This landlocked country has been named Europe's best for bathing...

[DGUtley]

This landlocked country has been named Europe's best for bathing...

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The quality of Europe's bathing waters has improved dramatically in recent decades, and a new report released this week by the European Environment Agency (EEA) reveals that almost 85% of its bathing sites now rank as "excellent."

The annual Bathing Water Report monitored nearly 22,000 inland and coastal swimming spots across EU member states, Albania and Switzerland in 2021. The UK, having left the EU, was absent from the report for the first time.

The landlocked country of Austria, known for its many beautiful lakes including the Alpine waters of Achensee in Tyrol and the emerald-hued Weissensee in Carinthia, is at top of the ranking, with 97.7% of its waters declared excellent. Just behind it at the top of the leaderboard are four Mediterranean vacation favorites: Malta, Greece, Croatia and Cyprus. Denmark and Germany are the other countries where more than nine out of 10 sites got the top grade.


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[carolina73]

It is a little unnerving boating in these clean lakes. When you grow up never seeing the bottom of a lake and then you go to these clean mountain lakes and you see the bottom in 20 feet of water as if it is 3 feet, you always get ready to hear scrapping and feel the jolt of running aground.

[donttread]

It is a little unnerving boating in these clean lakes. When you grow up never seeing the bottom of a lake and then you go to these clean mountain lakes and you see the bottom in 20 feet of water as if it is 3 feet, you always get ready to hear scrapping and feel the jolt of running aground.

The best part is seeing the fish you are looking for before they are on the line.

[MisterVeritis]

You should see my shower-tub combination.