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Wild Swimming in Sweden's Hidden Lakes

Sweden

2 nights

Moderate

Hike to remote wild swim spots, wild camp by a secluded lake and enjoy a long-standing tradition in Scandinavia, a wood-fired sauna

What's Included?

Small Like-minded Groups

Solo-friendly by design, join our small n’ sociable groups of up to 14 like-minded, active and outdoorsy people

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excluding flights

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excluding flights

What's it like?

Trek through the Taiga ecosystem between swims and keep watch for moose, beavers, wolves and even lynx along the way

Swim in secret lakes and head out into star-lit waters while listening for the unmistakable howls of the grey wolf

Wild camp deep in pristine boreal forest and feast on foraged supper prepared over the campfire

Key Information

Day 1

Head into the wild

Hiking

1hr

Wild Swimming

1-2hrs

Meet your host at Köping station and head deep into pine forests of central Sweden. Explore your boreal wonderland and stretch your legs with a short hike to your first swimming location. Literally dive straight in and swim the crisp and pristine waters surrounded by the Taiga ecosystem. Then it's dinner round the campfire and a chat with your guide before hitting the hay under the stars.

Day 2

Hit the water

Hiking

2-3hrs

Wild Swimming

2-4hrs

Early start today for those who fancy a swim in a nearby lake before breakfast around the campfire. After breakfast you’ll head deeper into the wilds on a mission to locate more hidden lakes. Swim the refreshing waters of several different lakes before recovering with lunch and a wood-fired sauna on the shoreline. As dusk falls, and the forest comes alive, you'll set out on a swim under the stars while listening out for the unmistakable howls of the grey wolf. Hike back to camp under torchlight keeping your eyes akimbo for roe deer, beaver, wolves and even lynx, along the way.

Day 3

Final swim

Yoga

1hr

Wild Swimming

1hr

Wake up to a spot of forest yoga before trekking to your final secluded swim location. After your last wild swim return to camp and tuck into breakfast and a much-needed coffee. You’ll pack down and leave your wild location, ready for the drive back to Köping station in time for your train ride on to Stockholm.

The Area

Logistics

Starts

Köping Train Station

15:00 on Day 1

Ends

Köping Train Station

12:00 on Day 3

Transfers

Your host will meet you at Köping Train Station and transfer you to the start point of your wild adventure. On the final day, your host will take you back to Köping Train Station.

Travel options

You can fly to Stockholm Arlanda and get the train to Köping Station for the 15:00 pick-up. The train takes 1 hr 50 mins. If you're combining it with a visit to Stockholm, then take the Arlanda Express to the city, which takes 20 mins. The train from Stockholm Central to Köping Station then takes 1 hr 15 mins. You can check out train options here

There is time to catch a late evening flight home from Stockholm Arlanda any time from 18:00 onwards or depart the next day.

For those who wish to avoid flying, Stockholm Central Station is well connected with high-speed trains from London via Hamburg and Amsterdam. The journey will take an average of 26 hours and usually involve 3 changes.

Day 1

Wild camping · Twin tent

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Day 2

Wild camping · Twin tent

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Day 3

Departure day

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

What is the food like?

Cooking over open fire, Sweden. Photo: Svea Äventyr

Meals are an all hands on deck experience, from cooking to cleaning up. The meals will be prepared and cooked by the group over an open fire. The food on this trip is not only delicious but uses local and freshly foraged ingredients whenever possible. This includes eggs, root vegetables and local meats from nearby farms, and wild boar from a local hunter. You will also forage some of the ingredients yourself, including juniper, blueberries and chanterelles, all of which will find a creative place in a scrumptious dish.

Given this trip is in such a remote location, it can challenging to accommodate alternative dietary requirements, such as vegans. Vegetarians and other dietary requirements and allergies can be catered for - please just request on your passenger info form.

What is the accommodation like?

Wild Camping

You will spend 2 nights wild camping deep in the forest. Each tent is equipped with an inflatable mat, sheets, pillow, pillow cover and sleeping bag. A dry toilet is available nearby your camp, there won't be a shower but you'll be swimming in lakes and having some wood-fired sauna action at camp. You'll have hammocks hanging around the camp and be cooking together over an open fire.

This trip is brand new

We’re still waiting to collect any reviews from other travellers on this trip. However, all our hosts go through an extensive vetting process to ensure that your adventure is awesome.

Guides

Expert, English-speaking local guides

Accommodation

2 nights wild camping

Meals

All meals cooked over an open fire

Transfers

From the start point and back again

Equipment

All camping equipment

Our trips are hassle-free by design. We include all the activities and equipment, as well as many of the meals, so you can simply rock up with your rucksack and share the adventure with your new pals.

Personal Expenses

You know your own spending habits best, so please budget an appropriate amount for things like optional meals and drinks, shopping, optional activities, and laundry.

What's Included

Tent
Season 2 sleeping bag
Inflatable mattress
Sheets
Pillow and pillow cover
Seat pad

What do I need to bring?

