Sauna!

Yesterday we went to a public sauna where it doesn’t matter too much if they’d throw me out (I don’t often go there).

We decided to pick that one because we wanted to tryout our mint crystals!

“Just put them on the stones” I hear all the Finnish sauna people think. Right, indeed! But at most of the Belgian public saunas you are not allowed to bring your own smells.

In Belgium not everybody has his own sauna. And those who do own one usually have a infrared sauna (because those are often smaller in size). I mean, come on, infrared saunas are not real saunas. You can’t put mint crystals on stones, there are no stones involved! I think it’s much more common for Belgian sauna fans to go to a public one instead.

Although not allowed, it’s not uncommon that somebody brings smells. Usually there’s a guy putting smells incognito on stones. After some time all the real sauna fans recognize him of course. Often it’s the same people, so you get to know who’s into that. Usually I’m just an innocent observer who joins the saunas where custom smells are being thrown on the stones. In fact I’m inexperienced with bringing my own smells.

So we waited until there was nobody left in the sauna we picked, it was Sunday evening and stormy, so not a lot of people. Then we emptied a glass, filled it up with some water, put the mint crystals in it, entered the sauna, we threw the glass over the stones, enjoyed, hoped that they wouldn’t throw us out. We didn’t get caught!

Now, don’t get me wrong. At most of the public saunas in Belgium the owner of the place periodically puts a bunch of smells on the stones for an entire half hour. It’s like some sort of a three-hourly event. When that happens a lot of people join that specific sauna of course. They usually give you some oranges and cubes of ice after ten minutes. They circle with a towel to distribute the air. Etc. It’s not that because you are not allowed to bring your own smells, that it sucks. I guess they don’t want you to ruin their saunas with experimental piece of shit smells that some people would bring.

Anyway. The Turkish mint crystals were awesome. After the second time I was so thirsty that I drank a half liter cola and a half liter fresh orange. It was amazingly cold on my body yet I was sweating like mad.

Refreshing!

9 thoughts on “Sauna!”

  1. Sounds like fun! The closest thing to mint I’ve seen in a Belgian sauna is a steam bath where they add mint oils to the steam. It’s very nice and does wonders for the airways, but it’s still not as nice as it could be.
    Bottom line is, there’s a distinct lack of good public saunas in Belgium. Especially in cities.

  2. Yeah, but that’s I guess because in cities they can’t make nice sauna centers with big gardens.

    I recommend Sauna De Bron in Mechelen if you fancy city saunas, though.

    You should really try a sauna with mint crystals if you liked the mint oils, indeed. At Hezemeer they sometimes put crystals on the stones.

    If they announce Chinese mint, it’s comparable. But not as powerful as mint crystals in my opinion.

  4. What do Belgians know about Sauna? :P You MUST come to Finland for a genuine sauna experience.

  6. Only electric saunas are dry. The ones warmed with wood can be quite moist and nice. And no one uses any smells in nordic.

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