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Social and mixed gender nudity with adults and children of the same family is common in the conventional sauna.

Sometimes the sauna is considered not only a sex-free, but also almost a gender-free zone.

In the dry sauna and on chairs one sometimes sits on a towel for perceived hygiene and comfort, even though wood that hot is naturally hygienic ; in the steam bath the towel is left outside.

Some hotel sauna facilities and especially cruise ships and / or ferries have an area where refreshments ( often alcoholic ) are served in conjunction with the sauna / pool area ; draping a towel around the waist is generally required in that part of such facilities.

In case of temperatures of 90 ° C or higher, towels or special wooden or plywood seats are used to sit on, as wooden bench feels too hot to sit comfortably directly on it.