Finland
Raseborg (Raasepori) is a bilingual coastal municipality in western Uusimaa, Finland, formed by the merger of Ekenäs, Karis, and Pohja. The sauna culture draws on its long Gulf of Finland coastline and the Ekenäs Archipelago National Park — one of Finland's most extensive coastal wilderness areas. Sea saunas, rock-shore bathing, and island sauna cabins in the outer archipelago provide some of the finest sea-sauna settings on the Finnish south coast. The predominantly Swedish-speaking character gives Raseborg a calm, understated coastal quality. Finnish etiquette throughout: cold sea essential, wood-fired preferred.
Fiskars Village (a historic 17th-century ironworks turned design village) has boutique accommodation with sauna. The Ekenäs coast and the Raseborg archipelago offer cottage saunas with Baltic Sea access.
Yes — Raseborg is predominantly Finnish-Swedish (Finlandssvenska). Sauna culture is Finnish, but the primary operating language is Swedish. English is widely understood.
A former 17th-century iron foundry turned design and craft village 15 km from the coast. Several boutique accommodations offer sauna facilities with a distinctly design-oriented aesthetic — one of Finland's more unusual sauna settings.
