The whole world knows that the sauna in the form in which mankind knows it is not just a Finnish invention, but something like a national treasure. It is not without reason that UNESCO officially included it in the list of Finland’s “intangible cultural heritage” in 2020.
No other country in the world treats this procedure with such love and attention. In Finland, traditions associated with the sauna are cultivated and developed in every possible way, so perhaps you should not call it the colorless word “procedure” – for the Finns it is a ritual.
There is a special association in this country – Suomen Saunaseura, which studies such an important area of Finnish culture, and in accordance with its recommendations, the right temperature for these sessions is somewhere between 80 and 100 degrees Celsius. At the same time, reservations are always made: anything over a hundred is unhealthy.
But there’s another note in these recommendations: “However, some people are quite happy with 70 degrees.” Just not Valtteri Bottas. In preparation for the Singapore Grand Prix, he regularly spends time in the sauna, preferring the highest possible temperature, clearly hoping that his near-innate thermal hardening will help him cope successfully with the loads that all racers await on the Marina Bay track.
“For some, this is just preparation for the Singapore Grand Prix,” noted the Alfa Romeo driver, succumbing to the park. “And for the Finns, it’s a daily ritual.”
Source: F1 News
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