--- title: World's Largest Sauna Opens In Norway description: It seats up to 150 people and serves drinks. canonical: https://time.com/3971487/worlds-largest-sauna-norway/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-24T18:04:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:34:17.087Z article:section: Business og:title: The World's Largest Sauna Has Opened In Norway, And It Is Stunning og:description: The World's Largest Sauna Has Opened In Norway, And It Is Stunning og:url: https://time.com/3971487/worlds-largest-sauna-norway/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8bf0f78a258ca8f/69885c61524fc012cddf3bb6/salt-c3a5pning-9359_martin-losvik-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Salt Sauna Norway og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The World's Largest Sauna Has Opened In Norway, And It Is Stunning twitter:description: The World's Largest Sauna Has Opened In Norway, And It Is Stunning twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8bf0f78a258ca8f/69885c61524fc012cddf3bb6/salt-c3a5pning-9359_martin-losvik-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The World's Largest Sauna Has Opened In Norway, And It Is Stunning by [Chris Matthews / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Chris Matthews / Fortune Jul 24, 2015 6:04 PM CUT  Salt Sauna, Bodø, Norway Salt Sauna, Bodø, NorwayPhotograph by Martin Losvik; Courtesy of salted.no by [Chris Matthews / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Chris Matthews / Fortune Jul 24, 2015 6:04 PM CUT Do you enjoy sweating and listening to ambient music, but find that it’s difficult to find space large enough for you and 100 of your closest associates to do these things together? Well, you’re in luck. That’s right, the world’s largest sauna just opened in Norway as part of the year-long SALT festival–a celebration of the architecture and culture of the Arctic. [According to ](http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2015/07/worlds-largest-sauna-salt-festival-norway "undefined")[_Architectural Digest_](http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2015/07/worlds-largest-sauna-salt-festival-norway "undefined")_,_ the sauna, also known as the agora, is a “a massive timber construction set on a beach overlooking the Arctic Ocean.” The sauna, “which seats up to 150 people, more closely resembles a set of bleachers or an amphitheater than the average boxy sauna,” according to the report. “In fact, when the space is not heated, it will be used as a lecture hall for festival events. And for those who need a respite from the heat, there’s actually a bar inside offering cool libations.” One-way flights from New York to Oslo [start at around $550](https://www.google.com/flights/#search;f=JFK,EWR,LGA;t=OSL;d=2015-08-09;r=2015-08-13;tt=o;q=new+york+to+oslo "undefined"). 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