In the current use, the term “Scandinavia” is often employed like synonym for the Scandinavian countries. Scandinavia benefits from the effect of the Gulf Stream which comes to heat the Norwegian coasts. The summers are sometimes very pleasant with temperatures bordering 25-30 degrees in the south. In north, it is the presence continues Sun the summer which makes it possible the temperatures to keep a pleasant level. As opposed to what one could think, one bathes easily in the Baltic; the temperature of water lies between 15 and 20 degrees the summer.