Air Temp 7C (45F) | Water temp 7C (45F) | Grey with a few sun appearances | Water glassy and calm Today at the lake i went to a different dock that’s about 20 meters away from where I have been swimming. As I walked onto the dock, the giant swan that I’ve been seeing READ MORE
Tag: sweden
Apologies
I am in the process of moving this and other blogs and sites to a new host, and it appears I lost all my images!!! Please bear with me while I try to find them and add them back to the sight. In the meantime, here’s a photo from my swim in Stockholm today. Thanks.
Water Goddess Workshop
20 September from 14:00-16:00 at Konstepidemin Women who swim in Göteborg, Sweden, please join American author Erika Dillman for a unique creative workshop where we will dive into the myths of the past and create something entirely new: a modern feminist water deity born from women’s experiences swimming in open water. For centuries, men have READ MORE
Fresh Vatten
Wed August 13 2:20pm / Water Temp 20 C / Air Temp 80 F Today at the lake, I swam in the sea. This time I cycled to the pier in the middle so I could swim to either side and reach another pier. The beach was full of people but not packed. And not READ MORE
20 Minutes
Monday, August 11, 2025 / Water temp 20C / Air temp 19.5 C. / Overcast. Today at the lake, I swam in the sea. The fucking Baltic Sea. OMG, it made me so happy. It took me 30 minutes to get there on my bike, so I was tired when I arrived and kind of READ MORE
Back in the Water
August 9, 2025/Malmö, Sweden/Water Temp 70F (20C)/Air Temp 71F Today at the lake, I pedaled to the Baltic Sea for my first swim in months. It was a sunny day, but the breeze kept me cool as I navigated my way to Malmö’s Ribersborg Beach (Ribersborgsstranden). I still think it’s kinda thrilling to be so READ MORE
Sweden Highlights
Almost all of the best swims of my life happened in Sweden, lake of 100,000 lakes.
When You NEED a Swim
Does anyone else get ansty and start feeling like you’re in a funk if too many days go by between swims…..cause I really get desperate for the lake after a few days. This photo is in Solna, Stockholm. One of my favorite swim spots during my three months there. The water was clean and cool. READ MORE
Malmö Rocks
16 October 2023 Monday. Cold, windy, sunny. Today in Malmo, I rode my bike to the skateboard park, then I headed towards the beach. The first swimming place had a lovely wooden deck and little jetty/dock thingies you could walk out on, with ladders into the water. People were taking photos because nobody in their READ MORE