What is the difference between a bathhouse and a sauna: historical features


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To choose the right place for recovery and relaxation, let’s understand the difference between a bathhouse and a sauna. And there are many similar differences. These include characteristics such as temperature, air humidity, steam quality, room design and the presence of a shower/pool. These factors influence not only the atmosphere in a Russian bath or Finnish sauna; the effect they have on the health of the human body also changes.

From this photograph you can determine what is shown here: a sauna or a bathhouse
From this photograph you can determine what is shown here: a sauna or bath Source marakesh58.ru

The main differences: humidity and air temperature

The most fundamental difference is the humidity of the steam: in the bath it is low temperature and humid, but in the sauna it is very hot and dry. The large amount of moisture-saturated steam in the air of a Russian bath is determined by some other features of these two rooms considered here. These include the design of the stoves and the method of heating the steam room.

It is worth noting that the low temperature of the bath (about 60°C) together with high humidity allows you to get several advantages at once:

  • the absence of scalding hot air, which irritates and dries out the mucous membranes;
  • the body in the bathhouse warms up much better, which promotes increased release of toxins and excellent normalization of the functioning of some internal organs;
  • maximum humidity prevents droplets of water and sweat from evaporating from the surface of the skin, which protects the steamer from dehydration, which is dangerous for the body;
  • The bathhouse is recommended for visiting by people with certain cardiovascular diseases and those who suffer from diseases of the upper respiratory tract (people of these categories are absolutely not allowed to go to the sauna).


Hot steamHot steam Source metropoles.com
For comparison: air humidity in a bathhouse is about 70% (from 50% to 90%), in a sauna it is about 20%; the temperature in the bathhouse is 60°C (on the top shelf it may be higher), in the sauna – 100°C and above. Thanks to such indicators, more natural and healthy conditions are observed in the bathhouse.

See also: Catalog of companies that specialize in the design, construction and arrangement of baths and saunas

Baths and sauna: differences

Very often, the Russian bathhouse and the Finnish sauna are called close relatives. All this is because the Finns, like the Russians, considered the bathhouse an ideal place not only to steam, relax, relieve stress, but also to give birth to children. Visiting such places allows you to cope with a large number of diseases. Over time, the Finns have modernized their steam rooms, and now they look completely different. Let's look at the differences between a bathhouse and a sauna:

  1. Temperature mode. This is the most important difference between a bathhouse and a sauna. For Finns, the temperature in the steam room can reach 140 degrees, but the moisture level will not be high at all. Humidity fluctuates between 5-15%. In the Russian steam room, on the contrary, the air is extremely humid and reaches approximately 70%, and the temperature reaches 90 degrees. The difference in modes is observed due to a special oven.
  2. Bake. The stove plays a special role in heating the room. In a sauna, no one will ever see a voluminous stove with a stone backfill. In the Finnish steam room, electric fireplaces are usually used, with the help of which the room warms up very quickly and the temperature is maintained constant. In a Russian bath, the stove plays an important role and is the main representative. It provides useful dry steam, retains heat for a long time, and also heats not only the steam room, but also the boiler with water. Such a stove is always heated only with natural wood.
  3. Construction Materials. A true Russian steam room is always made only from natural materials. Artificial materials are used in the production of saunas.
  4. Placement inside the steam room. Typically, a bathhouse consists of a common steam and soap section and a changing room. The sauna has three rooms: a dressing room, a separate steam room, and a soap room.
  5. Appearance. Unlike the Finnish steam room, the Slavic bathhouse never pursued decorations or chic decor. A trip to the bathhouse adds strength and gives peace. The Finnish sauna has a chic design: glass doors, luxurious lamps, massive loungers, amazing lighting.

It’s difficult to say which is better – a bathhouse or a sauna. Current Russian steam rooms have an improved appearance, and are absolutely in no way inferior to Finnish steam rooms. You should choose based on indications, contraindications, and tolerance to high temperatures.

