Compare that to temperatures soaring to over 40 in the Med, and the Baltic coastline becomes a lot more appealing. Beaches are less busy and it is still possible to stroll comfortably along the ...

The Baltic Islands are a group of islands in the Baltic Sea, located between northern Europe and Scandinavia, bordered by countries such as Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and ...

The seal population has increased from about 4,000, considered nearly extinct, in the late 1980s to about 50,000.

This autonomous archipelago between Finland and Sweden is home to lots of isolated villages, sandy beaches and miles of cycle paths. The Aland Islands, with their own parliament and flag, are ...

Latvia’s beaches are delightfully undeveloped, and Jūrmala Beach, in the nearby city of Jūrmala, to the west, is one of the longest and loveliest. Rigans of means have long gravitated to the ...

Germany has a coastline extending over 3,700 kilometres on both the North and Baltic Seas. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT One of its most popular seaside resorts is Rostock , attracting ...

From salmon to herring and cod, Baltic fish stocks are so low that small-scale fishermen are leaving the profession. This is because of overfishing as well as the sea's changing conditions due to ...