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COMING SOON! A new private sauna & cold plunge experience in Port Moody. Say hello to Sauna Suomi. Advance reservations now available at saunasuomi.ca

01/28/2026

While we’ve been delayed a bit with the construction, we have been using the time to delve deeper into sauna and bathing culture.
Part of that was attending the fabulous West Coast Sauna Summit earlier this month, but there has also been a lot of reading and research on sauna.

We have stated to share some of what we’ve learned on our blog, and plan to continue to use that space as a place to spark conversation and curiosity.
We’d love if you’d check it out, and are happy to receive feedback and comments on it. Hopefully you find it to be interesting and informative, but there is a wide world of folks more expert than ourselves and we invite you to seek out their wisdom too.

Link is in our profile, or find it at saunasuomi.ca/blog

01/15/2026

We are taking the weekend off and are heading to the 2nd annual West Coast Sauna Summit tomorrow!

Last year’s event was an amazing weekend of learning, sharing and quality sauna time. We’ve been looking forward to returning to beautiful Loon Lake all year.

When we attended last year, we had just recently secured our space after almost a year of planning and searching, and we were certain we would be up and running within the next 6 months or so. But life throws you some curveballs, and we have learned a LOT over the past year about the logistics and challenges of building and opening a bricks & mortar business.

Honestly, it never occurred to us that we would NOT yet be fully open for business when the 2026 event came around, but here we are.
Close, but still a bit of distance to cover.

Still, we are ready to attend with our minds, ears and hearts open to our sauna community and hope that maybe we can share some of our challenges with others to help them on their journey.

We are firm believers that a rising tide lifts all boats, and sharing wisdom builds community.
We will see you in the sauna!
🩵saunasummit

12/17/2025

Important update for our Sauna Suomi fam!

Unfortunately, we’ve been informed last minute of some unexpected circumstances in completing our construction on schedule.

Because of this, we’ve made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend our advance reservations until we have more clarity on the progress of finishing our build from our contractors.

We promise that we are close to the finish line, but still have a few remaining hurdles to clear. We genuinely appreciate your support and encouragement as we work through these final steps.

Sauna Suomi Gift Cards are still available online if you are looking for a wonderful Christmas present for someone (or yourself. You deserve it!).

As soon as we have updates, we’ll share them with you via email and on our Instagram. Please reach out if you have any questions.

Until then, we wish you all a wonderful holiday season and can’t wait to reconnect with you in the new year!

Nähdään pian
- Tyler & Natalie, Sauna Suomi 🩵

12/13/2025

NORTHERN LIGHTS OVER THE COTTAGE
Artist: TIINA JATKOLA
Originally published: 2025

About the artwork:
Winner, My Finland Poster 2025

“In my poster I wanted to capture the northern lights above a small cottage in the middle of the woods. Northern lights are hard to see in the city, but in the quiet countryside you can enjoy their mesmerising dance. Even the rabbits wonder at them while they eat the frozen plants.”

This print is another piece of Finnish art that we selected to feature in Sauna Suomi. We loved that the Northern Lights are a phenomenon that can be seen in both Finland and here in British Columbia.
It’s truly nature showing off, and we are here for it. 🩵

11/25/2025

Finnish Word of the day: Sisu 🇫🇮

We thought this was a great word to share because it’s just so Finnish, and really captures a certain spirit of the people. Below are some exerts from Wikipedia, and we think it does a fairly effective job of conveying what sisu means as a word and an identity of a nation… but at the end of the day, sisu remains largely undefinable as a singular thing.

Sisu is a Finnish word variously translated as stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, and hardiness. It is held by Finns to express their national character.

Sisu is a term which dates back hundreds of years. It is described as being integral to understanding Finnish culture. It is a term for going beyond one’s mental or physical capacity, and is a central part of the country’s culture and collective discourse.

Sisu is a psychological potential that enables the individual to tap into strength beyond their pre-conceived resources. Wielding sisu in the face of adversity helps individuals push through what first seemed like the boundaries of their mental or physical capacities. Sisu provides the final empowering push when we would otherwise hesitate to act. Sisu can be conceptualized as taking action against the odds.

Sisu has been described as “the word that explains Finland”, and the Finns’ “favorite word”—“the most wonderful of all their words.”

