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This Airport Lounge Has a Stylish Sauna

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 10, 2018November 14, 2023 12 Comments

The sauna is a central part of Finnish culture. Fittingly, Finnair offers a sauna for guests of its business class lounge at Helsinki Airport.

Located between the business class and “Premium” lounges in the non-Schengen area, the sauna area contains a co-ed sauna with room for 4-5 people, a relaxation area, and four private shower suites.

a woman in a towel standing in a bathroom

a man and woman in a sauna

a man sitting in a chair reading a newspaper

photos courtesy of Finnair

All lounge users are granted access. If you’re not flying business class or lack oneworld status, you can purchase access for 48EUR. Purchased lounge access is only available between 7:30 am–3 pm or 7 pm–12 midnight. You are limited to three hours in the lounge when purchasing access.

Clothing optional? It is considered poor etiquette to wear clothing in a Finnish spa. If you’re shy, you can can cover up in a towel. But even that is optional. Always, however, put a towel underneath you so you do not sweat onto the wood.

How Could I Miss the Sauna in the Finnair Lounge?!

Earlier today, I published a review of the business class lounge. At the time of my visit, I was not even aware a sauna was available, let alone that I could have used it.

If you read my hotel reviews, you know I love saunas and would have loved to experience this one.

But at least it gives me (another) reason to fly Finnair again.

> Read More: Finnair Business Class Lounge Helsinki (HEL) Review

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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12 Comments

  1. Yt Reply
    January 10, 2018 at 6:51 pm

    Will you be wearing any clothing if u visit this sauna ?

    • Matthew Reply
      January 10, 2018 at 7:32 pm

      I don’t wear clothing in saunas.

      • Yt Reply
        January 11, 2018 at 12:59 pm

        Not even a towel?

        • Matthew Reply
          January 11, 2018 at 1:20 pm

          Under me, so I don’t drip sweat on the wood.

  2. Darrell Reply
    January 10, 2018 at 7:12 pm

    Thank for the article. I went to a sauna at an Austrian hotel with shorts on. After I told my German friend about it, she said that the other occupants were probably laughing at you.

  3. Rick Banzhoff Reply
    January 11, 2018 at 3:49 pm

    Count me in …

  4. Andy K Reply
    January 11, 2018 at 10:16 pm

    As they say in Germany, ,,kein Fleisch auf’m Holz!”

  5. Chris Reply
    January 17, 2018 at 7:29 am

    In Finland it’s ok to put Fleisch auf’m Holz. I have been to the lounge sauna a few times. In order to “respect different cultures” etc they recommend that you cover your sensitive parts using either a towel or swimwear, but I don’t think there are any strict rules. In any case, on most visits I have been alone in the sauna, so I have been naked.

    They used to have a spa, with a pool, in the lounge, but they closed it some years ago. I never had a chance to visit it, but it looked nice on pictures.

  6. Demetri Sampas Reply
    October 30, 2019 at 5:11 am

    Worth noting: the sauna is now for Emerald members only.

    • Matthew Reply
      October 30, 2019 at 10:25 am

      Yes, that is going to be a big problem when I visit in Feb…

    • Janessa Reply
      May 26, 2020 at 12:45 am

      So unfortunate. Are the saunas separated by gender? I mean would men and women be in the sauna nude together, or is that an option? I only go to nude saunas (the only way), thats not the problem. But usually the ones i go to are separated by gender

      • Matthew Reply
        May 26, 2020 at 1:40 am

        This article is a bit out-of-date now, since Finnair has opened its Platinum Wing with a new sauna. It remains co-ed with clothing optional.

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