We started the SaunaTimes map in 2019 with about a dozen locations.
Then Covid hit. Nobody was traveling or visiting public sweat bathing facilities, yet we and we had a World Sauna Moment.
Now, Sauna Circuit is launching to help connect people and places in North America and beyond.
Since then, we’ve come out of our backyards. We have experienced rocket ship growth of places to go and enjoy wonderful good thermic bathing.
At SaunaTimes, we’ve been working for a couple years to not just help build the map of connectivity, but at the same time help build a more engaging service to help share the goodness and help promote sauna businesses.
Welcome to the circuit
Our first Sauna Circuit
September 1, 2025: Please vote below in comments section as to which Sauna Circuit you’d like to see first:
A. New England/Boston
B. Chicago
C. Portland, Oregon
D. San Francisco/Bay area
E. Mattoon, IL (home of the shower curtain fella in Planes, Trains & Automobiles).
The journey begins with the first step, and we never step in the same river twice. So, welcome about and see you out on the trail!~
21 thoughts on “Sauna Circuit helps connect people and places in North America and beyond!”
B
What a great idea!! C, please!
A
I vote for the Portland, OR circuit, as I live 3 hours away ☺️
Portland, OR please!
Minnesota or Wisconsin
How about Portland/Seattle???
C looks like a great place!
A!
A. We are ripe for sauna culture in Boston/NE. Beautiful NE coastline, lakes, or ponds for a cold plunge w/sauna – yes please! We need the sauna circuit to warm our cold NE friendliness 😊
Chicago!
Chicago please!
Absolutely B _ I have it ready to go, and will even host the innaugural! Insider info, history (over 120 years) special neighborhood resturants and ethnic food, and from what Glenn describes as a Blues Brothers Chicago Accent! I might even have access to the original Blues Mobile from the movie!
Definitely B (Chicago) I have a tour ready to go and will host the Innaugural! Rich ethnic Banya history (over 120 years, insider tips and information, secret neighborhood and ethnic food locations, numerous sauna locations urban, suburban, and lakefront on one of the best sauna lakes in the world. Perfect for a long weekend and add on Wisconsin and MN for a week long excursion!
A!
Would love to see a lower midwest circuit 🙂
C, PDX and Vancouver
C!!
D…. SF area please. And… MAGIC !!! I have been thinking of this as an idea for years. Excited to see where this goes. That’s always my first question when planning a trip…. are there any saunas or hot springs places??
A!
We’re Mainers who visit Chicago frequently. So, A then B.
B