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What is the Vista Rear Window? The Vista Rear Window adds a panoramic view to your barrel sauna experience. It can be added to any of our Almost Heaven Outdoor Barrel Saunas.  The Vista window consists of a 20” x 40” piece of 3/8” thick safety glass that is mounted into the rear wall of […]

Maybe you’ve heard the word sauna pronounced one or both of these ways. How do you say it? And which way is the correct way? If you ask anyone from Finland or who has Finnish ancestry, you’ll probably find that the “correct” way to say the word is SOW-na. Where each syllable of the word […]

Feeling motivated to do some spring cleaning? Here are a few helpful and easy tips on freshening up your sauna and keeping it clean, healthy, and looking sharp. Cleaning the exterior of your sauna: If you have an outdoor barrel sauna, start with the external. The lumber we use in our outdoor saunas is beautiful […]

Listen now to the Get Over Yourself Podcast With Rick Mouw- Why Sauna Use May Be As Good As Cardio This month on the blog we have loads of sauna information for you. Brad Kearns from Get Over Yourself Podcast has a conversation with Almost Heaven’s very own Rick Mouw about the health benefits, the therapeutic […]

Are you thinking about adding essential oils to your sauna experience? We think you should! At Almost Heaven Saunas we offer 8 different essential oil scents that can be used in your indoor or outdoor steam sauna. Add a few drops of oil to a bucket of water, sprinkle it on the hot rocks and […]

You’ve been asking and we have answers! We’ve interviewed Al Betschart from Illinois about his remote start sauna. In this interview he goes into depth about how he built and wired his wifi sauna. Q: How did you first hear about Almost Heaven Saunas? Al: My wife and I found your site years ago, but […]

Happy New Year! It’s been almost a month since the New Year began and if you’re anything like me, you started out strong on your New Year’s resolution. You went to the gym, you made smoothies for breakfast, you wrote a letter once a week connecting with an old friend, whatever your resolution, you were […]

Finnish Christmas Trivia To ring in the holiday season we thought we’d share a little Finnish Christmas Trivia with you. Let’s start out by getting our geographical bearings- What countries/bodies of water surround Finland? Finland is surrounded by three countries: Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east. It also […]

The First Saunas in America Saunas were introduced to North America around 1638, when the first Finnish and Swedish settlers arrived. The initial response by Colonial America was that saunas were mysterious and not to be trusted. Many believed it was a log temple used to worship pagan gods. They would see smoke coming out […]

If you are bilingual, you have likely struggled to find a word translation that just doesn’t exist. With cultural, historical, and geographical differences, some languages develop words that are translated only in phrases or unsatisfying equivalents in another language.   Sauna has one of these terms– Löyly, (or German equivalent Aufguss). We know what it […]