Comments for Real Saunas

Comment on Wikipedia’s Naked Facts by Jiri

Jiri — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:05:37 +0000

Saunas in Czech Republic are usually mixed with women only hours.
Nudity/towel is common. I havent seen swimming costumes in sauna, but its possible in some facilities I havent seen yet (for example at public swimming pools)

Comment on Wikipedia’s Naked Facts by Gill

Gill — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:35:31 +0000

Even if most common type was based on data, how is it worked out?

Say one gym has a sauna in each changing room, and another has a single mixed sauna.

That’s two single-sex saunas, and one mixed. So you could say single-sex is more common.

Really it should be based on what you’re more likely to encounter. I’d only see one sauna in either gym, so they’d be equally common.

I hope the Real Saunas data will let us compare data in various ways.

Comment on Wikipedia’s Naked Facts by Vaughan

Vaughan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:32:15 +0000

I believe Korean bathhouses are nude with separate sections for men and women. At least this is the case with the Korean bathhouse I visited in Brisbane, Australia.

In Scandinavia, public saunas are often in dressing rooms so are single sex. They adhere to the no clothing rule, though, so saunas taken at home with family members and friends are nude and mixed-gender.

Comment on Welcome by Editor

Editor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:00:44 +0000

Good points.

Comment on Welcome by Marc

Marc — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:07:22 +0000

To me a real sauna is a sauna in which one can relax in without any clothing. Wearing nothing in a sauna is by far the most beneficial, healthy, and invigorating way to take a sauna. Wearing sticky swimwear is not in a sauna is not atall healthy. So I do not like sauna where the rules are “please wear swimwear at all times”. Additionally the sauna should also be mixed, and none of this sex segregated business.

Finally a real sauna should have adjacent cold shower/s and drinking water facilities. As some of us like to enjoy a sauna for a good half hour or so at least, not just a quick 5 minute round!

So in summary then, for me a real sauna is a) nude use permitted(by far the best way to enjoy a sauna), b) unisex sessions, and c) good cold showers and drinking water facilities.