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Take a long look outside your window, then ask yourself: What could possibly be worth leaving my apartment for? Answer: a hot, steamy sanctuary where the jacuzzis are hot, the food is delicious, and the only freezing cold can be found inside an ice sauna. Here, we've rounded up 11 of the city's best spas where New Yorkers can take a mini-vacay to the baths and saunas of Korea, Turkey, Russia, or Sweden—all without leaving the five boroughs. —Additional reporting by Naomi Collett Ritz
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