Siblings Alina and Dima Tkachenko Vidmark went for a swim.
As the weather becomes more extreme you may be more inclined to want to take a quick dip while travelling. What is more atmospheric than looking at the view and houses around a lake while you are floating in it? A bag with swimwear and a towel should be in every experienced traveller’s hand luggage nowadays.
If you see a bathing place where someone is swimming then that is a signal that you can get in as well. Of course it may feel a bit spooky to jump into a dark lake where you cannot see the bottom but those coming out of the water can answer your questions about stones, mud and other things you may want to know before taking the plunge.
Bygdeträsket is the largest lake in Skellefteå municipality with a surface of 29.3 square kilometres. On a warm day there is probably swimming happening in many places.
One of the beaches with the promising name Storsand is located a kilometre or so outside of Bygdsiljum. It is signposted from the road coming from Burträsk and when you come to a Y junction you turn left.
Coffee and biscuits are ingredients for a successful excursion. That is the strong opinion of Kent Widmark and Hans Karlsson.
A large party sat down on blankets and towels have come from Umeå and Skellefteå. The common denominator is lake Korssjön which is ten kilometres away in the direction of Flarken.
– That lake is not very swimmable so we go to other beaches when we want to go swimming, says Solveig Gustavsson.
Not everyone in the party has been in the water I am told as it is considered to be too cold.
– It’s a large lake and it takes time to warm up. The air needs to be warm, then it feels good to cool off here, says Solveig.
One advantage with this lake is that it is very shallow.
– It’s good for families with small children, says Petra Tkachenko Widmark from Skellefteå whose children Dima and Alina are splashing around in the water.
– This is our paradise, she says when the couple comes out of the water after a dip.
Grandmother Solveig Gustavsson on an excursion with her daughter Petra Tkachenko Widmark and the grandchildren Alina and Dima.
Bathing places
Municipal bathing places in Skellefteå municipality:
Lövånger havsbad (Klössand)
Bureå havsbad (Danielsten)
Bovikens havsbad
Byske havsbad
Sjöbottsand, just next to Skellefteå Airport
Falkträskbadet, south of Sunnanå in Skellefteå
Mobackenbadet, a natural swimming pool, west of town in Skellefteå
Burträsket’s bathing place, by the camping
Sidtjärn, Boliden
Why not? If you have already been in you can easily get in again. Alina and Dima Tkachenko Widmark from Skellefteå.
Here are more tips:
Munkvikens strand (Baltic sea)
Storsand, Bjuröklubb (Baltic sea)
Sarastrand, Burvik (Baltic sea)
Gullsand and Skatan, turn off from Östanbäck (Baltic sea)
Örviken (Baltic sea)
Långnäsbadet, Burträsket
Österjörn, by the camping
Vallen’s bathing place
Varuträsk
PP Beach, Kalvträsk
Finnforsträsket’s bathing place
Source: Visit Skellefteå