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Saunas and starlight in rural Latvia

Pirts, as Latvia’s own bathing tradition is known, is highly ritualistic and occasionally downright arduous, with herbal “whisks”, smoke cleanses, bitter wormwood teas, sticky honey masks and bracing cold plunges to finish things off. A picturesque place to dive in is Sigulda, an hour or so north-east of…