Meiko swim

Meiko is a lake and a natural protection area in Kirkkonummi, Finland. There's ample hiking routes, I took the 4.5 kilometer Kotokierros route, very nice across multiple small lakes. When I returned I walked to the Meiko lake itself for a dip in the lake.

Such a nice, wilderness feeling experience overall. At the Meiko lake and the near the parking lot there were a lot of people, further not so much. On the swim the sun was shining, water was clean.. not a beach but with some swimming footwear one can walk the lake easily.

More information about Meiko can be found in Kirkkonummi's pages and even better at Uuvi. The latter has a good quality map of the routes, for instance.

My swimming place was at N 60.1477 E 24.3646 at the beginning of the Näseudden peninsula, on the eastern side of the Meiko lake. There's an outdoor near this place, no changing rooms but usually there aren't any other people anyway. From the parking lot it is like a 10-15 minute walk.

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This article has also been published at Planetswimmer.com here. Read the full series of swimming and sauna stories from planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool, or all blog articles from Blogspot and of course skiing articles from planetskier.net. Photos and text (c) 2026 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved. There are no photos of beachgoers or sauna visitors.