Most people visit Finland for a few days.

They see Helsinki, buy a souvenir, maybe find a sauna somewhere, and fly home.

We're going a little further.

Not to luxury resorts. Not to wellness centres.

We're heading to the places where Finns actually spend their weekends.

Where the fire is lit before dinner.

Where the sea is cold, even in summer.

Where conversations happen without phones on the table.

And where nobody thinks it's strange to disappear into a sauna three times a day.

This isn't about escaping your life.

It's about stepping into someone else's for a weekend.

Our first stop is Sompasauna.

No reception.

No staff.

No entrance fee.

Just three wood fired saunas, a pile of chopped logs and people quietly looking after a place that belongs to everyone and no one at the same time.

You'll sweat.

You'll cool off in the Baltic Sea.

You'll probably wonder why we don't live like this more often.

From there we drive to Taalintehdas, on Kemiönsaari.

An old ironworks village surrounded by forests and sea.

We'll stay on a small farm with its own shoreline.

Nothing fancy.

Exactly as it should be.

That evening we'll light a fire on the beach, warm up the trailer sauna, roast Finnish sausages and let Finland do what it does best.

Slow everything down.

The next day takes us to Purunpää.

Granite shaped by ice.

Wind twisted pine trees.

The smell of resin.

The sound of waves hitting the rocks.

We'll walk.

We'll stop often.

We'll talk about the plants growing around us and collect a few that will find their way into the evening's sauna ceremony.

No hurry.

There's nowhere else we're supposed to be.

By evening the sauna is hot.

The wood has burned down to glowing embers.

Together, Xavier and Johannes guide a sauna and plant based ceremony inspired by Finnish traditions, nature and ritual.

No spectacle.

No pretending.

Just heat, cold, plants, breath and the kind of silence that's becoming increasingly rare.

On Sunday we'll share breakfast, enjoy one final sauna and make our way back to Helsinki.

Three days isn't enough to understand Finland.

But it's enough to understand why so many people keep coming back.

If this sounds like your kind of weekend...

Come with us.

We'll introduce you to a side of Finland that most visitors never get to see.