Sauna for All's Public Sauna-Bathing Charter sets ten principles for how public saunas are priced, run and funded, and Sauna for All founder Becky Pelkonen speaks at the International Sauna Congress on Saturday. It isn't a certification.
TO OCT 25
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News and analysis for the people who build, run, sell and use saunas.
A Minneapolis builder is flying in to build the club’s two Finnish saunas, with a founding-member presale in November and final inspections hoped for before Thanksgiving.
The Interbad display combines traditional and infrared heat with a steam room and shower. A separate VelEira ice bath adds the cold plunge.
Bathhouse is recruiting for its New Jersey location at The Park, following its September opening in Philadelphia.
BWB reports a new construction milestone at Trafford City. Therme still lists late 2028 for completion.
Heaters, cabins, wood and controls from the makers of Estonia and Finland.
The 12 to 21 kW CORE Pro keeps its heating elements in a service drawer, and two can run side by side at 42 kW for big bathhouse rooms. KLINT Solo puts the controls inside the heater.
Market size and company results. Every figure carries its source and date.
$905M
The global sauna equipment market in 2024.
Source: Grand View Research
$380M
Approximate global cold plunge market in 2025.
Source: SkyQuest
$876B
The global wellness real estate market in 2025.
Source: Global Wellness Institute
€198.9M
Harvia revenue for 2025, reported in euros.
Source: Harvia Plc financial statements bulletin
The bathhouse desk · U.S. & Europe
Follow 36 bathhouse, sauna-club and thermal projects. Construction milestones, opening targets and the sources behind them.
Bathhouses, hotels, spas, and clubs: who opened, who's building, and how the rooms are specified.
Miramar’s new public bathhouse starts with limited soft launch bookings, 90-minute visits and music listening sessions.
Festivals, Aufguss, trade shows and investor dates, soonest first.
Photo: FinnFunn.
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Got Sauna and Cedar & Sol host a wood-fired Sauna Village at East Hill Farm, with Friday private sessions and Saturday community sauna, cold plunges and a birch grove lounge during FinnFunn’s Finnish cultural weekend.
TO OCT 25
Balotești, near Bucharest, Romania
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Figures, quotes, specs, research findings, and health claims carry their source, linked at the claim when a public link exists.
Temperatures in °F, sizes in feet and inches, weights in pounds.
If a company hasn't disclosed a price, a date, or a test result, the story says that.
