The 15 Best Saunas and Steam Rooms in Finland

1.Traditional Sauna and Ice Swimming Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 431 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $88Our pick

At Pajasauna near Rovaniemi, you spend 90 minutes in a private 1958 blacksmith’s sauna beside the Kemijoki River. Your host explains Finnish sauna customs, provides towels, clogs, water, and a hairdryer, then guides you between the wood-fired heat and an icy plunge. Killian and Anna are among the hosts praised for warm, practical help.

“Not ice swimming but actually an ice plunge pool - perhaps slightly misleading. This was completely private which made it so much better! The sauna was incredible and we were happy to sit in 100 degrees! The cold plunge was an experience to say the least but could feel the benefits! Killian was lovely and introduced us to his dog afterwards and walked with us around the frozen lake. This small touch meant so much and it was breathtaking to see the raw beauty of Lapland! We learnt so much about Finnish culture from Killian!”

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2.National Park Hike & Finnish Smoke Sauna Experience with Campfire Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 182 reviews · 6 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $199Top rated

Leave central Helsinki with a guide such as Alex, Jeff, or Didi for a 6-kilometer forest hike near Kuusijärvi and Sipoonkorpi National Park. Eat a Finnish lunch by the fire, then alternate between a wood-fired smoke sauna and a cold lake swim before returning to Helsinki.

“An amazing experience! Helena was a great tour guide. The national park is beautiful that we hiked. Learned a lot about mushrooms. We had a great lunch by a fire pit. Then did the sauna experience.”

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3.Best Of Lapland: Sauna, Ice swimming, Dinner & Northern Lights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 158 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $189

Travel from central Rovaniemi or Santa Claus Village to a traditional lakeside sauna. With guides such as Pedro, Alex, or Tanija, you will learn the Finnish sauna routine, swim in an Arctic lake, eat open-fire smoked salmon, and search for Northern Lights on evening departures from late October to mid-March.

“Unbelievable experience!!! Definitely recommend. The host/ tour guides were very helpful and welcoming. The food was great!!!”

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4.Sauna & Ice Swimming Tour with Dinner and Aurora

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 150 reviews · 4 hours · from $184

Spend about two hours in a wood-fired sauna beside an Arctic lake, with time for snow or ice-water plunges. Guides such as Pedro, Mattia, Tanja, and Victor have helped make this a warm, social outing. Finish with smoked salmon in a cottage and an Aurora stop if the sky cooperates.

“What an amazing experience. This place was so nice! The sauna was really enjoyable and the whole place so cozy. Tanja, Mattia and Santiago did an amazing job. The dinner was really tasty and they prepared so much for us. For me as an vegetarian they even prepared a different menu. The lodge was so nice decorated. If I come back to Romaniemi I will book this trip again! Thank you Mattia for the nice picture of the nordic light!”

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5.Löyly Sauna Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 125 reviews · 2 hours · from $31Best value

Spend two hours at Löyly, Helsinki’s seaside sauna and restaurant. Use the smoke and wood-burning saunas, cool off in the Baltic Sea, and relax in mixed-gender areas. Your ticket includes a towel, seat liner, shampoo, and shower gel. Swimwear is required, and English or Finnish assistance is available.

“I loved this place! Pleasant and clean sauna, unforgettable swimming in the Baltic Sea in September, wonderful sea view. Inside you can also find the necessary to wash and dry your hair, there is also the diffuser for people who have curly hair, never found before! You can also eat after the sauna! The vegan burger is also delicious!”

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6.Private Sauna, Jacuzzi and Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 102 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $229

You’ll leave Rovaniemi with an English-speaking guide such as Andreas or Dimitri, then reach a private lakeside cottage in under 30 minutes. Enjoy a wood-fired sauna, hot jacuzzi, lake views, towels and robes, followed by salmon or vegetarian dinner with hot drinks.

“Excellent experience beautiful setting very organised activity great food and great people even saw the northern lights”

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7.Arctic SnowHotel Tour and Snow Sauna Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 92 reviews · 5 - 6 hours · from $175

Spend 5 to 6 hours at Arctic SnowHotel with return transport, a guided tour, private use of the snow sauna, Finnish sauna, and outdoor jacuzzi. See ice rooms, an Ice Bar, and an Ice Restaurant, then add dinner at the Ice Restaurant or Kota Restaurant.

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8.Lakeside Private Sauna with Aurora Borealis

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 86 reviews · 3 hours · from $93

Meet your English-speaking guide in central Rovaniemi, then head to a forest sauna beside a lake for one hour of traditional Finnish bathing. Enjoy hot drinks, towels, and slippers while watching the sky for Aurora Borealis. Guides have included Mara, Maria, and Frederico. Swimwear is required.

