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Estonian reality television series, Sauna Secrets, premiers on the BBC

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Ever wish you could be a fly on the sauna wall? Well, thanks to a new Estonian reality television series, now you can.* Reality television fans and channel surfers, take note. The relatively new Estonian production company, Rumal Productions, is premiering a new series tonight on the BBC. Entitled “Sauna Secrets”, the show exposes the inner workings […]

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Here’s proof that Estonians really can vote online from anywhere

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We jumped into ice cold water during a sauna session to vote in Estonia’s parliamentary election. Just because we can. Estonians can do almost anything online from anywhere  – including choose their parliament in just a few clicks. Voting is currently taking place online for Estonia’s next parliament, Riigikogu, so instead of queuing up at a polling

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Report: The sauna marathon in Otepää inspires Estonians and international visitors alike

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The tenth annual European Sauna Marathon in the Estonian winter capital, Otepää, featured new technology, more nationalities and crazier outfits, writes Adam Rang. Nearly 800 competitors from 16 countries in 188 teams visited 19 saunas around one Estonian town on 2 February for the European Sauna Marathon 2019. It was the biggest and craziest competition in its 10-year history, as well as the most high tech.

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How to compete in Estonia’s European sauna marathon 2019

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Adam Rang gives an overview of Estonia’s European sauna marathon, a bizarre competition, held in the Estonia’s “winter capital” Otepää (as always) on 2 February. The European sauna marathon – one of the few sports in which Estonians regularly emerge as world champions – will take place for the 10th time on 2 February. Despite

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David Beckham buys an Estonian-made sauna to keep warm

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The high-profile former English professional footballer, David “Golden Balls” Beckham, has instantly made igloo-style saunas manufactured by the Estonian company, Iglucraft, more well-known. The former soccer star bought the Estonian-made sauna for his mansion in the Cotswolds area of Oxfordshire, England. “Thank you to @iglucraft. I’m loving it with this cold weather right now,” Beckham

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A Finnish inventor plans a nine-hour sea voyage to Estonia in his sauna

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There are several saunas travelling between Finland and Estonia each day inside passenger ferries, but no sauna has ever made the crossing on its own before – until now. Janne Käpylehto, a Finnish author, inventor and energy specialist, plans to become the first person to sail a sauna across the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki

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A company plans to launch the first public smoke sauna in Tallinn

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A newly-founded Estonian startup plans to open the first public smoke sauna in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, by the winter of 2018, and intends to introduce the Estonian sauna culture to more people around the world. The company, Estonian Saunas, was founded by Anni Oviir and Adam Rang from inside a sauna, using their digital

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Võrumaa smoke sauna tradition added in UNESCO cultural heritage list

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UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, has decided to inscribe the Võrumaa smoke sauna tradition, practiced in southern Estonia, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The smoke sauna tradition, or “suidsusannakombõ”, as it is known in the local dialect, is an important part of the everyday life of

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