Where you can swim in Europe

21,744 monitored bathing waters in 29 countries, graded under the EU Bathing Water Directive.

• Sea swimming
• Lake swimming
• River swimming
• Estuary swimming

• Italy 5,506 sites · 91% excellent
• France 3,311 sites · 76% excellent
• Spain 2,283 sites · 88% excellent
• Germany 2,262 sites · 92% excellent
• Greece 1,696 sites · 99% excellent
• Denmark 1,041 sites · 94% excellent
• Croatia 933 sites · 97% excellent
• Netherlands 744 sites · 73% excellent
• Portugal 655 sites · 85% excellent
• Poland 618 sites · 73% excellent
• Sweden 451 sites · 78% excellent
• Finland 301 sites · 87% excellent
• Hungary 263 sites · 74% excellent
• Austria 260 sites · 96% excellent
• Switzerland 186 sites · 84% excellent
• Ireland 149 sites · 82% excellent
• Czechia 147 sites · 83% excellent
• Belgium 130 sites · 71% excellent
• Cyprus 122 sites · 100% excellent
• Lithuania 121 sites · 88% excellent
• Albania 119 sites · 16% excellent
• Bulgaria 96 sites · 98% excellent
• Malta 87 sites · 92% excellent
• Estonia 63 sites · 65% excellent
• Latvia 56 sites · 80% excellent
• Romania 50 sites · 84% excellent
• Slovenia 47 sites · 77% excellent
• Slovakia 30 sites · 90% excellent
• Luxembourg 17 sites · 82% excellent