BAGS
Soft duffel bag or rucksack
Daypack (25+ litres)

CLOTHES
Waterproof and windproof jacket
Fleece jacket or similar
Trousers/shorts/skirts for hiking
T-shirts
Underwear & socks
Swimsuits
Towel
Sunglasses
Sunhat
Warm hat
Something to sleep in
Waterproof hiking boots (worn-in)
Lightweight shoes for around camp

OTHER
Power bank or solar charger
Passports (and visas)
Travel Insurance documents
Suncream
Personal first-aid kit (inc. blister treatment)
Personal items (biodegradable toiletries, sanitary wear etc)
Toilet kit (toilet paper, biodegradable bags to carry paper out to dispose of)
Alcohol hand-gel
Face mask
Headlamp Reusable water bottle (x1 litre)

OPTIONAL
Swim Cap
Goggles
Earplugs
Energy bars and snacks
Camera

No optional extras are available for this trip.

We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre programme, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity.

What's the number?
It works out on average at 38kg of CO2 emissions per person, including all local transport, accommodation, food, activities, guides, staff and office operations.

The only thing it doesn’t include right now is flights and travel to the destination. We do make an overall estimate across all our customers separately, but as we don’t book flights, have customers from all corners of the world, and no way of reliably knowing their travel plans, we simply can’t include an individual number in the figure on display here. We’ve got a goal to fix that, so that when you book, there is a way to measure and mitigate the carbon emitted by your flight too.

But what does the number mean?
Yep, hard to picture eh? To give you an idea:

Driving 1000miles/1609km would be approx. 281kg of CO2 in an average car (or 140.5kg per person if there was 2 of you in it).
A return economy class flight London - New York would be approx. 1,619kg (1.66 tonnes) per person.
10 trees in a temperate forest are estimated to remove approx. 250kg of CO2 from the air in a period of 5-10 years.

What are we doing about it?
Our trips are relatively low-carbon by design, and we're working with all our hosts to develop long term carbon reduction plans. We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre programme, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity, ensuring the protection of the reserve and its wildlife.

Want to know more?
Amazingly, no international travel company has ever publicly published their carbon measurements before, as far as we know. We believe that must change, quickly. So we’re openly sharing the method we used in the hope that other companies will be able to more easily follow suit and build on what we've done so far. You'll find it all here.

The average lake temperatures throughout the summer swimming season are; June: 15°C/ 59°F July: 15°C/ 59°F Aug: 15°C/ 59°F Sept: 11°C/ 51°F The majority of people do not use a wetsuit apart from at the very start or very end of the season, however your host can advise you if this is necessary as lake temperatures can vary.

Sure can! Over 70% of our travellers travel solo, it’s a great way to meet like-minded people.

Our team of Adventure Hunters co-create exclusive adventures which are run by highly vetted, specialist hosts. The trip is run by our trusted host partner in the destination. We only work with independent, local, in-destination experts who know the very best places to explore and how to stay safe. Read more information about the local teams we partner with. You’ll be introduced to the host straight after making a booking via the Much Better Adventures platform.

Much Better Adventures refer to the UK Government’s official travel advice when designing trips and monitoring trip operations. We recommend that all customers are familiar with the practical information provided on the Government’s FCDO website, where current travel advice can be found by searching for the applicable destination(s).

For customers joining this trip from other international destinations – please also read the official travel advice applicable to your country of residence/origin, as this may differ.

We recommend checking out the country-specific information and also talking to a travel nurse.

We automatically convert prices from the local currency that a host receives to your chosen currency. We update our exchange rates on a daily basis so this does mean that prices displayed on the site are subject to currency fluctuations, which is why you may see them change over time.

If you wish to change the currency you pay in, head to the bottom of the page.

All of our group adventures are specially designed for adults to enjoy as we want these adventures to bring together outdoorsy people who are truly like-minded. You must be over 18 to join one of our trips.

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Our trips are typically made up of a mixture of solo travellers and small groups of 2 or 3 friends, with most in their 30s-50s.

Our sociable adventures are solo-friendly by design and naturally attract outdoorsy people with a shared mindset; a love for adventure, a desire to push themselves and meet awesome, like-minded people along the way.

It’s this camaraderie that has so often turned a great adventure into a life-changing one.

Don't just take our word for it:

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90% of people recommend joining a trip to make new friends
75% of people have met people on our trips that they would now consider friends

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Wild Swimming in Sweden's Hidden Lakes

Hike to remote wild swim spots, wild camp by a secluded lake and enjoy a long-standing tradition in Scandinavia, a wood-fired sauna

What's Included?

Small Like-minded Groups

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What's it like?

Key Information

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

The Area

Logistics

What is the food like?

What is the accommodation like?

Wild Camping

Guides

Accommodation

Meals

Transfers

Equipment

Personal Expenses

What's Included

What do I need to bring?

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Flexible payments

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