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# Sweat Box
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/sweat-box/
- Published: 2015-07-15T09:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-14T11:04:42.000Z
- Description: Salt is the world's largest sauna
- Author: Maks Fus Mickiewicz
- Tags: Seeds, Travel, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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**Salt is a cultural project that brings people together in the Norwegian Arctic Circle**  
  
On a remote island beach in the Norwegian Arctic Circle lies [Salt](http://www.salted.no/?ref=protein.xyz), a unique cultural project which encompasses art installations, a performance auditorium, and the largest sauna in the world. Located on the island of Sandhornøya, Salt aims to bring people together with a sparsely populated, yet beautiful area.   
  
“There’s not much interest in this area because there are so few people here,” explains co-founder Helga-Marie Nordby. “With myself and my partner’s previous experience with festivals we wanted to create a place to meet and experience nature, with a focus on the history, presence and future of the Arctic. It’s about being outdoors, and most of all it’s just a place to walk around and experience the landscape”  
  
Salt, which opened to the public last year, brings to the landscape a series of site-specific art installations such as a black and white film from artist Yang Fudong, and a newly opened sauna – the largest in the world – which features a full length glass front looking over the sea, live concerts, readings and an ambient soundtrack by artist Biosphere. As a traditional ritual the founders felt it would be a necessary part of the project, and based the design on traditional Norwegian fish racks. “The first place we worked on the idea of Salt was in a sauna. It’s a special experience, being there, sweating, sitting without shirts together. It’s an intimate place and we like to experiment with that.”   
  
The project ties in with our [Travel Report](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2014/10/protein-journal-14-the-travel-report-sneak-peek?ref=protein.xyz) findings, where we saw how people are seeking more unique experiences over package holidays, with transparent sleeping capsules above the [Sacred Valley](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2015/07/sleep-in-a-capsule-above-the-sacred-valley?ref=protein.xyz) and services such as [Whimsy](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2015/01/whimsy?ref=protein.xyz) helping those seeking more adventurous travel.   
  
*Photography by Martin Losvik and Gunnar Holmstad*

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