Stones, steam and oven

When considering the problem “Sauna and bathhouse: what is the difference,” it is worth paying attention to the methods of heating and generating steam in these two rooms. Thus, a sauna requires the presence of an electric stove with stones placed on it, and in a bathhouse, in most cases, stones are placed inside and no electric heating elements are used, only natural aromatic firewood.

The stones in the steam room can be either open or closed. In the first case, it is very convenient to add water to them to add steam to the room. In the second case, that is, when the stones are closed behind closed oven doors, another advantage appears: the temperature of the hot stones is maintained for a longer period of time.

Stones in the bath
Stones in the bath Source yandex.net

Design differences

In the vast majority of cases, a Russian bathhouse is a free-standing wooden building (it is best to build it from coniferous wood), which has two rooms: a steam room or steam room itself and a dressing room, which serves as a locker room, a relaxation room and a hallway. The main part of the furnace is also located in this auxiliary room.

Steam room in the bath
Steam room in the bath Source stroy-podskazka.ru

A sauna necessarily contains a swimming pool in its design, the function of which in the case of a bathhouse is replaced by a natural (or, in extreme cases, artificial) reservoir located in close proximity to the log house. Also in the sauna, in addition to the sweat room (analogous to a steam room), the changing room (analogous to a dressing room), there is a soap compartment.

How is the Russian bath useful and how to use it correctly?

In a Russian steam bath, the air temperature in the steam room fluctuates between 45 and 60 degrees, and the relative humidity reaches 80-100 percent.

Under the influence of bath procedures, resistance to various colds increases and the body hardens. Activation of the sweat and sebaceous glands helps remove harmful metabolic products (toxins) from our body and perfectly cleanses the skin. Increasing the activity of the heart and lungs while visiting the bathhouse has a training effect on these organs and develops such a valuable physical quality as endurance. Staying in a steam room helps to effectively relax muscles and restore performance.

A few tips for beginner vapers. Before visiting the steam room, do not wet your hair. Dry hair protects the head from overheating and improves the feeling of high temperature. Some people who like to steam put on a woolen or felt cap and wet it with cold water from time to time. And they do it right. It is not allowed to enter the steam room while lathered, much less wash there with soap.

Did you take a birch broom with you? Birch leaves fill the steam room with a pleasant aroma, and “treating” the body with a broom has a beneficial massaging effect and enhances the effect of hot steam. You can also find a birch broom in the store. Nowadays, birch brooms are mass produced in vacuum packages.

Some people ask: is it wise to take a cold shower or douse yourself with cold water after a steam room? This is an effective means of hardening. However, as in any other type of hardening, the principle of gradualness is important. First, limit yourself to a shower at room temperature, then cool. In the future, the water temperature can be gradually lowered, but this is not at all necessary. Cool water is quite contrasting with the temperature of the steam room and also gives a hardening effect.

Those who want to lose excess weight should not douse themselves with cold water, or drink it immediately after the steam room. When cold water gets on the skin or into the esophagus, sweating, which could continue intensely for some time, reflexively stops. Obese people usually feel the urge to eat and drink to their heart's content after a bath. We must overcome this desire. You can quench your thirst by rinsing your mouth with cool water, and you should drink little by little in small sips.

The well-known expression “there is never too much of a good thing” is not true in relation to the bathhouse. Therefore, it is not recommended to steam more than once or twice a week, even for avid lovers of this activity. Elderly people should be especially careful - they are not recommended to stay in the steam room for more than 10 minutes. Pregnant women and small children should not visit the steam room. The procedure is contraindicated for a number of diseases and even for mild ailments accompanied by a slight increase in body temperature. You should not go to the bathhouse after a heavy meal, and especially on an empty stomach.

Take a steam bath and a healthy body and youth are guaranteed to you! Good health to you!

Tags: healthy lifestyle, steam room, bathhouse, Russian bathhouse

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