The must be a few sauna users here. Not interested in how our scandinavian friends use them, just what's correct in UK. Myself I use a wrapped towel although been thinking about bearing all in order to clear my skin further. the person who went in after me changed into swim shorts 🙄 Whats current sauna etiquette?
Shorts, you can relax then. dont have to adjust etc especially if its a mixed sauna.
No willy-waving.
Shorts in a mixed sauna sounds right - but in a single-sex sauna? - sounds a bit OTT.
[i]Myself I use a wrapped towel although been thinking about bearing all in order to clear my skin further.[/i]
So, you have some kind of nasty skin complaint down below?? 😯
Should you really be using a public sauna?? 😯
😉
do not knock one out or drool if it is a mixed saunaor you are gay,do not fart,do not shave
falkirk_mark - Member
do not knock one out or drool if it is a mixed saunaor you are gay,do not fart,do not shave [i]
GENIUS!
The sauna I use occasionally is quite a small room, so you can be sitting/lying quite close to someone else. There are mixed sessions, an male and female/only times (when I go, it's always bloody men only). The idea of sitting there, with someone else's unfettered cobbly bobblers only inches away, is really rather repugnant. Anyway, the rules are shorts/trunks, swimsuits and bikinis. I used a sauna whilst on holiday in Norway, once. It was 'mixed', yet these two old blokes were sitting there bollock naked. Nasty. Different culture, I spose.
Been using my public sauna on and off for over 10 years now, i sure have seen some sites!
I always sit or lay on a towel, if i want to splash water on the coals and there's other people in there, i'll ask them if it's ok.
I've always worn shorts, but towels are ok, i just think they're a bit of a faff.
apparently this season one shouldn't be seen in a sauna unless one is wearing a hat, slippers, shorts/bikini & beating oneself with a big bush (Oo'er) 😳
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Are speedos allowed?
crispy bacon 😆
i'd rather go naked than speedos
So it's decided i can't go naked. One day i'll have my own sauna. . .
How about a "Borat" cossie?
A Mankini?
Unsavoury.
like this . . . close your eyes now
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Is that ton??
Remove that please. Now. No need for that.
MODS!
Take him away...
(Takes out brain. Scrubs it, soaks it in bleach. Puts back. Realises horrible image is still there. Scarred for life)
No, seriously, come on. If you act now, you can remove it. Come on, don't be nasty.
That's me in my new bib tights, how did you get that photo?!
And thats merely from page 1 google image search . . . . [url= http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=mankini&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi ]anyone dare search further[/url]
One day i'll have my own sauna. . .
I built a sauna - it's dead easy 🙂
Why is that pic still there? Come on tails, don't be out of order.
We were "introduced" to Finnish sauna etiquette 10 years ago on a holiday there, one member of our group delicately asked what the required clothing was for a sauna. The woman looked at him, astonished that anyone should ask such a simple question and then replied "You are naked! Of course!"
So we were. At first we drew the line at mixed saunas but in the end no-one cared. The Finns were genuinely surprised that we jumped through the hole in the ice into the river though, they said that Brit tourists had never done that before so they were very proud of us and our hosts brought us a few bottles of Finnish vodka to celebrate.
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ooohhhh!! i missed the edit window i blame rudeboy 😉
i can kinda see why people jump through the ice after sauna, although i'd jump straight back in sauna afterwards.
LOL STILL LOL...You must have some balls to ask about sauna etiquette and as for your skin complaint..do you discus it whilst in the sauna. LOL
DO NOT WEE ON THE COALS....EVER.
😯 no, you never pissed on the coals ton??
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Think i found out what happens if you look on the next page.
no, you never pissed on the coals ton??
no, someone did at the rugby club.
it was bad.
Oh Lordy!
MODS!
Two for the Ban Bus, here...
thats horrific, perfect sauna attire.
OH NO!!!!! MY EYES!!!!! 😯
I won't post the pic as rudeboy is a little squeemish, but i suggest you take a look. most amusing.
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Brits are far too uptight about these things. I've been to plenty of saunas in Austria (great after a day boarding). Naked and mixed is the norm, including sitting in the jacuzzis together. Sat in there with my mates and my wife. No issues.
In fact the only uncomfortable moment was sharing a jacuzzi with a German mum, dad and their very attractive teenage daughter! 😯
Of course I believe in UK saunas the normal etiquette is to get rigorously bummed by a homosexual gentleman.
If that's tails' reaction, I'm NOT clicking on it!
GrahamS; maybe, maybe, but I really don't feel all that comfortable with being too close to other men in a confined space, speshly if they were naked! Call me a prude, but I'm not comfortable with that.
Stayed in a place in Oslo once; a female friend from uni. She and her sister were hanging around in skimpies, and I had the surprise of her dad's gelf wandering around in just her knickers. Now, we're talking about 3 very fit Scandinavian ladies...
S'just not BRITISH, is it??!! 🙂
Pics?
pic here for you zokes
[url= ]scandinavian in undies[/url]
Pics? None for you... 😉
Actually, this lass was into tography, and she'd shown me some really good B+W nude pics, of a beautiful girl. It was only when she introduced me to her sister, and said 'you've seen photos of her', did it dawn on me! It literally was, 'I didn't recognise you with your clothes on'!
Mind, I tell you what; I can understand the Scandinavians being ok about getting naked; they generally tend to look a darn sight better than what you see on an average UK beach...
Got you RudeBoy, not secure enough in your sexuality to trust yourself around naked men. Fairy nuff! 😈
LOL!
Certainly not if they're anything like Hora!! 😯
Brits are far too uptight about these things. I've been to plenty of saunas in Austria (great after a day boarding).
Me too and often in Austria there is a sign at the door which takes away any doubt ie. Swimwear Forbidden. The embarrassment occurs when the occassional Brit appears in trunks which makes [b]them[/b] look like a perv 😳