The sweet, refreshing aroma of the surrounding pine forest wafts onto the beach at Årsunda, a lakeside tourist spot in Gävleborg, central Sweden.

As in many parts of the world, staycations are popular here this summer, with Covid-19 putting would-be travellers off venturing too far from home.

Plus, Swedish tourists are more limited in where they’re allowed to go internationally than many other Europeans, with some countries imposing travel restrictions due to the Nordic nation’s high infection rate in relation to its population size.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200813-the-swedish-staycation-obsession