress on Saturday. It isn't a certification.
TO OCT 25
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News and analysis for the people who build, run, sell and use saunas.
Miramar’s new public bathhouse starts with limited soft launch bookings, 90-minute visits and music listening sessions.
Built in Trondheim and unveiled in Oslo, the three-module sauna is making an approximately 1,860-mile journey to Ukraine.
Sauna Fest visitors can enter through Oct. 25 for flights, three nights at Ikaalinen Spa & Resort and two days at the January 2027 Winter Sauna Carnival.
Effe’s new Baluar images show Patricia Urquiola’s modular sauna and hammam in light and dark linden, from freestanding rooms to paired layouts.
Heaters, cabins, wood and controls from the makers of Estonia and Finland.
The 12 to 21 kW CORE Pro keeps its heating elements in a service drawer, and two can run side by side at 42 kW for big bathhouse rooms. KLINT Solo puts the controls inside the heater.
Market size and company results. Every figure carries its source and date.
$905M
The global sauna equipment market in 2024.
Source: Grand View Research
$380M
Approximate global cold plunge market in 2025.
Source: SkyQuest
$876B
The global wellness real estate market in 2025.
Source: Global Wellness Institute
€198.9M
Harvia revenue for 2025, reported in euros.
Source: Harvia Plc financial statements bulletin
The bathhouse desk · U.S. & Europe
Follow 36 bathhouse, sauna-club and thermal projects. Construction milestones, opening targets and the sources behind them.
Bathhouses, hotels, spas, and clubs: who opened, who's building, and how the rooms are specified.
Saunoa plans 90-minute waterfront sessions, with a river plunge in Ottawa this fall and a deck tub in Toronto from November.
Festivals, Aufguss, trade shows and investor dates, soonest first.
Photo: FinnFunn.
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Got Sauna and Cedar & Sol host a wood-fired Sauna Village at East Hill Farm, with Friday private sessions and Saturday community sauna, cold plunges and a birch grove lounge during FinnFunn’s Finnish cultural weekend.
TO OCT 25
Balotești, near Bucharest, Romania
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Figures, quotes, specs, research findings, and health claims carry their source, linked at the claim when a public link exists.
Temperatures in °F, sizes in feet and inches, weights in pounds.
If a company hasn't disclosed a price, a date, or a test result, the story says that.
