Editing Finland (section)

=== Sauna ===
{{Main|Finnish sauna}}
[[File:Smoke Sauna (395139052).jpg|thumb|left|A [[smoke sauna]] in [[Ruka, Finland|Ruka]], Kuusamo]]
The Finns' love for [[Finnish sauna|sauna]]s is generally associated with Finnish cultural tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/magazine/finland-happiest-country.html|title=My Miserable Week in the 'Happiest Country on Earth'|first=Molly|last=Young|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2 May 2025|access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref> Sauna is a type of dry steam bath practiced widely in Finland, which is especially evident in the strong tradition around [[Midsummer]] and [[Christmas]]. The word sauna is of Proto-Finnish origin (found in Finnic and Sami languages) dating back 7,000 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sauna – A Finnish national institution |last1=Helamaa |first1=Erkki |last2=Pentikäinen |first2=Juha |work=Virtual Finland |date=November 2001 |url= http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26074 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209130410/http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26074 |archive-date=9 February 2008 |language=en }}</ref> Steam baths have been part of European tradition elsewhere as well, but the sauna has survived best in Finland, in addition to Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Norway, and parts of the United States and Canada. Moreover, nearly all Finnish houses have either their own sauna or in multi-story apartment houses, a timeshare sauna. Municipal swimming halls and hotels have often their own saunas. The [[Finnish sauna culture]] is inscribed on the [[UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists]].<ref>{{cite web| title= Sauna culture in Finland |url= https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/sauna-culture-in-finland-01596 |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title= Finnish sauna culture steams up UNESCO Heritage List |url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_sauna_culture_steams_up_unesco_heritage_list/11703917 |publisher=[[YLE]] |date=17 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref>