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From Travel + Leisure: Lake Vänern is Sweden’s largest lake, and the third largest in Europe, meaning it provides an expanse of rugged skating options. Dotted with over 22,000 islands, the ice is totally wild and may not always be smooth — but with dramatic sunsets and wide-open ice stretching to the distance, it’s still worth it. If it’s your first time on wild ice, guide companies like Nordic Tours can help you get geared up and ready to skate.

From NordicCoTours.com: Scandinavia offers fantastic possibilities for skating on natural ice. From the middle of November up to March we are ready to guide you on magic ice in surroundings, where the only sounds you can hear are from nature itself. Nordic Skating is practised by us on free and open ice – not in tracks or other man made iceways. The skating season starts in the mountain region in the middle of Sweden, where we find the first black ice. Our base areas are from the big lakes Vättern and Vänern, with fresh water ice, to Bohuslän in the west, with salt water conditions.