{"id":4203,"date":"2022-01-01T10:43:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T09:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/01\/sauna-patrons-just-sit-on-the-icy-street-manuel-vazquezs-best-phone-picture\/"},"modified":"2022-01-01T10:43:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T09:43:16","slug":"sauna-patrons-just-sit-on-the-icy-street-manuel-vazquezs-best-phone-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/01\/sauna-patrons-just-sit-on-the-icy-street-manuel-vazquezs-best-phone-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sauna patrons just sit on the icy street\u2019: Manuel Vazquez\u2019s best phone picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

To find out why Finland is the happiest place in the world, the photographer visited a steam room in Helsinki<\/p>\n

In 2019, the UN named Finland the happiest place<\/a> in the world, and Manuel Vazquez and journalist Ana Alfageme were sent by a Spanish magazine to find out why. Saunas are a big part of life there; the country has more than 2 million in residential and public settings. The pair agreed that they\u2019d be good places to find locals to interview.<\/p>\n

This photo was taken on a sub-zero November day, when only six hours of light can be expected. The pair had already tried out a swanky coastal sauna. \u201cI didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to do it,\u201d Vazquez laughs. \u201cBut it really does liberate the endorphins. It\u2019s exhilarating.\u201d Next, Vazquez wanted to seek out a more authentic, traditional version that used wood. He had heard of a particularly popular one in the Helsinki neighbourhood of Kallio. \u201cIn winter, the practice is to alternate between the sauna and a body of water, like a lake or the sea,\u201d he says. \u201cBut because this sauna is in the city, patrons just go and sit on the icy street.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nTo find out why Finland is the happiest place in the world, the photographer visited a steam room in Helsinki
\nIn 2019, the UN named Finland the happiest place in the world, and Manuel Vazquez and journalist Ana Alfageme were sent by a Spanish magazine to find out why. Saunas are a big part of life there; the country has more than 2 million in residential and public settings. The pair agreed that they\u2019d be good places to find locals to interview.
\nThis photo was taken on a sub-zero November day, when only six hours of light can be expected. The pair had already tried out a swanky coastal sauna. \u201cI didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to do it,\u201d Vazquez laughs. \u201cBut it really does liberate the endorphins. It\u2019s exhilarating.\u201d Next, Vazquez wanted to seek out a more authentic, traditional version that used wood. He had heard of a particularly popular one in the Helsinki neighbourhood of Kallio. \u201cIn winter, the practice is to alternate between the sauna and a body of water, like a lake or the sea,\u201d he says. \u201cBut because this sauna is in the city, patrons just go and sit on the icy street.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To find out why Finland is the happiest place in the world, the photographer visited a steam room in Helsinki In 2019, the UN named Finland the happiest place in the world, and Manuel Vazquez and journalist Ana Alfageme were sent by a Spanish magazine to find out why. Saunas are a big part of …<\/p>\n

\u2018Sauna patrons just sit on the icy street\u2019: Manuel Vazquez\u2019s best phone picture<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}