{"id":4693,"date":"2023-12-08T06:51:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T04:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visittampere.fi\/uncategorized\/is-there-a-hole-in-the-ice-jump-in\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T11:35:44","slug":"is-there-a-hole-in-the-ice-jump-in","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/visittampere.fi\/en\/articles\/is-there-a-hole-in-the-ice-jump-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a hole in the ice? Jump in!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mid-winter. The cold air embraces you and it feels like you don\u2019t have any clothes on. Wait a minute \u2013 you DON\u2019T have any clothes on, and you\u2019re standing at the edge of a big hole in the ice, on the shore of a frozen lake. Have you gone mad?!<\/span><\/p>\n

Some might call you mad, but maybe you\u2019ve just heard about all the health supporting factors of the Finnish tradition of avantouinti \u2013 taking a dip in a frozen lake. It enhances the blood circulation, lowers blood pressure, is the ultimate tool against cellular ageing and loss of skin elasticity \u2013 it is like a hormone jab, eliminating stress and leaving you feeling extremely fresh in spirit and body.<\/span><\/p>\n

Usually Finns go to the sauna first, then step out and let the body acclimatise a bit, standing in the fresh (cold) air before venturing further towards the below 0\u00b0C water. A quick dip in, head under water, then back up from the water and calmly towards the heat of the sauna again. I know you want to run and by now you might be yelping as you go, but mind the slippery ice and snow! If you\u2019ve been in Finland long enough to go a bit bonkers, you can even try the traditional making a snow angel in the nude, and roll around in the snow before or after the dipping, if there is snow to roll in. And then, back in the sauna, you will enjoy the tingling sensation on your skin when it slowly starts to warm up again.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are several places in Tampere to try the hole in the ice, combined with a sauna or without, as some Finns prefer (some really do). The\u00a0newest addition to the sauna selection, the Sauna & Restaurant Kuuma<\/strong><\/a> right in the city centre, offers a chance to dip into the lake in the winter as well as summer. Other winter swimming places with a sauna and not too far from the city centre are\u00a0Rauhaniemi<\/strong><\/a> and Kaupinoja<\/strong><\/a>, and without the possibility to use a sauna there\u2019s M\u00e4ltinranta<\/strong>. A bit further from the city centre, you can find Suomensaari<\/strong> sauna, Kaukaj\u00e4rvi<\/strong> sauna, Suolij\u00e4rvi<\/strong><\/a> sauna and Tohloppi<\/strong> barrel sauna with a winter swimming possibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the daring extreme experience it is essential to wrap up warm \u2013 it\u2019s not the freezing water that might give you a cold, but the lack of warm clothes afterwards!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1571,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,1009,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4693","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ice-swimming","category-sauna-experience","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIs there a hole in the ice? Jump in! – Winter swimming places – Visit Tampere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Swimming in the ice might sound crazy, but we love it! 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