Feeling the heat: public saunas cool again in Finland

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Is stripping down and getting sweaty with strangers your kind of thing? In Finland, despite an astounding two million private saunas, the hottest trend sweeping the sweat-tank loving country is public saunas.

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