Lakes in Europe

Lake Constance

Lake Constance (in German, Bodensee) is the third largest lake in Central Europe after Lake Balaton and Lake Geneva. Since it was formed by the Rhine ...

Lake Brienz

Lake Brienz (or Brienzersee) is a lake located in central Switzerland in the canton of Berne, North of the Alps. The lake has a surface area of ...

Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva (also known as Lac Léman) is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest body of water in ...

Lake Ohrid

Lake Ohrid is believed to be the oldest continuously existing lake in Europe, some three to five million years old. It is also on of the deepest lakes on ...

Lake Hornavan

Lake Hornavan is located in the Northern part of Sweden, in the Arjeplog Municipality in the province of Swedish Lapland, which is administratively known as ...

Lake Skadar

Lake Skadar, also known as Lake Scutari, Shkoder, or Shkodra, is the largest lake on the Balkan Peninsula. The lake lies on the border of Macedoni and ...

Lake Tisnaren

Tisnaren is a lake in the Finspångs, Katrineholms and Vingåkers municipalities in Sweden, on the border between ...

Lake Ladoga

Lake Ladoga, located in the North-Western part of Russia, is the largest lake in Europe, the 15th largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world and ...

Lake Onega

Lake Onega, also known as Onego (in Russian: Oniézhskoye Ozero; in Finnish : Ääninen or Äänisjärvi) ...

Kuybyshev Reservoir

Kuybyshevskoye or Kuybyshev Reservoir, located in the middle of the Volga and lower Kama region of Russia, is the largest ...

Lake V�nern

Lake Vanern is the third largest lake located entirely in Europe after lakes Ladoga and Onega, both located in Russia. It is the largest lake in Sweden and ...

Hornindalsvatnet

Hornindalsvatnet is located in Norway and is the country’s and Europe’s deepest lake, with a maximum depth of 514 meters. It is also ...

Mj�sa

Lake Mjosa is the largest and 4th deepest lake in Norway. It is located in one of the most populated areas in the country, with the cities Hamar, Gjovik and ...

Lake Como

Lake Como is the third largest lake in Italy by surface area, and widely considered one of the most beautiful lakes in Europe. Its depth of 425 meters ...

Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore is the second largest lake in Italy by surface area (after Lake Garda) and by depth (after Lake Como). It is also the most westerly out of ...

Lake Garda

Lake Garda is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Italy and is the largest lake in the country, located in the provinces of Trentino, Brescia ...

Lake Peipus

Lake Peipus is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, situated on the border between Estonia and Russia. The freshwater lake occupies 3.6% of the total ...

Lake V�ttern

Lake Vattern is the second largest lake in Sweden after Lake Vanern, and it is the fifth largest lake in Europe. The lake is only 1/3rd of Lake ...

Lake Lugano

Lake Lugano (or Lago di Lugano) is a glacial lake located on the border between Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland, right in the middle between Lake ...

Lake Iseo

Lake Iseo is the fourth largest in Lombardy. Even though it is not as famous as its larger siblings, Como, Maggiore and Garda, it is still a very beautiful ...

Lake Lucerne

The star-shaped Lake Lucerne, often called the “heart of Switzerland” because of its central position, is the 4th largest lake in the ...

Lake P�ij�nne

Lake Päijänne is the second largest lake in Finland with a surface area of 1082.89 km2, serving as one of the most popular fishing lakes ...

Lake Inari

Lake Inari is located in the midst of Europe’s largest untouched wilderness, Lapland, and it is the 3rd largest lake in ...

Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond is the largest inland freshwater lake in Great Britain by surface area, and the second largest by water volume after Loch Ness. In a 2005 survey ...

Lake Neuchatel

Lake Neuchatel is the largest lake entirely in Switzerland, located mainly in the canton with the same name, and also shared by Vaud, Fribbourg and Bern. It ...

Lake Bracciano

Lake Bracciano is a favored holiday place for Romans, located merely 32 kilometers northwest of Rome, in the Lazio region. It is an unspoiled place with a ...

Lake Albano

Only 20 kilometers South of Rome a solitary peak rises from the middle of the plains Campagna di Roma. This volcanic peak is Monte Cano, also known as Monte Albano, ...

Lake Bolsena

Lake Bolsena is the largest volcanic crater lake and the 5th largest lake in Italy. It is sometimes called Italy’s bellybutton because of its ...

Lake Z�rich

Lake Zürich is located southeast of the city with the same name, which is the most important financial, industrial and communication center in ...

IJsselmeer

Ijsselmeer is a shallow artificial lake, the largest in the Netherlands and in Western Europe. The lake was created in 1932 and was initially part of the ...

Kallavesi

Lake Kallavesi is a medium-sized lake with numerous islands, located in Eastern Finland, in the region of Northern ...

Lake Prespa

Lake Prespa is one of the oldest tectonic lakes in Europe, and also the highest tectonic lake on the Balkan Peninsula, located at an altitude of 853 meters. ...

Lake Balaton

Situated in the Transdanubian region of Hungary, Lake Balaton is the largest freshwater lake in Central Europe and one of the most famous tourist ...

Lake Braies

Lake Braies is a small alpine lake in the Braies Valley, part of the Parco Naturale Fares-Sennes-Braies, located at the foot of the imposing rock wall of ...