Which session suits you?
21 themes and facilities to choose from — from sea dips to full moon.
- Sauna session with sea dip
· 1141 sessions
A sea dip is the ultimate way to cool down between rounds: out of the sauna, down the steps and into the sea, the fjord or the harbour.
- Sauna session with ice bath / cold plunge
· 7884 sessions
Ice baths and cold tubs are the cold - and for some slightly daunting - part of sauna gus.
- Sauna session with snacks
· 4747 sessions
Some venues put something out between the rounds.
- Sauna session with free parking
· 3354 sessions
Free parking at the door matters when a session is outside town, or on a weekday evening after work.
- Calm sauna session
· 1537 sessions
Calm sessions are for those who come to land rather than be pushed.
- Sauna session in a wood-fired sauna
· 1147 sessions
A wood-fired sauna heats with fire rather than an electric element, and you can feel the difference: the heat comes in waves rather than evenly, the air is drier, and there is the sound and smell of wood throughout.
- Power sauna session
· 701 sessions
Power gus is the hard end of the scale.
- Sauna session – women only
· 348 sessions
Women-only gus creates a room where you can sit in the sauna without thinking about anything but the heat.
- Sauna session – 4+ rounds
· 192 sessions
Most sauna gus sessions are three rounds over about 75 minutes.
- Sauna session – men only
· 187 sessions
Men-only gus is still the smallest of the gender-separated formats, but it exists across the country.
- Music sauna session
· 107 sessions
Music gus puts the sound at the centre.
- Herbal sauna session
· 94 sessions
Herbal gus uses fresh and dried herbs alongside the essential oils.
- Morning sauna session
· 81 sessions
Morning gus is more a time of day than a theme: the sessions sit early or mid-morning, they are often shorter than the evening ones, and the shape is built to wake the body rather than empty it.
- Christmas sauna session
· 66 sessions
A Christmas sauna session is a sauna session with Christmas as its theme: scents of spruce, resin and spices in the steam, Christmas music or quiet sounds, and a breathing space in the middle of the December rush.
- Viking sauna session
· 38 sessions
Viking gus takes its form from the raw and the old: drums, heavier music, scents of forest, birch and spruce, and heat that is built up rather than kept even.
- Marathon sauna session
· 21 sessions
A marathon sauna session is the long version: not an ordinary session with one extra round, but a whole afternoon, morning or evening with six to fifteen rounds, breaks and often food along the way.
- Sauna session – family / kids
· 18 sessions
Children's and family gus is a shorter and cooler version of the adult session.
- Halloween sauna session
· 18 sessions
Halloween gus is a sauna session with Halloween as its theme, and each venue decides for itself how much spookiness comes into the sauna.
- Body scrub sauna session
· 15 sessions
Scrub gus typically adds a salt treatment to the session, removing the outermost layer of dead skin cells to cleanse the skin.
- Full moon sauna session
· 8 sessions
Full moon gus follows the moon rather than the weekly schedule, so there are only ever a few at a time.
- New moon sauna session
· 4 sessions
New moon gus is the quiet counterpart to the full moon session.
Other
- Sauna host courses
· 106 classes
Sauna host courses are for you if you want to learn to lead a sauna session yourself: building up a session, controlling the heat and spreading it with the towel, and choosing scents and music for the rounds.
- Breathwork and yoga at sauna venues
· 754 classes
Breathwork and yoga gathers what the sauna venues hold that is not a sauna session but belongs to the same visit: breathing exercises, breathwork with ice baths, yoga and meditation.