Unfortunately, it cannot be said that they are plethoric. In Wallonia, there are only 33 official bathing places in the authorized natural place. And eight of them are currently prohibited. This is particularly the case of Lake Falemprise, one of the two swimming sites authorized to the lakes of time water. Falemprise lake will remain closed until 2027, due to work. Only 25 swimming zones in a natural site are therefore authorized: 1 in Walloon Brabant, 3 in the province of Liège and in Hainaut, 7 in the province of Namur and 11 in the province of Luxembourg.
In Brussels, total nothingness is. There is no natural swimming area in the capital. And the flow, the only outdoor swimming pool in Brussels, located in Anderlecht, has definitely closed.
The only outdoor swimming pool in the capital, Flow closed its doors
And for those who would be tempted to bathe anyway in areas, however prohibited, that they are wary. Not only do they risk fine, but it is also at their risk and danger on the health level.
Note that, for once, Flanders does not better than Wallonia with only a dozen natural sites authorized for swimming including certain places in the Bruges canals, accessible by reservation, and the Bonapartedok bathing pond, in the port of Antwerp.
We plunged into the canals of Bruges and frankly the water is good and less disgusting in Paris: we explain to you when and how to do it this summer
As for the quality of bathing water in Belgium, it is relatively good. But it could still be better. According to a monitoring of the European Union, Belgian waters only arrive in 25th in 29 position (the European classification also has Albania and Switzerland which are not part of the EU). No worries, however: 93 %of Belgian bathing water is considered excellent (69.2 %) or good quality (23.8 %). The others are considered to be of sufficient quality (4.6 %) and only 0.8 % of poor quality. We stay very far from Cypriot waters, considered excellent in 99.2 % of cases.
