Kotiharjun Sauna

Kotiharjun Sauna is the last remaining traditional, wood-heated public neighborhood sauna in Helsinki. Built in nineteen twenty-eight to serve the local working-class Kallio district, it remains a fixture of the city's sauna culture. The three-story building maintains its original layout, with separate wood-burning saunas for men and women on different floors. Unlike modern electric saunas found elsewhere, the wood-fired stoves here produce a specific, soft quality of steam known as löyly.