Story in Outdoor Swimmer
Our guide Päivi shares her best tips for wild and open water swimming in Finland. Here’s the story.
Wild Swimming in Northern Finland
This one-week guided wild swimming tour takes you to the pure wild lakes and clean waters of Northern Finland and Lapland in the Kuusamo and Posio regions. Swim along sandy ridges in wild landscapes and in stunning fell sceneries and experience traditional Finland’s cosy cottage life complete with relaxing saunas and meals by the fire. Trip is organised by our partner Adventure Apes, which is the liable tour operator. Booking: Adventure Apes Higlights Open water swimming in Europe’s largest spring, in … Read More
Ice and winter swimming adventure?
SWHF has received many inquiries of ice and winter swimming adventure holidays in Finland for winter 2017-18. If you are interested in these winter swimming adventure holidays, please contact us. We need more swimmers interested to be able to package a holiday.
Wild Swimming Holidays
How about plunging into Finland’s innumerable lakes? Unspoiled small lakes in silence or vast lakes with varying sceneries. Or if sea swimming is your preference, wild swimming in Baltic Sea and discovering its unique archipelago is your thing. We organise wild swimming holidays for single travelers and small groups and find the best spots for your wild swimming holiday. Finnish Lakeland is the largest Lake District in Europe. There’s private shoreline for everyone, clear waters and islands and islands and islands…Glittering … Read More
Open Water Swimming Helsinki Region
Enjoy outdoor swimming in clear waters of Helsinki Region. Explore open water swimming locations in the Baltic Sea and enjoy its beautiful Archipelago. Or train open water swim in Kaitalampi, the #ows paradise of the region. Our professional swim guide/beach lifeguard takes you to the best open water swimming locations and takes care of swim safety. You can hire a wetsuit, a swim hat, goggles and a tow float for you swims. Book a three-hour swim adventure, half or whole … Read More
Lake Päijänne Swim Tour in new Outdoor Swimmer Magazine
Congrats to Outdoor Swimmer Magazine (former H2Open Mag.)! We are happy to appear on its first issue in April. There’s a story of wild camping and swimming in Lake Päijänne. Lake Päijänne Swim Tour accommodation is convenient especially for 6-8 person groups (swim club, group of friends, family etc.), but booking is also available for single-travellers. Read Jonathan’s story: Land of thousand lakes
New island weekend!
Our new short escape in august is built around a new open water swimming event in The Baltic Archipelago Sea. Spend a long weekend on Örö Island, a fortress island with untouched nature and interesting army history. The Swim around Örö Island event offers two swim distancies 8.5K and 4K. Read more
Lake Päijänne Swim Tours
We are happy to invite you to Lake Päijänne. Swim outdoors, relax and sleep well on our holiday. Daily open water swims offer you magnificent lake sceneries with steep rocks, sandy eskers, isolated lagoons and small islets. Päijänne National Park with its archipelago and vast open water is a treasure for swimmers and outdoor lovers. Water in Lake Päijänne is so clean that you can drink it! Villa Takila apartments are high-class holiday apartments with Finnish design.
Samuli is our new swim guide
We are really happy to introduce Samuli Keisu as our new swim guide. He is very experienced triathlete and open water swimmer and our local guide on Lapland Adventure Swimming Holidays. Read more of multitalented Samuli here.
Lapland calling!
It is here, finally! The new Lapland Adventure Swimming Holiday. Welcome from 11th ’till 17th of July 2017 to the banks of The Torne River. Read H2Open Magazine editor Jonathan’s experiences of Aavasaksa area, Swim the Arctic Circle event and Lapland: If I could turn back time