• @tamal3@lemmy.world
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    411 months ago

    I’ve never been in a sauna. What do you mean by no sweat on wood? Isn’t the entire experience sweaty?

    • @DrM@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      I don’t know how it’s outside of Germany, but at least in Germany in every public sauna there are signs saying “No sweat on wood!” (or in German: “Kein Schweiß aufs Holz!”)

      What this should mean is that too keep the wood from getting too much salt exposure, you should always sit or lay on a big towel which prevents your body from touching the wood.

      Of course the experience is extremely sweaty, thats the reason to go there, so you’re correct on that part :)

    • @ebikefolder@feddit.de
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      511 months ago

      It is. That’s why you should sit on a towel, instead of directly on the bench, with your nekkid sweaty butt.