And so, even with centuries of history behind them, these rooms can inspire sweatier palms than foreheads. Luckily, editors Scott and Rebecca are here to help. According to Scott, many guys try and prove their toughness by staying in as long as possible or trying to outlast their friends in the sauna.

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We have just returned from a great weekend in Amsterdam, before our trip I came across the website for Sauna Deco and as it was only ten minutes from our Hotel I decided it would be a nice place to visit. When I mentioned it to my wife I thought that she would be against the idea, especially as she would have to sauna in the nude - apparently these are the only rules! I was very surprised however that after a little persuasion she agreed to go. We attended Sauna Deco on a Friday evening, on entering we were given keys to our lockers which was in a mixed changing room. There were three or four men in various states of underess - some completely nude.
What if you’re new to this?
Or that spas in Austria are pretty much all whip-all-your-clothes-off naturist spas. The spa had mixed sex nudist saunas and as people went between them and the different steam rooms there was a lot of naked flesh around. I only saw two people wearing costumes and they actually stood out as a bit of an oddity.
My German partner at the time first introduced me to the naked German sauna, when I was visiting him from Canada. You can read all about that terrifying experience here. I swore it would be my last visit to a German sauna. And it was. For a couple of years at least. When we were invited on a skiing trip that would inevitably involve seeing 15 of his male friends and their wives naked, I bailed.