During our weekend in Kihnu, we were able to test a wood-heated sauna. It’s a building as big as a house, composed of a large main room, where people can play games, guitar, relax or savour some of estonia-brewed beers.
The second room is a small change-room, before entering the shower-room, last step before getting in the darkest and warmest room : the sauna itself. It was pretty dark inside, with a smell of burnt wood and a light smell of beer, which is added to the water, before it is sprayed on the hot stones. These are heated by a fire in the back of the house (which a lady had to keep adding logs !) and the smoke is captured by a chimney.
Some of the estonians with us told us that this intimate room is usually where estonians tell each other secrets or personnal things. It is not rare that during a seminar, a CEO chooses this place to tell about his private life to an employee or to get to ask him about his family (which are things rarely done here).
As for us, it enabled us to spend some good times with our volunteer friends…
