[groundthrower]

I have some questions on this.

Living on west coast of Sweden, our family went to Stockholm this summer and as the temperature rose, we asked were to go and swim and basically no one knew and we didn’t see people doing it either.

[piva00]

That's rather weird, it's one of the most popular summer activities in Stockholm. I personally swim almost everywhere around the city with friends during almost the whole summer, just need to check beforehand on Havs och Vattenmyndigheten daily updates if any bathing areas have been considered inappropriate that day [0].

Most areas are considered appropriate for most of the summer in the inner city, while lakes are everywhere outside the small centre, and quite many are private enough that you can find spots to go skinny dipping without a second thought.

[0] https://www.havochvatten.se/badplatser-och-badvatten/kommune...

[dmytroi]

Some popular in inner city: Tanto strandbad, Långholmsbadet, Smedsuddsbadet, Fredhällsbadet, Kristinebergsbadet, Brunnsviksbadet. Plenty of folks swim during hot periods in summer.

[groundthrower]

Yes, we went to Tanto but considering how much water that Stockholm is surrounded with, I can’t say it’s very accessible. That is also the view of some friends living there.

[whizzter]

If it's a beach that's appropriate for smaller kids you're after with shallow water, yes you probably have to go to the more prepared beaches with sand that has shallow water a bit out.

Many places in central Stockholm have been built out from natural beaches by claiming water so the water will be deep at those points (probably held quays that was used for transports before trucks took over), but even in many places like that nobody would bat an eye if someone took a non-nudist swim.

Apart from the extremes most local teens and upwards will find cliffs by the water, as mentioned not appropriate for smaller kids and seniors as it's adjacent to deep water but perfect otherwise.