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The word sauna is Finnish word. It has been an essential part of Finnish way of life for at least a 2000 years. To day we have in Finland 2,3 million households 1,3 building for housing and about over 2 million saunas!  Originally sauna was a wooden house with a big stove that consisted of piles of natural stones. In Finnish nature granite bedrock is very visible and present all over the country, so it was not a big deal to collect a heap of stones. The stove had a fireplace in the bottom. The fireplace didn’t have any chimney, so all the smoke filled the room. AT the end of the room there was a small hatch, which was open during the burning of the wood, so the smoke went out through the hatch. When the sauna was warmed up, the hatch was closed. The whole interior was gradually covered with soot.  The construction changed during 17 century. A chimney was added to the sauna. Before the saunas were sensitive to fire, but the situation changed  after the chimney. The current sauna got its