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[[File:Finnish Vasta (Vihta).jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''Vihta''' (Western Finland dialect) or '''vasta''' (Eastern Finland dialect) is an essential sauna culture thing. It is a bunch of birch branches tied together with a birch branch and it is used for whacking self and/or others with it. Believe it or not it actually makes the sauna even more soothing in the end-game.]] | [[File:Finnish Vasta (Vihta).jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''Vihta''' (Western Finland dialect) or '''vasta''' (Eastern Finland dialect) is an essential sauna culture thing. It is a bunch of birch branches tied together with a birch branch and it is used for whacking self and/or others with it. Believe it or not it actually makes the sauna even more soothing in the end-game.]] | ||
[[File:Cooling down near sauna.jpg|thumb|right|420px|The guy on the left has had it with the cold and heads back to the sauna with haste.]] | |||
[[File:Icehole.jpg|right|thumb|420px|[[w:Winter swimming|Winter swimming]] is a high speed way to cool off and it releases a variety of wonderful chemicals onto the blood stream. For an even more intense rush you of course go for fi."Kieritään lumessa!" == en."Lets roll in the snow!"]] | |||
* fi."'''Vihdo'''" == en."[you] whack with vihta" | * fi."'''Vihdo'''" == en."[you] whack with vihta" | ||
* fi."'''lujempaa'''" == en."harder" | * fi."'''lujempaa'''" == en."harder" | ||
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=== Getting out of the sauna === | === Getting out of the sauna === | ||
* fi."'''mennään'''" == en."lets go" | * fi."'''mennään'''" == en."lets go" | ||
* fi."'''uimaan'''" == en."to swimming" | * fi."'''uimaan'''" == en."to swimming" | ||
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'''June''' | '''June''' | ||
* [[w:Midsummer| | * [[w:Midsummer#Finland|Juhannus]] sauna with fresh vihta is enjoyed on the Friday closest to the summer [[w:solstice|solstice]] | ||
'''July''' | '''July''' |