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The Birch Tree Ceremony - "The Earth Remembers You"

The scent from birch leaves brings you back to the light summer's nights of a carefree childhood. Whisks, bunched twigs with leaves, work like giants soft hands to bring forth a person who is in no hurry. After this sauna experience you are grounded, in connection to your own roots and the wisdom of the trees and the earth. Your body remembers that you belong.

Open Sauna Ceremonies in the Turku region

Sauna ceremony by the Aura River 22 May

Welcome to a small riverside sauna in which President Kekkonen has bathed.

Liedon Vanhalinna is a historical place near Turku. Vanhalinna (eng. Old Castle) is located in the Aura river valley, by the Linnavuori hill. The most noticeable landmarks of the Vanhalinna estate are the ancient Linnavuori (eng. Castle Mountain) hill, an Iron Age gravesite, the Aura river valley with its traditional Finnish farm landscape, and the manor house estate and all its buildings.

The sauna ceremony is a multisensory experience that smells like the forest on a beautiful summer's day.

The soft whisks are from local forests. Birch and maple are used to apply a soft phytho-thermo massage and direct the löyly. Pine and juniper are used for scents.

The ritual includes:

Old rune songs and spoken spells
Gentle whisking with soft vihtas made from various trees
Natural scents and local herbs
A sauna treatment with herbs and salts

The sauna ceremony is open for four persons. The guided sauna ceremony takes 45 minutes and then you have another 45 minutes to enjoy the sauna, take a dip in the river or simply enjoy the view over the river while sipping on a mocktail.

Price: 45€ / persons

Choose your slot and book your seat in the webshop.

Group 1 at 15-16:30

Group 2 at 17-18:30

Group 3 at 18:45-20:15

Testimonial:
"The songs were wonderful, they created a timeless feeling and rooted me into something ancient. They felt significant."