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Re:Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years by hannob on Thursday July 27, 2023 @03:23AM (#36890106)
Well, Berlin has the same issue. Unlike Paris, it has no plan of cleaning up the Spree any time soon.

It has been discussed every now and then, but it's always too complicated, or the solutions available aren't liked by the people in charge.

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Re:Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years by arethuza on Thursday July 27, 2023 @04:59AM (#36890814)
I thought I had seen people swimming in the Spree - turns out it was a swimming pool floating in the Spree!

https://www.visitberlin.de/en/badeschiff-der-arena

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Re:Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years by hannob on Thursday July 27, 2023 @06:41AM (#36891619)
Yeah, that's the perfect symbol of what's wrong...

"Our river is so dirty, it's too dangerous to swim in there. Let's build a swimming pool into the river!"

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Re:Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years by NeoTar on Thursday July 27, 2023 @10:07AM (#36893767)
People swim in the Muggelsee which is basically a part of the Spree...
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Re:Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years by guruz on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:39AM (#36895230)
There is an initiative that wants to have a side channel of the Spree for bathing. Close to Museumsinsel / Fischerinsel.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flussbad_Berlin

https://www.flussbad-berlin.de/

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