What is Sauna?
[[Image:Smoke sauna.JPG|thumb|A Sauna, in Finland, from outside]] [[Image:Sauna 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Inside a modern Finnish sauna]] A '''sauna''' is a small room or building that is made hot. The heat of a sauna is calming and makes the person using it [[sweat]]. This is believed to help people be more [[health]]y though it causes stress on the body by overheating. Today many [[country|countries]] and groups of people have different ways of heating and using a sauna. The temperature is often 80°[[Celsius|C]] in [[Finland|Finnish]] saunas. The heat can be more than 100°C. Finnish and Swedish saunas have lower [[humidity]] (the air is less [[wet]]) to make this high heat comfortable. The [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[hammam]] has a high humidity (the air is more wet) and a lower temperature. Today saunas can often be found at [[hotel]]s and places for [[sport]]s and [[exercise]]. In Finland, they are more common and are also often in [[Private property|private]] [[apartment]]s and [[office]] [[building]]s. In almost every house in Finland they have a sauna. ==Common rules for public saunas== In some [[culture]]s, [[swimsuit]]s must be worn in a sauna. In other cultures swimsuits are not be worn. Swimsuits are more often worn when [[men]] and [[women]] use a sauna together. Some saunas are only for men, or only for women. Some places have fixed times when each [[gender]] can use a sauna. Private saunas may have their own rules. ;Areas where the sauna is used while [[nude]] *[[Germany]] *[[Austria]] *North-eastern [[Italy]] *[[Finland]] *[[Russia]] *[[Slovenia]] *[[Sweden]] *[[Croatia]] *[[Japan]] *[[Netherlands]] *Flanders *[[Estonia]] *[[Lithuania]] *[[Latvia]] ;Areas where the sauna is used in a swimsuit or covered by a towel *[[France]] *[[United Kingdom]] *[[United States]] *[[Hungary]] *[[South America]] *[[Africa]] *Wallonia ;Area where men and women do not sauna together *[[Russia]] *[[Japan]] ;Areas where sitting on a [[towel]] is [[requirement|required]] *[[Germany]] *[[Austria]] *North-eastern [[Italy]] *N