Train on your motorhome holiday in Sweden
Travel tips for your training and sports holiday
Rent a motorhome and discover unique training landscapes and outdoor facilities in Sweden.
All the Daylight motor homes are equipped with shower and water boiler, running on battery and LPG. You can park close to your activity without having to go to a campground.
The motor homes have bicycle racks; the largest takes up to four bikes. Several of the motor homes have large outdoor garage space where you can store valuable equipment or even a bike.
To travel with a bike is convenient in Sweden, you will reach tourist areas and historical town centres without the hustle of finding a parking. You will also have unique access to outdoor recreational areas, nature reserves and biosphere reserves.
We collaborate with Cykelkungen, a bicycle rental company in the Gothenburg area. You will receive a special "rent a bike" offer when booking a motorhome with us. For more information on the terms, conditions type of bikes and availability contact Cykelkungen. See availability to rent a motorhome on our website.
If you are interested in hiring country road racing bikes or MTB bikes please see Cycling around Jönköping. Perfect if you pick up your motorhome in Jönköping.
Park close to your training
Park close to your outdoor sport activity!
Put on your training shoes and discover the Swedish countryside. We work with farms and resorts offering overnight parking and fantastic training.
At the Aneby Lake Målsånna Farm has a nice camping park offering outdoor fitness, kickboxing, and yoga with a personal trainer/ instructor as well as outdoor cooking by the lake. Erika and her daughter Evelina will also show you the best places for a perfect workout of the day. Rent a boat and take turns swimming across the Aneby lake.
Get to know the vast UNESCO Biosphere Reserve area called "East Vättern Scarp Landscape". You will find training experiences in unique landscapes. In the historical town of Gränna you can catch the ferry to the island of Visingsö. In the middle of Lake Vättern you can find outdoor fitness events, kayak adventures, great forest path for running, cycle around the island – 30 km, forest paths of mountain biking, bike rentals, outdoor pool, a golf course and much more.
Still in the Biosphere Reserve, the farm ”Hemma på Hult” offers overnight parking on a farm, outdoor workouts and anti-stress programmes. They have a special offer if you rent a motor home from Daylight Husbilscenter.
You will also receive a special offer at Habo Camping and Café Lustfyllt when booking a motorhome with us. They are at bicycle distance from Hökensås nature reserve
Near Kalmar lies Ödevata Fishing Camp that receives motor homes. Water sports, bicycle and hiking trails and rent a woodburning sauna on a beautiful lake in the lake.
You will receive a special offer at Ödevata Fishing Camp when booking a caravan with us.
See availability for motorhome rental from Gothenburg and Jönköping.
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Motorhome and outdoor
Outdoor: MTB, swim in a lake, climb or hike!
Swedes love outdoor activities. The diversity in landscape, in Sweden offers unique possibilities to get active outdoors and engage with nature.
The Swedish’ freedom to roam, the Allemansrätten, allows you to explore the Swedish nature freely.
The Swedish nature is perfect for outdoor sports and training. Water, coastlines, lakes and the forest are always around the corner. Wherever you travel in Sweden, adventures like hiking, canoeing or fishing, mountain biking, rafting or kitesurfing are accessible and bookable.
Are you planning to do an Ironman or a Triathlon? Sweden offers great training facilities. There are thousands of lakes in Sweden. Go swimming or run around a lake. You can explore lakes districts and cycle between lakes. There are many options to choose from.
If you like rock climbing in Sweden there are cliffs for bouldering and other climbing in Bohuslän och Västervik.
More and more towns and destinations offer MTB. Some examples are the outdoor resort Isaberg in Småland or IKHP in Huskvarna ( only 10 minutes from Jönköping): In Göteborg you can do MTB in nature reserves Änggårdsbergen and Delsjön. These places are also great for hiking.
In many destinations and resorts you can rent canoes, kayaks, mountain bikes or hiking equipment and there is a growing number of highly qualified outdoor and adventure guides .
The Nordic Adventours platform, is great resource if you are looking for guided and self-guided, long and short adventures all over the Nordic countries. If you are looking for a more active motorhome holiday with some outdoor adventures here come some suggestions from NordicAdventours.com and from the GoNatureTrip motorhome tips site.
Pick up your motorhome in Jönköping and nature and outdoor activities are around the corner.
In the Jönköping area, you have abundance of water. The highlight is the great lake Vättern and the lake district in the Biosphere reserve Östra Vättnerbranterna.
Within this unique Biosphere reserve, you will find lakes, nature reserves and hills offering many possibilities for outdoor fans. The best way to successfully fish for pike, perch and zander is to a book a fishing guide
The trails crossing through forests and fields all around Jönköping are best explored by renting mountain bikes or even going on a guided bike tour to really get the most out of it. Jönköping is a great cycling destination.
Värmland and Västergötland around the huge lake Vänern are wild, in large parts untouched and yet accessible areas, which easily makes it one of Sweden’s best locations for freshwater paddling. Spend some days exploring the countless and often connected lakes in and around Glaskogen nature reserve or explore the beautiful freshwater archipelago of lake Vänern.
