The Tesla driver “accidentally hit the gas,” sending the car flying into the frigid waters off of Oslo earlier this week, witnesses told SWNS.

“I don’t think people could hold there more than five minutes in this water, especially with clothes on,” he added. It was very good luck this floating sauna was nearby.”

The sauna boat happened to drift by soon after the Tesla ended up in the water, Oslo police said.

Photos show people on the vessel with towels around their waists pulling the passengers out of the water.

“One of the guests came running and told me a car had landed in the water. I accelerated to full speed in the direction of the people,” the sauna boat’s skipper, Nicholay Nordahl, told Norwegian newspaper VG.

“With the help of two guests, we pulled them up. They were able to warm up in the sauna,” he added.

  • okamiueru@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1543·
    9 months ago

    To anyone wondering. Sauna boats are not common in Norway. It’s not “a thing”. Please don’t add it to the list of Scandinavian stereotypes 🙏

    • Ananääs@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      46·
      9 months ago

      Your friendly neighbour Finland here! We love them sauna boats! They are very much a thing here!

      • Fenrisulfir@lemmy.caEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        I would move to Finland in a heartbeat if you weren’t all psychotic.

        Also is a “friendly” Finn someone who makes eye contact as you pass them?

        • Ananääs@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          11·
          9 months ago

          Psychotic? Are you sure it’s not the Swedes you are talking about? An understandle mistake, I know I couldn’t make difference between Swedes and Norwegians!

          Eye contact? Thst too sounds like swedish shenanigans to me! A friendly Finn is one who moves far enough to the side when you pass, you know, to give space. Space is the second thing we love the most right after sauna boats! You know, the personal kind!

          • Fenrisulfir@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            I apologize if there was offense. I feel like psychopath was meant as a term of endearment for enduring the cold and the dark, plus the insanely hot saunas you’re capable of (I need a child’s sauna lol) and the ubiquitous rally driving abilities.

            The respect Finnish people and other Scandinavians offer in that regard is the polar opposite of American culture and can be viewed as cold by us. I’ve heard that the fake facades we put on are viewed as dishonest and rude by you and I tend to agree. It’s tiring.

            • Ananääs@sopuli.xyzEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              Thank you for the clarification, I shall consider us Psychopaths (Proudly, Adored) from now on :D /j nah but honestly speaking like half of us are depressed and the other half is just about to be. Straightforward here doesn’t mean saying what bothers you and we can be quite jealous people. Oh and shame is definitely our national feeling. I’d like to visit America one day and experience the vastness and see if people really are as confident and shamelessly proud as depicted!

    • Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      9 months ago

      Its true, only about 1 in 5 households own a sauna boat, the rest are govt-owned

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.socialEnglish
      23·
      9 months ago

      So you’re telling me people don’t drive their sauna boats to their job site in the forest where they rake the forest floor?

    • sab@kbin.social
      8·
      9 months ago

      Then again, anyone going to Oslo in winter should stop by the floating saunas (preferably Oslo Badstueforening)! I don’t see much point in travelling around in a sauna boat, but the floating saunas are among my favourite things about Oslo. :)

    • AntY@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      It’s really common here in Sweden. “Bastuflotte” we call them and there are a couple in every lake around where I live.