20-05-2025
Five beautiful beaches to visit in Sweden this summer
Beaches might not be your first thought when you think of Sweden, but the country's many lakes and islands, not to mention the long coastline, mean that there are countless scenic bathing spots to add to your bucket list this summer.
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Tylösand, Halmstad
One of Sweden's most popular beaches is Tylösand in Halmstad in the south of Sweden. It's even the top-rated beach in Sweden on Tripadvisor.
Tylösand is a sandy beach located in the small town of the same name, just seven kilometres from Halmstad. The town is also famous for its golf courses and local hotel owned by legendary Swedish musician Per Gessle, half of pop duo Roxette.
The beach itself is seven kilometres long and provides opportunities for windsurfing and beach volleyball.
Skanör-Falsterbo, Skåne
Pretty beach huts on the sand dunes in Skanör-Falsterbo. Photo: John Sander/
The town of Skanör-Falsterbo on the south coast of Sweden is a popular summer house location, famous for its white sandy beaches and colourful beach huts.
Technically two towns, Skanör and Falsterbo, around 30 kilometres south of Malmö, are situated on a peninsula, meaning that they are almost entirely surrounded by the coast.
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Falsterbo beach, the most popular, is around 4.5 kilometres long. There's also a lighthouse you can visit, built in the 1700s, and two of Sweden's oldest golf clubs.
Fårö, Gotland
Limestone raukar on the beach at Fårö. Photo: Jerker Andersson/
Fårö, an island northeast of Gotland, another island, is perhaps most well known for being the former home of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
It has a number of different beaches – it's an island, after all – and the most popular for swimming is Sudersand.
The island is also known for its striking nature, including raukar, limestone monoliths created by erosion during the ice age.
Nåttarö, Stockholm
The Nåttarö section of the Stockholm Archipelago Trail from above. Photo: Roger Borgelid/
The Stockholm archipelago is also home to some beautiful beaches. Nåttarö, around 10 kilometres east of Nynäshamn, has a few of them.
The largest and most popular is the inventively named Stora sand (big sand), while Östermar is a more child-friendly beach with a nearby kiosk where you can buy refreshments.
Nåttarö is also part of the 270 kilometres long Stockholm Archipelago Trail, which covers more than 20 different islands. The Nåttarö section is just over 10 kilometres long.
Storön, Kalix
A woman sunbathing on Storön near Kalix. Photo: Helena Landstedt/TT
Norrbotten may conjure images in your head of snowy mountains rather than beaches, but the Kalix archipelago in the far north of the Bay of Bothnia is home to almost 800 islands, making it a great summer destination for a swim in the sea.
Storön, around 17 kilometres from central Kalix, is one of the most popular islands in the archipelago during the summer, as the shape of the beach (long and curved) means that the water warms up quickly. During the summer there's a kiosk on the beach selling ice cream, fika and occasionally soups for lunch.
