SAUNA

Today it has been my second day that I've tried sauna. I'm not really used to it. In Catalonia we use it as an excepcional activity, maybe if you go to the gym, but it's not so common like here.

As I know, here in Finland and North-European countries, people use to go there as a current activity, maybe it's not an activity for them, maybe it's a necessity like to get relaxed, like us, that we use to go for a walk even if it's winter. So I don't know when and why they use it. And how! Without any kind of clothes?

I suppose that it's also a sociable activity, so they can talk to the neighbours or people who are invited to their home. I don't know.

This are the kind of things that you can't understand until you live there. So now I can see that, maybe in winter, people don't spend time walking through the street, or going to parks. Then, one of their activities can be going to sauna to get warm and discuss with people.

By the way... I've perceived that finnish are very fan of sport. They love to do sports, walking when the weather lets them, go jogging, take the bike... It's amazing and very cool. In Barcelona people don't have time, or they go to a gym... Diffucult in a city. I mean, here people know how to profit their weather and their free-time. I like it! At less, this is my first impression.

Well, so common, people! Tell me what do you think about and which are you're first impressions about Finland!!!


PS: Two days after this post I've found this website. Interesting!!!!!! CHECK THIS OUT!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24328773



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