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I glossed over this the first time reading the article:
Have the Nordic countries gone too far?
Why? This is Finland. Saunas used to be a type of shrine here before we were converted to christianity. They are seriously important in our culture.
I honestly don't see anything weird in having a sauna in an event like this. But, I am a Finn.
Please spread your ways. We need more Saunas here.
Try searching for these three in some image search or video platform:
"Jos ei sauna, viina ja terva auta, niin tauti on kuolemaksi."
"If sauna, booze and tar don't help, then the disease is lethal."
Other cultures have their traditional remedies, we have ours.
Are tent saunas any good?
A lot I see when very quickly looking are plugged into the mains which seems to defeat the entire point of it being portable. If it was fire powered then it could actually be used anywhere. Like, at the beach in winter.
You should get better results with the finnish word "telttasauna". Normally it would have a small wood stove.
A tent sauna wastes tremendeous amounts of energy. You'll need a disproportianely large kiuas for a small space, and you will be wasting some extra wood. But otherwise, it does work. And also, needing to heat it more actively does increase the airflow, which is a nice thing!
At least firewood is very cheap per kWh compared to gas or electricity. Idea would be for infrequent usage away from home, though somewhat decent tent saunas still seem to cost a bit.
It's tempting but don't know if I would use it enough to justify the price.
This tickled me, because here in Sweden we moved a church last year.
The church isn't that old, having been built in the early 1900s, but it's very emblematic of the town it belongs to; Kiruna. Kiruna is named for the nearby mountain, Giron/Kirunavaara, where they extract iron ore by way of underground mining. It's the world's largest underground iron ore mine. The business is very profitable and is the sole reason the town exists.
However, when they established the mining operation, they didn't know quite how the ore vein was positioned. Science has progressed significantly since then, and while we're still mapping the vein, we at least know that it stretches in under the town.
The way we're extracting the ore is by essentially collapsing previous drifts in a diamond pattern, meaning that the mine is methodically collapsing in on itself, leading to the reason why the church, and indeed the entire town is moving; the mine collapsing means that the ground around the mine is also slowly sliding into it. Buildings crack and get destroyed, so the entire town is moving eastward.
The moving of the church was a big deal last year. The entire thing was streamed live by state television, and by the end of it there was a fanfare to celebrate the building's big move.
It was possibly the greatest fanfare of all time.
That's seriously incredible. Thank you for sharing.
I think what tops it off for me is someone nearby commenting "härligt!" at the end. Meaning roughly "lovely" or "wonderful."
> Rest of the world: We're fucked.
> Nordic countries: TENT SAUNA ON PEDESTRIAN ONLY BRIDGE