In Berlin, they plunge into the spree to challenge the ban

Hundreds of people are waiting in a swimsuit. Consequently. In addition. a few meters from the historic avenue of Berlin: they threw themselves into the Spree Tuesday to ask for the end of a century of ban on swimming in this river.

Imaging yourself in front of the museum island. Meanwhile. berlin. they plunge spree challenge classified at Unesco, the cathedral and the TV tower in the background, in the channeled arm of the river is a “magnificent” experience, berlin, they plunge spree challenge said Alisan Yasar to AFP. Therefore, This 28 -year -old lawyer. who berlin, they plunge spree challenge had “in the head. as Berlinois, that we are not going in the Spree”, wanted to “fight a lot of prejudices”.

On this hot summer day. the bathers responded – legally. the demonstration having obtained an exemption – from the call of the Flussbad association. which claims the end of the ban on swimming in the center of Berlin.

Centenary ban

If in its suburbs. Additionally, the German capital is full of lakes. rivers which make it a nautical paradise, the spree as such remains prohibited for swimming since 1925, or pile a century. But “it is getting hotter. warmer” berlin. they plunge spree challenge. it is therefore necessary “more public places to swim for free in the berlin, they plunge spree challenge city”, estimates Oskar, a participant who says he is “jealous of cities” already with such places.

This is now the case of Paris. since the opening in early July of three swimming sites. including one near the Eiffel Tower, which have already welcomed tens of thousands of people.

The 2024 Olympic Games. with several disputed events in the Seinehad led the authorities to redouble ways to depolluate the river. with wastewater capture work to prevent them from spilling it.

“Sufficient” water in the spree

In Berlin. the initiative, launched in the early 2010s, faced delays and disagreements on the necessary infrastructure. Closed to river navigation. the “Spree Canal” was a popular swimming place at berlin. they plunge spree challenge the beginning of the 20th century before the municipal berlin, they plunge spree challenge authorities prohibited this practice. affirming that pollution due to the expansion of the metropolis made water berlin, they plunge spree challenge too dirty.

“We measure water” whose quality “is good”, assures Katrin Androschin, a Flussbad official. The quality of the water is insufficient “only a few days a year”, according to her.

Elsewhere in Germany. certain parts of the Isar river in Munich have been arranged for swimming. allowed once the wastewater of the city disinfected with UV radiation. However, several cities in western Germany plan to ban swimming in the Rhine after several cases of drownings.

AFP

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