This sandy beach along Lake Vättern at Motala is 5 km long (i.e. over 3 English miles), which makes it the longest inland lake beach in Sweden. We just made a short stop here to have a look (because I wanted to see it); on our way to other destinations. This was around 11 a.m. on a Saturday morning, and although sunny, not exactly warm. My guess is that if the weather kept sunny, there were probably more people in the afternoon.
There are also many summer cottages in the neighbourhood. My camera eye was drawn to this little red one because of its “polkagris”-striped fence. (polkagris = traditional Swedish red/white striped peppermint rock candy)
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Something very nice about lake beaches. I suppose the sea is usually less rough than by the sea. I love the brightly painted little house, and I've had cinnamon flavoured rock in those colours.
Pretty little cottage, looks like the kind of place you'd like to rent for a vacation.
Almost deserted, but not quite. Are there shells, or is that only for the ocean? The little cottage is adorable! I love the roof, too.
It looks like a really big lake, more like the Sea! An (almost) empty beach is something special, isn't it, and I don't mind the weather, it is always attractive.
The cottage is very pretty, could be directly out of a children's book.
Jenny, there are other advantages to lake beaches - like not having to worry about stinging jellyfish...
Janet, a red wooden cottage is associated with idyllic Swedish summer by most people in this country (as well as foreign tourists)
Ginny, we did not go down onto the sandy beach to look for shells but there are several kinds of freshwater mussels in Sweden.
Lake Vättern is the 2nd largest lake in Sweden, Meike - and the 6th largest in Europe. The tour around it is ~ 300 km.
What a lovely beach!
That is a beautiful sandy beach, and what a cool little red & white cottage!
I love the beautiful, rich colours of the first photograph in particular. The little summer cottage reminds me of some of the more traditional baches in New Zealand.
I remember that word (bach) from your NZ blogs, Graham.
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