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Discover Europe. Find better places to swim. Official bathing-water quality information for travellers.

Sea swimming in Europe

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

By country

  • Italy 4,760 beaches · 91% excellent
  • France 2,055 beaches · 77% excellent
  • Spain 1,912 beaches · 93% excellent
  • Greece 1,693 beaches · 99% excellent
  • Denmark 918 beaches · 94% excellent
  • Croatia 893 beaches · 99% excellent
  • Portugal 478 beaches · 93% excellent
  • Germany 344 beaches · 91% excellent
  • Sweden 254 beaches · 73% excellent
  • Poland 137 beaches · 67% excellent
  • Ireland 135 beaches · 83% excellent
  • Cyprus 122 beaches · 100% excellent
  • Albania 113 beaches · 16% excellent
  • Bulgaria 92 beaches · 98% excellent
  • Malta 87 beaches · 92% excellent
  • Netherlands 81 beaches · 84% excellent
  • Finland 78 beaches · 62% excellent
  • Romania 48 beaches · 83% excellent
  • Belgium 41 beaches · 68% excellent
  • Estonia 30 beaches · 40% excellent
  • Slovenia 21 beaches · 100% excellent
  • Latvia 18 beaches · 83% excellent
  • Lithuania 16 beaches · 100% excellent

Other water

  • Lake swimming
  • River swimming
  • Estuary swimming

Europe Watch brings official European bathing-water data together in a simple guide for travellers. Water quality classifications are from the European Environment Agency under the Bathing Water Directive, licensed CC BY 4.0. Weather and sea temperature from Open-Meteo.

A classification covers four bathing seasons and is not a live safety assessment. It does not reflect short-term pollution after heavy rainfall. For results during the season, check the national authority linked on each page.

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