Why did the Finns "evict" bathtubs from their homes? (4 photos)

There are almost no bathtubs in modern Finnish houses and apartments. Instead of Finns install showers and saunas in them. The baths themselves can meet mainly only on pastures, while rarely when they are used for their intended purpose.





Why did the Finns abandon baths in favor of saunas and showers?

Why are baths abandoned?

Finns take the environment very seriously: they share and recycle garbage, sell old things, and do not throw it away, well, Of course they save water. Some even prefer to shower in parallel go to the toilet! All this without wasting water. And this despite the fact that the Finns pay for it not according to the counters, but on an average. So It's not about money, it's about respect for nature.



Separate waste collection is part of their environmental etiquette

To fill a whole bath, you have to use a lot water. In the shower, if you bathe quickly, you will need a small amount of it. As for the Finns, they do not stay in the shower for long, as they save water and own time. In addition, having visited the sauna before, it is enough for them just wash off the sweat. Some people in Finland don't even use detergents, as they believe that steam itself cleans well skin.

Baths in the pasture

Many baths have moved from the houses to the pasture. Inhabitants villages, as well as urban ones, prefer to use for swimming saunas, so the baths there are used as drinking bowls for animals. The volume of the bath is large, which means you can add water to it less often. Yes and Finns believe that things should be given a second life, not thrown away.





Baths on the street and pastures will not surprise the Russian tourist

Significance of sauna in Finland

For Finns, an invitation to the sauna is very honorable to respond to refuse an offer, you need to have very good reasons. More in the sauna has its own rules: there should be silence in the steam room, not even music recommended to enable. All due to the fact that in the sauna a person is not cleansed only in body, but also in spirit.

Finns love the sauna. Many people even have it in their apartment. If the area of ​​housing does not allow it to be placed, you can go to the public. Such a sauna is available in almost all apartment buildings. The cost of it about 10 euros per month for a family, which is quite a bit for Finns. The visit time is booked and remains with the apartment.



The Finns love the sauna so much that they even built it on the Ferris wheel in Helsinki.

Also throughout the country there are a large number of ordinary and not very public saunas where Finns gather in company. steam rooms eat even in catering outlets, for example, in Burger King, and offices. There are also quite exotic places for saunas: on the Ferris wheel and in lift cabin.