Winter sports

When it comes to winter sports, our country is a haven. Cold weather is bliss to ice skaters and cross-country skiers, who will invade frozen lakes, public ice-skating rinks and forests the first chance they get. Downhill enthusiasts book cabins in the mountains. The even more adrenaline-hungry ones can turn to kitewing skating, ice yachting or ice climbing. And from sofas across the country, a wide range of winter sports will also be watched on TV, especially when Swedes have a chance to win. 

The northern half of Sweden is dotted with ski resorts. Which is why the southern part of the population often go there in the winter.