The sauna is an important part of Finnish culture, and it is estimated that up to 99 percent of Finns visit a sauna regularly. "The sauna was the most important healing facility for the people of the olden days. Raahe folks simply couldn't get by without a sauna, there would have been some sort of sauna on every yard. Most of the city dwellers' saunas were small, black and sooty. If you didn't have your own sauna, you'd use the public sauna on the shore." - Raahe travel guides
