Below the busy streets of Byron.
A well-kept local secret: how the first Navia took shape underneath the town that never slows down.
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The NaviaJournal
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Places
4 essays
The rooms themselves: how Byron took shape below the street, and what's rising in Prahran.
Navia Prahran is coming.
A second Navia is being built in Prahran, larger and more layered, opening Winter 2026. Here's what's taking shape.
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Building Navia: from Scandinavia to below Jonson Street.
The long build of the first Navia, from an Arctic plunge in early 2024 to the doors opening below Byron in April 2025.
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Navia's origin: saunas around Scandinavia.
People ask where the idea for Navia came from. There was no lightbulb moment; it crept up on us somewhere between Copenhagen, Bergen, Stockholm and Helsinki.
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