If the sauna was built in the 70-90s and is in an apartment of a house, probably. I have seen that exact stove probably 15 times in Finland (in the same color, if any color even more times). It’s kinda the worst sauna possible but at least it is a sauna. The stove is small so the löyly is short.
There are 0.62 saunas per capita in Finland.
Most of them are in people’s homes or cottages, if you live in the countryside you usually have a sauna -or even two saunas sometimes.
In cities, it’s a bit different. Quite a good number of people have their own saunas in their appartements, especially if they are bigger ones. Smaller, studios etc. especially in high rises do not have their own, but of course there’s few in the building you can reserve.
In the city in apartment buildings? Mostly not, at least not a personal one. In rural areas with detached housing, similiar to the my summer car house/cabin? Mostly yes.
I have a sauna stove that looks exactly like that!
Most houses have a sauna, apartments often have a shared sauna, where you would typically have your own slot once a week, and maybe also a shared slot for women and one for men, which is open for everybody who lives in the apartments.
I’ve never seen a house or apartment without one, but I know they exist. Not having sauna is a huge negative to a lot of people, when looking for a new home.
As far as I’ve seen, yeah. Also, I think the latest estimate is that there’s around 3 million saunas in Finland, ± a couple hundred thousand.
There is a sauna in “average Finnish home”, but that stove, while common, is not the most desired one. It’s a cheap (the cheapest?) one they used to put in every basic sauna to just have a sauna back a few decades, but I don’t think this particular model is on sale anymore.
Yes all single family homes has atleast one sauna sometimes multiple and apartment buildings have atleast shared one if you dont have one inside your apartment.
Our sauna looks exactly like that. It’s build in a duplex in the 90s
We live in a terraced house (rivitalo) in the city and have a cottage in the countryside for a total of three saunas.
For the people that use them we are still below the average.
It’s very common to have one in or next to a house. Even a few apartments have one. Usually apartment complexes have shared saunas to which you reserve shifts for.
Either way there are more than 3 million saunas in Finland. It’s very common to have one at your home. Many people even have that as a requirement when they look for a new home.
This was the default sauna in 1990’s home in Finland. Not great, but because it was cheap to build, most of the construction companies made it just like this.
It’s considered a treason if you don’t have a sauna.
Everything in Finland is pretty much identical to anything in the documentary project “My Summer Car”
Haven’t played the game, so no clue if the bucket and the ladle are supposed to be there. Apart from them, pretty accurate.
We have this exact at my summer place
this sauna looks exactly like mine
My family’s house has one inside, another outside, we own a riverside plot with a sauna and out cottage has two more, an old one and a new one.
Yes.
I’d say most do have saunas. It’s mainly only small cheap apartments that do not, but most houses and bigger apartments do have a sauna even if it’s a small one. And even if not, there is likely a communal sauna in the building or near it. And yes, even if only some of the apartments don’t.
The stove is also very classic model from 70’s.
They all look exactly like this in any 80’s or 90’s house.
Some of us have 2, and that’s not even an “opulent” thing to have in the countryside. One in the house, another one as a separate outdoor building.
Pretty much yes.
Not gonna lie my Summer car hasn’t got a sauna.
I have a house from the early 80s and I have this exact sauna stove model in my sauna. It takes forever to heat up the room but I never had much of an interest in sauna so I haven’t renovated it yet. During the last house hunt I actually checked for houses without sauna but not only was the selection really small, all of those houses were too small.
I have moved 4 times in my short life and have never not had a sauna in the apartment.
I’m living in 35 square m. apartment and have my own sauna. Sauna is heart of the home. 🧖♂️
Actual numbers:
Currently there are 60.715 houses (standalone, semi-detached, rowhouse and apartments) for sale on oikotie. Of those 36.033 have a sauna and 18.055 have a shared sauna. Since 3076 have both types (so show up in both sauna and shared sauna filter) there is a total of 9703 properties without sauna.
Of those 9703 properties without sauna about 7000 of those are apartments and 700 are rowhouses/semi-detached.
