About us
The Pispala sauna association wellcomes all sauna loving people to take a bath with us and enjoy their stay at Rajaportti. Furthermore, we hope that new generations yet to come will find their way to the public saunas and this way keep the genuine sauna culture forever alive!
History
The sauna block at Rajaportti in Pispala was built by Hermanni Lahtinen and his wife Maria in the beginning of the 20th century. The main building with a bakery and a shop was erected first, then followed by a smaller cottage, the sauna and a so called “taylor’s house”. Today, the Rajaportti block belongs to the city of Tampere. Since 1989 the Pispala sauna association has been responsible for activities at Rajaportti and for maintenance of the premises. Thanks to the energy of the association, the sauna at Rajaportti is the oldest public sauna in Finland still going strong! At the turn of the millenium, a Sauna café was included and premises for a masseur was provided.
Membership
The Pispala Sauna Association was established 1989 to cultivate and preserve traditional sauna culture in Pispala, an old working class neighborhood in Tampere. The Sauna Association runs the sauna and the sauna café and takes care of the buildings and the surroundings. In addition, the association organizes parties and events and participates in sauna-related research and publishing projects. The association co-operates with other Pispala cultural organizations as well as with all fellow societies promoting traditional sauna culture. In 2002, the Finnish Environment Institute granted an Environment Award to the Pispala Sauna Association on grounds of protecting valuable cultural environment, ecological efficiency, environmental education and promotion of local community cohesion. We highly appreciate!
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Find us
From Central square (Keskustori) to the west by the following blue Tampere city buses: 1, 13, 18, 26, 27, 29, 36, to Rajaportti, which is the 6th stop. Tampere Public Transport Timetables The Route Search of Tampere city 'Repa Reittiopas' helps you to find your way by bus. If you prefer to walk the way to the sauna, it takes you approximately half an hour from the Central square. A bike is a good means of transportation, too, as you get there in some ten minutes from the city centre.
