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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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