Not just one, but two nice experiences: nature swim on the "Wrong-Black" (Väärä-Musta) lake and the beach swim at the Island Lake (Saarijärvi). Both are in the Vaakkoi outdoors area.
Väärä-Musta lake water is difficult to get into, due mud. At coordinates N 60.334911 E 24.615667 there is a sloping rock face that makes it easy to get to the water, however. But warning: it turned out to also be difficult to get out of. The slope is not hard at all, but under the water the rock is very slippery. I had to cling to the small cracks in the rock. And I was alone!
(Presumably if I could have swam to the sides where there's either the muddy bottom but also some fallen trees, and gotten out an alternative way. But beware!)
The picture about the Väärä-Musta is at the top of this article. More information about the lake here.
The Saarijärvi beach is easy, however, and an official beach. What makes this place very nice is that the beach area is quite long, and all places have the same nice shallow sand bottom. Plenty of room to play in the water, for everyone, even at corona times and distancing rules.
The coordinates for the beach are N 60.331428 E 24.610719. There's ample parking on the other side of the road. The walking paths to Väärä-Musta and other lakes in the same direction start from the parking lot.
More information about the Saarijärvi beach here.
Photo from the beach:
For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites! And of course the Planetcaver, and Planetskier blogs for other stories in Blogspot and TGR! The photos and text (c) 2021 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved. I never take photos of other swimmers on a beach, and try to visit at times where there is simply no one else around.
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