28/10/2026
WE LOVE SAUNA
Here’s a guide to some of our favorites.
Up here, ”bada bastu” (having a sauna) is simply part of life. A place to slow down, warm up and spend time together — often followed by cold water, snow or fresh northern air.
Sauna is also part of many of our Guestly homes, so our guests can enjoy the tradition without even leaving home. At present we have 18 villas with private saunas and 49 homes with shared saunas.
Arctic Bath · Harads
A floating circular spa on the Lule River, surrounded by water in summer and ice in winter, with sauna and cold bathing at the heart of the experience.
Kukkolaforsen · Haparanda
One of the true homes of northern sauna culture, with everything from traditional wood-fired saunas to smoke saunas — and the Torne River waiting outside.
Solar Egg · Kiruna
Part sauna, part artwork. A golden mirrored egg in the Arctic landscape, with a wood-fired stove shaped like a human heart.
Aurora Safari Camp · Gunnarsbyn .safaris
A wood-fired sauna floating on Lake Degerselet. On the water in summer. Frozen into the lake in winter.
Sörbyn Lodge · Gunnarsbyn
A wood-fired sauna looking out across forest and lake. Swim in Vitträsket in summer, or cool down through an ice hole in winter.
Lapland View Lodge · Luppioberget
A sauna high above the Torne Valley, with wide views across the river, forests and landscape stretching towards Finland.
Cape East · Haparanda /
Home to what Cape East describes as the world’s largest sauna. The multi-level sauna rises through ten levels, getting hotter the higher you go, reaching close to 100°C at the top.
Sauna Raft · Gunnarsbyn
Simple in the best possible way. A wood-fired sauna floating on the water. Heat, a plunge straight into the lake, then back into the warmth.
KUST Hotel & Spa · Piteå
Dry sauna, steam, aroma sauna and outdoor pools, with views across the river and the forests surrounding Piteå.