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The air is stuffy and hot as we slip through the door of this hut, a rush of chatter greeting us as we take our seats along a long wooden bench, not far from Silverstrand Beach, in Galway. We aren’t ...

The two-day event will bring wood-fired saunas, ice baths, live music, and Nordic cuisine to the city’s waterfront.

In Finland, saunas have long been a way of life. But getting hot and sweaty is growing in popularity elsewhere.