Have you tried open-water swimming?

You can imagine that there are plenty of places to swim in and around Danderyd!
 
Here is a map and information from the council about the places to swim out from:
https://www.danderyd.se/uppleva-och-gora/idrott-motion-och-friluftsliv/friluftsliv-och-motion/badplatser/
 
You can check out the water quality here:
https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/fiske--fritid/badvatten/kommuner-och-badplatser/kommuner/badplatser-i-danderyds-kommun.html
 
A bit of Googling tells us that you should have a wetsuit to swim out in open water, which certainly sounds sensible this far north!

PHOTO: Jenny Thornberg

Local business update
 
Just up the road in Täby, you can buy the Orca brand of wetsuits from Venkanto and their website and webshop works in English: www.venkanto.com .  
 
Enebyberg-based Susanna and Peter Dörlich run Venkanto. They are agents for the New Zealand Orca brand across Scandinavia and the Balkans and, unsurprisingly, love open-water swimming themselves.    
 
Susanna explains:

“Swimming in open water is a little bit of an adventure, which we think many people would like.”

The company was lucky to have received their main shipment of wetsuits before boarders closed. Now they hope people will want to try swimming in our beautiful lakes and seas and even try events like Swim-Run.
 
If you have had a go or are a big fan of open-water swimming and want to share some photos with us, please send them over or share them to us on Facebook!