If you are curious you can take a look at asunnot.oikotie.fi/myytavat-asunnot
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If the sauna was built in the 70-90s and is in an apartment of a house, probably. I have seen that exact stove probably 15 times in Finland (in the same color, if any color even more times). It’s kinda the worst sauna possible but at least it is a sauna. The stove is small so the löyly is short.
There are 0.62 saunas per capita in Finland.
Most of them are in people’s homes or cottages, if you live in the countryside you usually have a sauna -or even two saunas sometimes.
In cities, it’s a bit different. Quite a good number of people have their own saunas in their appartements, especially if they are bigger ones. Smaller, studios etc. especially in high rises do not have their own, but of course there’s few in the building you can reserve.
In the city in apartment buildings? Mostly not, at least not a personal one. In rural areas with detached housing, similiar to the my summer car house/cabin? Mostly yes.
I have a sauna stove that looks exactly like that!
Most houses have a sauna, apartments often have a shared sauna, where you would typically have your own slot once a week, and maybe also a shared slot for women and one for men, which is open for everybody who lives in the apartments.
I’ve never seen a house or apartment without one, but I know they exist. Not having sauna is a huge negative to a lot of people, when looking for a new home.
As far as I’ve seen, yeah. Also, I think the latest estimate is that there’s around 3 million saunas in Finland, ± a couple hundred thousand.
There is a sauna in “average Finnish home”, but that stove, while common, is not the most desired one. It’s a cheap (the cheapest?) one they used to put in every basic sauna to just have a sauna back a few decades, but I don’t think this particular model is on sale anymore.
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Yes all single family homes has atleast one sauna sometimes multiple and apartment buildings have atleast shared one if you dont have one inside your apartment.
Our sauna looks exactly like that. It’s build in a duplex in the 90s
We live in a terraced house (rivitalo) in the city and have a cottage in the countryside for a total of three saunas.
For the people that use them we are still below the average.
It’s very common to have one in or next to a house. Even a few apartments have one. Usually apartment complexes have shared saunas to which you reserve shifts for.
Either way there are more than 3 million saunas in Finland. It’s very common to have one at your home. Many people even have that as a requirement when they look for a new home.
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Yes.
This was the default sauna in 1990’s home in Finland. Not great, but because it was cheap to build, most of the construction companies made it just like this.
It’s considered a treason if you don’t have a sauna.
Everything in Finland is pretty much identical to anything in the documentary project “My Summer Car”
Haven’t played the game, so no clue if the bucket and the ladle are supposed to be there. Apart from them, pretty accurate.
We have this exact at my summer place
this sauna looks exactly like mine
My family’s house has one inside, another outside, we own a riverside plot with a sauna and out cottage has two more, an old one and a new one.
Yes.
I’d say most do have saunas. It’s mainly only small cheap apartments that do not, but most houses and bigger apartments do have a sauna even if it’s a small one. And even if not, there is likely a communal sauna in the building or near it. And yes, even if only some of the apartments don’t.
The stove is also very classic model from 70’s.
They all look exactly like this in any 80’s or 90’s house.
Some of us have 2, and that’s not even an “opulent” thing to have in the countryside. One in the house, another one as a separate outdoor building.
Pretty much yes.
Not gonna lie my Summer car hasn’t got a sauna.
I have a house from the early 80s and I have this exact sauna stove model in my sauna. It takes forever to heat up the room but I never had much of an interest in sauna so I haven’t renovated it yet. During the last house hunt I actually checked for houses without sauna but not only was the selection really small, all of those houses were too small.
I have moved 4 times in my short life and have never not had a sauna in the apartment.
I’m living in 35 square m. apartment and have my own sauna. Sauna is heart of the home. 🧖♂️
Actual numbers:
Currently there are 60.715 houses (standalone, semi-detached, rowhouse and apartments) for sale on oikotie.
Of those 36.033 have a sauna and 18.055 have a shared sauna.
Since 3076 have both types (so show up in both sauna and shared sauna filter) there is a total of 9703 properties without sauna.
Of those 9703 properties without sauna about 7000 of those are apartments and 700 are rowhouses/semi-detached.
If you are curious you can take a look at asunnot.oikotie.fi/myytavat-asunnot