Lakes

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, set in eastern Denmark on the island of Zealand, facing the Øresund strait toward Sweden.

Stockholm County · Sweden

Mälaren empties through central Stockholm, and the freshwater side gives the city lake swimming at Långholmen and boat runs to Drottningholm.

Norrbotten County · Sweden

Torneträsk, a vast mountain lake in Kiruna Municipality, runs west past Abisko, ice-bound deep into spring beneath the Lapporten gap.

Västmanland County · Sweden

Västerås fronts a broad reach of Mälaren with one of the lake's largest guest harbours, and ferries thread the Ridö archipelago offshore.

Västerbotten County · Sweden

Nydalasjön sits on Umeå's edge with town beaches and a lakeside trail, a long water that doubles as the city's summer gathering place.

Jönköping County · Sweden

Jönköping wraps the southern tip of Vättern, the clear cold lake whose town beach and pier walks set the city's whole orientation.

Östergötland County · Sweden

Lake Roxen spreads just north of Linköping, where the Göta canal's seven-lock staircase at Berg steps boats down to the water.

Örebro County · Sweden

Örebro sits where the Svartån runs out toward Hjälmaren, Sweden's fourth-largest lake, with birding towers in the reedy Oset reserve.

Finnmark · Norway

Kirkenes is a border port in Sør-Varanger, near the Russian frontier in northern Norway.

Jämtland County · Sweden

Östersund faces Storsjön, Sweden's fifth-largest lake, with Frösön across the bridge and a resident monster legend worked into the city's image.

Kronoberg County · Sweden

Växjö's name speaks of a road across the lake, and the town wraps Växjösjön and Trummen with a walk-round shoreline path linking both.

Västerbotten County · Sweden

Skellefteå's waters are river first — the Skellefte älv strings lake-like stillwaters above the town, with walking paths along the current.