I first heard about Sauna Theatre during a sauna session I went to a week ago. Someone mentioned that this year’s Edinburgh Fringe was getting a Sauna Theatre and, as soon as I got home, I looked it up. The…
Marc is the architect and massage therapist behind Nordic Glow, a sauna he opened in Ollaberry, Shetland, nine weeks ago. He already has regulars who’ve been every weekend since the doors opened, and visitors from Canada, Portugal, France, Belgium and…
We were staying in Aberdeen for a week while my fiance did a work course nearby. I was working from the hotel during the day, so I booked us a private sauna session at Driftwood in Stonehaven for one evening,…
If you’ve booked your first outdoor sauna session, chances are there’s a cold plunge involved. A loch, the sea, a ceramic bath or a plunge pod. And if you’re anything like me, that’s probably the part you’re most nervous about.…
I spent a day at the UK Aufguss Championships at Galgorm Resort in Belfast in April — seven Aufguss sessions, a rave sauna, and sixty people singing along to Michael Jackson in intense heat. I came back knowing far more…
We arrived at Wild Ember Bothy in Kenmore and parked at the Scottish Crannog Centre to find a Roman re-enactment group had set up camp beside the loch. Full costumes, tents, the lot. Not what we were expecting on the…
Some outdoor saunas stand out because of their social atmosphere. Others because of their setting. Wilderness Sauna Glencoe delivers both — one of the best views I’ve ever had from a sauna, paired with something much harder to find: complete…
I’d first come across The People’s Sauna at Kinghorn Loch in a local newspaper, which highlighted its pay-what-you-can approach. It stood out as something different — I wanted to try it not just for the experience, but because I liked…
It was a calm morning, the tide out and the tidal pool much bigger than I’d imagined. The coastline was rugged, seabirds overhead, the air fresh and still. Why I wanted to visit Cellardyke tidal pool sauna A friend told…
I took a day trip from Edinburgh to Belfast on my own — a flight, a taxi, and a day at the UK Aufguss Championships 2026 at Galgorm Resort’s Thermal Village. I had no idea what I was walking into.…