This Ice Sauna Is Straight Out Of "Frozen"

Harsh winters demand a hot sauna... all within ice walls.Show more

Hey Elsa, this sauna was made for you!

We all know the concept of sauna understands temperatures so high that make your entire body burst out in tears of sweat. We also know the concept of ice reverses that entire drama, leaving you to feel tiny and shriveled with cold. Now, bring the two together and take your body by surprise.

We have heard of hotels made of ice, but how can an ice-block building survive the drama of sauna temperatures higher than 90 degrees Celsius (194 Fahrenheit)? Well, we can turn to the Finns and Russian and ask them what their secret is, because they are the ones who see nothing uncommon in this concept and who keep the best track record of building successful ice saunas, since the beginning of time.

The video shows just such a gem of hot and cold body-stunning experienceс. Hidden in Siberia, this ice palace offers its services during the long and hard winters, when the best way to kill some of the long winter days and build an elaborate ice sauna. This sauna is particularly beautiful because the only one-inch-thick ice blocks let you view the landscape outside:
Here is one proud Russian couple who shows us how to properly enjoy an ice sauna:

They first relax under immense heat, setting off their boy toxins, slapping their bodies with birch branches, then, they run into the cold winter air of -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit), only in their swimming suits and flip-flops, take an icy dip into a pool, actually, that pool is a cut into the 30 cm thick ice and then repeat the process, over, and over.

They just relax and let it go, just like Elsa.