Rajaportin sauna

Last updated June 15, 2021

Rajaportin sauna is Finland's oldest working public sauna. The sauna was founded in 1906 in Pispala in Tampere.

Rajaportin Sauna is owned by Tampere city and run by the Pispalan saunayhdistys ry.

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