“This experience is going to stand out for us as incredibly memorable for years to come! We arrived in the forest complex to the twinkle of fairy lights and floor candles lighting the pathway into the visitor centre, and as if by devine intervention the sky opened up with a fine show of Aurora for us as we were shown to our lakeside Finnish sauna. Our guide Mara gave us a good rundown of what to expect and how to keep the sauna going- though we confess the Northern lights specacle kept us distracted for a good portion of our time! That said, we found this trip a perfect amount…”

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9.Hike and Sauna in Sipoonkorpi National Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 85 reviews · 6.5 hours · from $194

Join a small group of up to eight from Helsinki for a 6-kilometer guided walk in Sipoonkorpi, a campfire barbecue, and a traditional smoke sauna at Kuusijärvi Lake. Guides such as Alex, Jeff, Ronja, and Helena share local nature and Finnish customs. Towels, sandals, and transport are included.

“Love Didi, she is so warm. And the sauna experience is amazing, we all have fun then”

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10.Northern Lights Trip with Arctic Sauna & Jacuzzi

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 83 reviews · 3 hours · from $101

Leave Rovaniemi for an Arctic forest sauna, spend about an hour rotating between a traditional sauna, jacuzzi, and frozen lake dip, then sip hot drinks while watching for the Northern Lights. An English-speaking guide leads the 3-hour outing, with other languages available on request.

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11.Snow Sauna Experience, Jacuzzi and Dinner in Kota

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 79 reviews · from $289

Spend seven hours at Arctic SnowHotel with round-trip transport, a guided ice-hotel visit, private snow and Finnish saunas, an outdoor jacuzzi, and a three-course dinner in a warm Kota restaurant. English guidance, selected pickup points, and northern-lights viewing from the Sky Bar are included.

“It was worth to spend the money, it’s great to see the Snow Hotel, get the chance to do snow sauna and hot tube in the Arctic forest. Unique experience.”

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12.Bike or E-Bike Tour, BBQ, Sauna, Parks, and Forest

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 71 reviews · 5 hours · from $233

Ride easy forest and seaside routes with guides such as Luca or Robert, walk through Seurasaari’s open-air museum, eat a vegetarian Finnish BBQ, and finish with an authentic sauna. The tour takes up to 10 people and e-bikes are available at no extra cost on request.

“This was a great tour! I enjoyed it very much. It was very good money for value and Robert was a fantastic guide. He was knowledgeable, informative and very accommodating and helpful. We had a wonderful lunch in the park, a very nice and relaxing sauna experience and an overall great ride. Robert was also a very good and patient leader giving very clear directions at all times, which was appreciated. He was very nice and easy to talk to. I'd definitely recommend this cycling tour if you’d like to do a very pleasant, relaxing and enjoyable cycle through the green environs of Helsinki.”

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13.Saariselkä: Kuukkeli Saunaworld (Smoke Sauna)

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 61 reviews · 2 hours · from $64

Spend two hours at Kuukkeli Saunaworld, reached by a short shuttle from Kuukkeli Shopping Center. Try the traditional smoke sauna, panoramic Aurora sauna, electric saunas, warm and cold pools, indoor swimming pool, and fireplace lounge while reindeer wander nearby.

“We were lucky enough to have the place to ourselves although there had been larger parties before and after us. We had a relaxing time and the time flew by, I think we’d have happily stayed all night. We enjoyed the smoke sauna, the outdoor hot pool (hot tub without turn bubbles) and the panoramic sauna, we didn’t have time to go in the indoor pool as we were watching the reindeer from the panoramic sauna. The showers were clean and warm and had Rituals shower gel, shampoo and conditioner. There was also a hair dryer. The waiting and changing areas are warm and cozy. The whole place is beautiful…”

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14.Traditional Finnish Sauna and Ice Swimming in Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 55 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $90

At Pajasauna near Rovaniemi, host Kilian guides you through a private 90-minute Finnish sauna and ice-swimming session. You get a towel, clogs, water, and changing facilities, then alternate wood-fired heat with a cold river or lake dip while enjoying views of frozen water, islands, and hills.

“Great service amazing experience would highly recommend the host is fantastic would not go anywhere else”

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15.Ice Restaurant Dinner with Snow Sauna & jacuzzi

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 41 reviews · from $318

Spend 6.5 hours at Arctic SnowHotel near Rovaniemi with return transfers, a guided ice hotel visit, private snow and Finnish saunas, an outdoor jacuzzi, and a three-course Ice Restaurant dinner. Choose elk, salmon, chicken, or vegan falafel. English and Finnish guides lead small groups of up to 12.

“We felt that the overall experience was excellent and the Ice Hotel and snow sauna were very unique experiences. However, we were asked to be at the meeting point 1/2 hour prior to the start of the experience. That seemed somewhat excessive, but we were willing to do that to prevent any unnecessary delays. But when the bus transporting us came 15 to 20 minutes late, it meant that we had to stand out in the cold for approximately 45 minutes for absolutely no reason whatsoever. If you are going to demand punctuality from your guests, you should make sure that the transportation is punctual as well.Read more”

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