FT has learned that due to the energy crisis, Finns have become less likely to go to saunas

Helsinki authorities told the newspaper that electricity consumption in the city last November was 9% lower than last year, and if the situation “worsens, it may happen thatthat all saunas will be turned off"

Finland has a New Year's Eve sauna tradition for the whole family, but due to the energy crisis, few Finns have been able to detox this year, according to the Financial Times (FT).

As Helsinki's Deputy Mayor Annie Sinnemäki told the newspaper, despite the fact that many saunas are no longer heated by gas, "electricity is now much more expensive." "Some people were supposed to have a sauna session on Christmas Eve, but they wouldn't use it," he said.

The FT notes that due to the energy crisis, Christmas lights in the Finnish capital are switched on only for a limited time, and the temperature in municipal buildings has been reduced to 20 degrees, the minimum value for public places.

In addition, the authorities of the country allowed football fields not to be heated, and skating rinks to be used only in frosty weather. In public swimming pools, saunas are either completely disabled or used to a limited extent, the newspaper notes.

According to Sinnemäki, electricity consumption last November was 9% lower than last year, and if the situation "worsens, it could happen that all saunas will be turned off."

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