The next three episodes of our 7-part series SILENT WATERS are in post-production. After Saimaa, Balaton, Lake Van and Alqueva, the films about the Mälaren in Sweden, Lough Corrib in Ireland and the Ohrid with its neighbor Prespa in North Macedonia are currently being completed.

Republik Irland: Lough Corrib – Irlands Wild West

Immediately behind Galway, Europe’s Capital of Culture 2020, begins Ireland’s largest freshwater lake – Lough Corrib. It covers an area of ​​200 square kilometers. The largest lake in the Republic of Ireland. Its banks extend over a length of 400 kilometers. This is more than any other lake in the British Isles. Ireland’s Wild West begins here. Barely populated, full of rich history and ecologically significant.

Nordmazedonia/Albania: Ohrid und Prespa – Europas oldest Seascape

Lake Ohrid, which is over 300 meters deep, lies on over 350 square kilometers between Macedonia, Albania and Greece. It is 1.4 million years old. Together with its smaller junior partner, Lake Prespa, which is only 15 kilometers further east and still covers 250 square kilometers on the border between Macedonia and Greece, it forms Europe’s oldest seascape.

Swede: The Mälaren – At the gates of the capital

Sweden is known for its lakes Vänern and Vättern, the two largest in the European Union. The third largest lake in the country, Mälaren, is perhaps the most interesting. It was only in the 10th century that this former Baltic Sea bay was transformed into a lake with an extensive area of ​​1,100 square kilometers and a depth of up to 66 meters. Water is taken from it for 1.3 million people. Lake Mälaren is located at the gates of Stockholm and partly belongs to the area of ​​the city with over a million inhabitants.