Concept, Photography & Layout: Viola Minerva Virtamo
Texts: Liisa Talvitie & Heli Thorén
Language: English and Finnish
The Sauna Book takes its readers into the gentle warmth of a smoke sauna, to mirror-smooth lakes in the midnight light, to quiet ponds among the fjells, and to other magical moments deep in Finnish nature.
How can the sauna experience be shared with words? How do you describe that soft, secure feeling spreading in your chest when you set off for the sauna – or the peaceful calm afterward, when cooling down while holding a small, water-wrinkled hand in your own?
With atmospheric images and sensitive stories, this book captures the Finnish soul and its deep connection to sauna culture. It is a fairy tale book about the Finnish sauna – an invitation to feel the warmth of the steam and to immerse yourself in the magic of Nordic silence.
Be my cozy