And Finally...

1078 readers

142 users here now

A place for odd or quirky world news stories.

Elsewhere in the Fediverse:

Rules:

Be excellent to each other
The Internet will resurface old "And finally..." material. Just mark it [VINTAGE]

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Emperor@feddit.uk

Tesla plunged into Norway fjord before ‘screaming’ occupants rescued by passing floating sauna (nypost.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/7453520

“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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

They are theoretically simple, like a floating pier on pontoons with a small sauna on top. I'm told by someone who builds them it is a little tricky to get them stable if you also want to have a palju (kind of wood fired large bath tub) on top.

Great fun for a summer day. Common in Finland and I guess also Norway.