Hello / Terve!

My name is Sisu.

Welcome to the Traveling Sauna blog where we will share details, experiences and memories from Sisu’s one year mission to explore what no sauna has explored before - the vast expanses of Finn Country in the United States!

We want to post here those little details that made our, and your, day. We also want to share what we see and hear on the road, talk about the people and places we visit, and what made the journey special.

Do we get an opportunity to meet any 100-year old Finns? How about saunas? Any 100-year old saunas out there? Or, other saunas on wheels? We’ve already met the oldest sauna in North America, and will visit it again in May! Let us know if you want to connect with Sisu, or have Sisu visit.

How about more current Finland, less than the 100 years old stuff? What’s happening? Ever played Angry Birds in a sauna on a 55” tablet or checked Sisu’s temperature on-line?

Come explore opportunities for Finnish companies, technologies and innovations in the U.S. with us. Talk to us. Or, if you think talking is from past century (thank you, Nokia, for inventing text messaging!), text, message, ping, poke, whatever…

We are in this Together - Tillsammans - Yhdessä - Ovttas - Oovtâst - Õõutveäkka!

We invite you to add to the story, or correct any details we got wrong. We want this blog to be both interactive and true. Maybe we have readers in Finland who are inspired to connect after reading a story. Maybe we have readers in the United States who just learned something about Finland.

Did you know that the California wine industry owes its existence to a Finn? Or, that the United States might not even exist without Finland?

We’ll get to those stories later. But, before we go any further, let’s recognize the contributions of our sponsors!

We are very grateful to our sponsors for their support in getting the idea of a Traveling Sauna from the drawing board to your community. We will introduce each and everyone in more detail later but, a big, huge, thanks, in no particular order, belongs to:

MetsaBoard, Rowing Performance, RCP Software, Forciot, Finnleo, Uponor, Neste, BaseN, Nokian Tyres, Ice Cold Crime, Juska Law, Salolampi Language Villages, Concordia Language Villages, Salolampi Foundation, FinnFest USA, the Finnish American Folk School and, of course, Finland 100. Traveling Sauna is part of official Finland 100, and we are very proud of it.

Please feel free to reach out to our sponsors to thank them directly. They deserve a big hand for their contribution.

While we are making memories available on-line, there is nothing better than actually owning a piece of history. Right? Please make sure to check out the Traveling Sauna web shop before it is too late. Remember, these type of opportunities come across only once in about 100 years. Get your piece of history now! Those cool T-shirts, milk glasses and LöylyKaveri seed packets will cost you a lot more in 2117!