11/21/2025

Advance reservations for January 14 through to February 28 are now open! 🎉🍾

We’re excited to let you all know that we are now accepting reservations for the new year on our website at saunasuomi.ca

Members of our email list received the heads up to book yesterday, and now we’re ready to share the news with the world.

Our pricing is a flat rate, and your booking is good for you (and 1 guest, if you’d like) and is all inclusive. Simply show up ready to relax.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, or check out our FAQ on our site.
We look forward to seeing you! 🩵

11/10/2025

We realize that many people may not be familiar with the origins of the name we chose; Sauna Suomi.
If you’re a hockey fan though, you’ve likely seen the word emblazoned across the Team Finland Hockey Jerseys.

When we sat down to work on our initial business idea, one of the key things we knew we wanted to offer was an authentic feeling Finnish sauna experience.
To us, this meant we wanted to focus on the fine details of the sauna to ensure the heat, the airflow, the aesthetics and the löyly were the best they could be.

It was important to us to pay homage to the centuries old traditions of sauna in Finland, in a modern way with a west coast touch. And it seemed fitting to give a nod to that with our name.

While only one of us has Finnish heritage, we both grew up with sauna in our homes and understand the role it can play in everyday wellness. Our dream is that Sauna Suomi feels like a little vacation to Finland when you visit us. 🇫🇮 ✈️

10/21/2025

Sauna Suomi Construction update:
We are still under construction.🦺

There was a lot of work to be done to take an empty cement room and transform it into our space. We haven’t had any major setbacks, which we are grateful for, but as anyone who has undertaken a major renovation project knows, the timeline reality doesn’t always match the optimistic starting point.

Every piece of this project is being custom built, and we want to make sure it’s perfect for when we open our doors to you all.

We are on track to be open in late 2025, and in full swing for the start of 2026.
In the meantime, please sign up for our email list on our website (link in bio) to be the first to hear the details of our official opening date, and for early booking access for reservations. 📧

09/07/2025

FINLAND: WINTER-SUMMER
Artist: ERKKI HÖLTTÄ
Originally published: 1948

Our vision is that we want to make you feel like you’ve gone on vacation to Finland when you step through the doors of Sauna Suomi. So it seemed a natural fit to incorporate a bit of a travel theme to the space.

This is one of the pieces of Finland that we’re looking forward to sharing with you. It’s a reproduction of a gorgeous vintage travel poster from 1948 and we think it really will help to set the mood of leaving real life behind for a couple hours and taking a mini-vacation at Sauna Suomi.

This is one of a few travel-themed pieces that we’ll have at Sauna Suomi and we look forward to you seeing them all when we open our doors. Because if you can’t hop on a plane to escape, at least you can sauna.

07/15/2025

We’ve been absolutely thrilled by the warm and welcoming reception from the Port Moody and Sauna community since we announced our plans a few months back.
Thank you all so much!

We know you’re just as excited as we are to experience Sauna Suomi, and we want to keep you in the loop. Our anticipated opening date is now set for fall of 2025.

Stay tuned for updates! We can’t wait to share loads of photos and videos as construction gets underway and our vision for Sauna Suomi comes to life!

For now, we’re holding off on opening our online booking calendar, but we encourage you to sign up for our mailing list and follow along here so you’ll be the first to know when we start accepting bookings.

We look forward to sharing the löyly with you here in beautiful Port Moody.

06/26/2025

With Sauna Suomi still working towards opening, we have been exploring some fabulous saunas locally whenever possible.
This past weekend was the Midsummer Festival at and one of the things we enjoyed most was seeing this historic savusauna, or smoke sauna.
It was too busy to get any great photos of the inside, but it’s a really fine example of a traditional savusauna with the kiuas covered in stones and the walls telling the tale of the years of use.
We enjoyed chatting with the gentleman from the local Finnish Heritage Society about it, he was a wonderful ambassador for the space.
We left wishing that this savusauna had been in use for us to enjoy! 💙

01/20/2025

The nights were as beautiful as the days at this past weekend.
The 7 saunas on site at .saunasummit kept us all hot and the lake and fire pits were there for the cool down.
What more could you ask for? 🫶

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3237 St Johns Street
Port Moody, BC
V3H2C9

Website

http://www.saunasumoni.ca/

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