I had an opportunity to visit a sauna in Poland. Obviously I took the opportunity!
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August 2017, DoubleTree Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Imagine bright, white snow, gently covering a mountain. Now imagine all that snow black, dirty. Melting hard ice, covered by an accumulation of pollution and dust from air. This is reality.
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August 2017, Hintertux, Zillertal, Austria
Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Health; Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Badeschiff! A great idea to swim in the middle of Berlin, in the river but yet in a clean pool. In a ship, or barge converted to a pool.
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August 2017, Badeschiff, Berlin, Germany
Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Late arrival... quick dinner... and then onto testing the wellness area at Dresden's Hilton hotel. Usually, hotel saunas are simple, but not this one!
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July 2017, Hilton Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
I'm on vacation with Janne, a road trip through western US. Our hotel in Flagstaff turned out to have a sauna. Great!
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July 2017, Flagstaff Hilton Garden Inn, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Long meeting... but for once, I had a free Sunday morning, so I went to the sauna and pool at the Prague Hilton. Hot... spacious and well-maintained sauna.
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July 2017, Hilton Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
This is an exceptional opportunity that only opens once a year. Janne and I are crawling in the cave, guided by friendly cavers from the Swedish Speleological Association. We get to see amazing things, from stalactites to "Inre Sjön", a small lake (or rather, a pool) a kilometer into the cave.
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June 2017, Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden; Kanalen, Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden; Bryet, Lummelunda, Gotland, Sweden; Galgbergsgrottan, Visby, Gotland, Sweden
Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic, Swimming, Boating); Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic, Digging); Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic); Swimming (Indoor, Underground, Water, Waterbody-Cave)
The Finnish Speleological Association arranged a basic caving course in Turku in June. The course started from the basics, like crawling. A slide to teach crawling! And walking, for that we had another slide.
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June 2017, Luolavuoren luola, Turku, Finland; Ispoisten ranta, Turku, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Crack, Basic, Training); Swimming (Outdoor)
I was just going to walk around in rain, but the sign for ice swimming caught my attention.
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June 2017, Allas, Helsinki, Finland
Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal)
I'm wet. Cold. Sweaty. And have 16 hours of travel ahead of me. Auberge and Spa Beaux Rêves' sauna to the rescue!
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May 2017, Auberge et Spa Beaux Reves, Quebec, Canada
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Sometimes skiing isn't just about the skiing. I can also be about hot springs in the middle of the backcountry skinning trip. We climbed Mt. Niseko Annupuri (1308m), skied the backside of the mountain and found an onsen, a Japanese hot spring.
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March 2017, Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan
Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool, Thermal-Bath)
I'm staying at the Chicago Swissotel for a conference. There was a break in Internet connectivity while we were setting up our network, so I decided to visit the sauna and pool at the 42nd floor of this high-rise hotel.
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March 2017, Swissotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
I have finally visited the refurbished Leppävaara swimming pool centre. Generally, a very positive experience! So many new pools!
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January 2017, Leppävaaran uimahalli, Espoo, Finland
Swimming (Indoor, Outdoor, Waterbody-Pool, Water); Sauna (Normal)
Nippy a bit? Swimming at a lake when it is -18C.
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January 2017, Kuusijärvi, Vantaa, Finland
Sauna (Smoke); Swimming (Ice, Water, Waterbody-Lake, Beach)
When I travel, I try to find places where I can go to a sauna. It relaxes me... Last week I was in Seoul, South Korea, staying at the Conrad. This new hotel has a very nice gym & pool & spa area on the 8th floor. The pool is free of use for hotel guests, but the sauna costs 39,000 local (about 35€) to use. Nevertheless, I needed the relaxation. Badly.
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November 2016, Seoul, South Korea
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)
Another visit to a sauna in foreign land! This time in 杭州市 or Hangzhou, China! The sauna was in the Courtyard Marriott hotel that I stayed at. A bit dark and basic, but still large, and most importantly, the temperature was high enough and you were allowed to pour water to the heater!
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October 2016, Courtyard Marriott, Hangzhou, China
Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)