Bohuslän and the west coast- The rugged archipelago in Bohuslän, between Gothenburg and the border with Norway offers some of the best kayaking possibilities in Europe. The area south of Gothenburg with its shallow and wide beaches and many bays, such as Varberg, Falkenberg or Apelviken is well known amongst windsurfers, kitesurfers and even wavesurers. Among them gems you will find Kullaberg nature reserve where you can find great hiking trails.
Dalarna and Jämtland north of Stockholmare areas known for being the wildest, most untouched in Sweden with great wildlife watching and safaris, nature photography, mountain biking, heli-fishing and rafting.
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Park overnight at an outdoor resort
A nature and outdoor break from the city
Swedish families like to organise a city break in the countryside surrounded by nature. An important break allowing for quality time with friends and family
A break in nature for bonding and strengthening relationships
Swedes believe that being out in nature is extremely important for our well -being and development. Nature allows for fun activities and contemplation at the same time. Similarly, the trees, sounds and smells foster creativity and imagination in both adults and children. Many parents today want to recreate the natural playgrounds of their own childhood . A holiday on the Swedish countryside, with empty fields, lakes and vast forests, makes it possible for the family bond and socialise.
A typical Swedish family holiday also includes meeting up friends, relatives and siblings living in other regions and towns.
Daylight Motorhome Rentals are working,through the Go Nature Trip network, with many resorts and places offering the perfect outdoor playground. One such place Ödevata countryside hotels. The resort is a green village, with a beautiful hotel and cottages on the shores of 2 lakes.
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Eva from Daylight Motorhomes went on a city break trip to Ödevata and here is her story:
Enjoying our countryside adventures
Ödevata is a great place for children. Just around the corner you have lakes, forests, fields and great hiking trails. The children really enjoyed the farm animals, the sauna ramps and the teepee tent. As for myself, I spent some time to learn more about the many horticulture projects. I especially enjoyed tending plants in the “Aquaponics” greenhouse. Such as great place to hang out.
We did some family fun activities and my son and his friends played fottball on the camping site field accompanied by the sheep.
The “no-waste and sustainability philosophy” of the owners Malin and Magnus is all around. I felt blessed to have biodiversity at my fingertips. Just what I needed and very relaxing .
Farm life and healthy outdoor cooking
We cooked our own food, with vegetables picked from the garden. I went to the farms root cellar to fetch locally produced potatoes, carrots and turnips. Fetching the eggs from the hen house was something new for all of us.
The outdoor cooking was amazing. The kids helped to drag the outdoor cooking kitchen to a strategic position and with the help of Malin, we started a fire with the wood we had chopped the previous day. She lent us pots, buckets, knives and peelers. We all had to help out. We had a great family feeling.
The cleaning up afterwards turned into a no waste lesson. We learned which of the peels we should recycle to feed the pigs. The rest was carried away and into the farm ́s compost.
Visit Ödevata Countryside hotels for a country break
Learn more about the packages you can choose from for an adventurous and relaxing vacation!
Active outdoors, cycling, hiking, fishing and water fun
Cycling and hiking are popular outdoor activities in Sweden. You can find Swedes from all generations on their bikes or hiking with their families in the forests. In and around Ödevata you have safe, and at the same time challenging, bike trails and routes. Malin told us about her collaboration with heritage sites and glass works. For our next visit to Ödevata we can rent bikes and head on the 10 km long bike trails from Ödevata to the village Målerås.
Sauna and canoeing
We truly enjoyed the floating sauna on the lake. It is a Swedish outdoor wood burning sauna. Taking a Sauna is such an inherent part of the Swedish Heritage. Magnus showed us how to make a fire and how to navigate the sauna ramp out in the lake. Furthermore, jumping into the freezing lake was great for creating their presence of mind.
Canoeing as a group is good fun. We ended up having a synchronized row by tying up the canoes and going around the lakes and canals as a single long line of canoes.
Ödevata is a family and child friendly place. The owners, Malin and Magnus, are amazing people who want to share their passion and knowledge with others. They inspired us to learn more about horticulture, farm life, fishing and outdoor cooking. We learned a lot from Ödevata´s no waste and sustainable outdoor philosophy.
Sporting events for the whole family
There are also several sports events on offer:
The well-known bicycle race Vätternrundan takes you around the Lake Vättern on your bike- a full 300 km of racing in the month of June. All our motor homes have bicycle racks.
In July try out Grevskapsloppet (the site is in Swedish) on the island of Visingsö, a family running event for children 1 or 3 km and for adults 5 or 10 km.
Sommartåget (the site is in Swedish), run 45 km from Jönköping to Visingsö, you can run the whole distance or part of it, the only pre-requisite is to have fun.
Another race in the East Vättern Scarp Landscape is the Landsjön Runt (the site is in Swedish. Run, go on roller-skates in-lines or roller skis around the lake Landsjön, full 12,5 km.
If you are looking for a challenge Jönköping is hosting Ironman 7.3.
In Huskvarna (Jönköping) the outdoor sport resort IKHP arranges races and events in cross, MTB and cross-country skiing.
Ironman in Kalmar also arranges Ironkids for children between 3-13.
Close to Kalmar you can park overnight camp at Ödevata Fiskecamp. They offer water sports and great tracks and lanes for cycling and trekking. Try the sauna placed on a ramp in the lake. For special offers when you rent a motor home from Daylight Husbilscenter please check their website.
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