Free sauna in HEL!

When one drags a ton of luggage to the airport and is heading for a long flight, it would be nice to visit a sauna. Except if you aren't on your usual airline that has the nice sauna in their lounge... However, to my big surprise I found a new, FREE, sauna on the non-Schengen side of the airport near gate 40. The downside? The sauna is a bit on the cold side... but it was a nice and quiet place to sit and have a conference call, at least. Until some some little people arrived and started playing ... 

The sauna:

Here is where the sauna is located at. It is a Christmas cabin, where everyone can get to the Christmas spirit :-) More information here.

And here was my luggage load:

For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites! For more flying stories, check out the planetflier.com website! And of course the Planetcaver, and Planetskier blogs for other stories in Blogspot and TGR! The photos and text (c) 2025 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved.