Have only experienced Finnish sauna, community steam (wet) & dry saunas here, and what was a wannabe Turkish bath (more a steam room they made into a community) at one point.
My fave experiences are hot and cold / contrast baths so Harrison Hot Springs & the nordic treatment at Four Seasons Whistler where u have heat then ice cold showers are best.
College, i went to UBC Vancouver where after gym or swims, i would do cold baths after hot steam x2 or 3!
Vancouver definitely needs Russian banya
This https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banya_(sauna)
NGL envious Europeans are into coed sauna culture & it’s multigenerational!
My Berlin penpal tells me I should move there as I would fit in (was part of the German language club in uni).
I live in Vancouver where some people sexually react to the clothing optional Wreck beach where I’ve enjoyed hikes & hangouts. Here i met volleyball and photography friends who organized nude coed steam sessions together 🧖🏻♀️
@renudist Wreck is better mandatory bare
@Crissy I agree, Wreck would be better if nudity were mandatory, but when I proposed that on FB years ago, there was an immediate and violently negative response. This is actually why I started my #ChooseNude cartoons. I thought, okay people have the choice to be nude, why aren’t they choosing to be nude? The cartoons may yet appear as signs on the beach when I’m there.
