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moving vihta pic down
(→‎In the sauna: + 'heitä')
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=== In the locker room ===
=== In the locker room ===
[[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.]]
 
In private saunas there are no lockers but in many except the most ad-hoc saunas offer a lockable locker. Key is attached to a rubber ring (at the swimming hall) that is to be worn around the ankle.
In private saunas there are no lockers but in many except the most ad-hoc saunas offer a lockable locker. Key is attached to a rubber ring (at the swimming hall) that is to be worn around the ankle.


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=== In the sauna ===
=== In the sauna ===
* fi."'''lisää'''" == en."more [of x]"
* fi."'''lisää'''" == en."more [of x]"
* fi."'''heitä'''" == en."[you] throw"
* fi."'''heitä'''" == en."[you] throw"
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::* -> fi."Heitä löylyä" == same thing
::* -> fi."Heitä löylyä" == same thing


[[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.]]
* 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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