We here have more saunas than any place around the world. I think that it is a relaxing experience. And after being in a sauna jumping to the snow is another experience 
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Yes. A lot. But I haven’t been for ages. I used to go with my study friends a lot.
I’ve become a bit more prudish. Our saunas (probably like yours?) are mostly mixed and nude. Maybe I’ll inquire about their lady days.
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I would rather be naked in the ice and snow.
No, I’m not joking. I hate heat; I hate humidity.
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You can have the snow. I’m the exact opposite. I will have the heat. I hate all the cooling down stuff, and would rather skip it, to sit nice and warm in the sauna and bubble bath.
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It’s humid here today. Please take it. I’m dying.
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I love the smell of a sauna— it’s like a dry wood smell. Almost vanillaish and cedar. Very nice smell.
Saunas themselves are alright. I never understood their huge appeal in other countries, but I’m probably not doing it right 
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Sounds like a nightmare to me.
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Haha really? In what country are you, if I may ask?
Here, it is cold. We have random bouts of rain all week. Specifically if we just decided to go for a long walk, and are at the furthest point from home. Rain here does that.
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Why? It is lovely. Very relaxing.
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I love saunas for their effect on the skin but I got to admit, after 15 minutes it gets hard to breathe.
Does not aps cause heat sensitivity lol
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Northeast US. But not north enough for my tastes. Hubby wants to go to Arizona when he retires, but I’m making plans for Maine. Muahaha!
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Your sauna looks nice.
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It looks like I’d melt in there. I won’t even get in a hot tub. Funny, though- if you get in a pool in Texas, it is warm. If you get in the pool here, it is ALWAYS freezing. I said something about cold pools one day to a lady, and she laughed and said something like, “Of course they’re cold! Did you expect a pool to be warm?” And she was serious. I said, “Ma’am, in the south, they are warm.” She looked so surprised, like she wasn’t sure if I was joking or not. I was equally surprised that someone would think all pools everywhere are cold.
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Hahaha oh no! But who is going to do your dishes, then? 
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Thanks for the compliment. I never use it but i should start. My father bought it when he was extremely manic 
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I got free saunas and steam baths when i worked at a hot tub joint in the 1980’s. I used to take a sauna at lunchtime and smoke pot in it, lol. I’m with @Zoe, it’s hard to breathe in those things, I like steam baths and hot tubs better and I like taking them by myself. I never liked the cold plunges either.
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I liked one rural sauna experience years ago. It was a special sauna building and it was heated with wood. It was nice and warm, I got that old sauna experience because this sauna was built probably 50 years ago. It was nice to listen radio and then have a cool drink after being in the sauna.
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I quite like the cold shower after. It’s refreshing.
And re closing all my pores. So dirt doesn’t get in.
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