"Det ligger en strand bakom mitt hus."

Translation: There is a beach behind my house.

[BlueEmmanuel]

Is it possible to say "Det finns en strand..."?

[Panzerhan43]

Same question

[KimWidman]

"Det ligger en strand..." and "Det finns en strand..." both work.

[shirki]

Kan jag köper din hus?

[J.C.M.H.]

Kan jag köpa ditt hus.

[DaveIsNotSwedish]

I bet that's not a privilege most swedes have :c

[Zmrzlina]

Indeed, there are relatively restrictive laws on constructing buildings nearer than 100 metres from the sea or a lake. Given that Sweden has a lot of coast and bushels of lakes, there is a lot of beachside to be protected.

[MegaloDuo]

I wish more countries would do this!

[BathHouseFog]

A Phineas and Ferb reference?

[Priyanshi.dawar]

can the translation also be " there is a beach at the back of my house". I think it should be because it still makes sense!!

[JYH6UtXB]

Is 'ligger' to be used instead of 'är' specifically when the situation/location of something is being described?

[hoyunmyoun]

Det : I can't tell which is which : when It's used as a pronoun or an adverb.

[Arnauti]

det can be either a pronoun or an article, but not an adverb.
In a presenting construction like we have here (corresponding to 'there is' in English), it's a pronoun.
In den gröna boken 'the green book', it's an article.

[NatalieBoa3]

Can it be "There is a beach situated behind my house?" Duolingo marks it as wrong.

[Sven-Ska]

"A beach lies behind my house." Couldn't this be ok? :-(

[kim976371]

Why is "the beach is situated behind my house" wrong?