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Re: Swimmable Cities

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Post by rmason »

robin_reala wrote: post #50
rmason wrote: post #46

Can anyone tell me which city has the swimming pool right on the river that's on the home page? In Michigan there are a lot of places in a downtown area that would be so cool in Michigan and it could double as an ice rink in the winter. It would also be terrific to have a river pool or two integrated with Detroit's famed river walk but sadly Detroit's water just isn't quite there yet. Lots cleaner than in the sixties…

This one? https://static.wixstatic.com/media/da9022_8ba6b54ceec54bcaac... It was a temporary installation in Brussels: BADEAU. https://www.pooliscool.org/news/2016/9/22/badeau-the-first-p...

Thank you. Brussels is one city I have yet to visit in Europe and it looks beautiful.

Re: Swimmable Cities

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Post by creakingstairs »

maurits wrote: post #42

Swiss river swimming is one of the highlights of my year.

I’ve come across a video where Swiss people were commuting from work by diving into the river yesterday and it blew my mind! It looks so delightful. I’ve never thought about going to Switzerland for holiday but now it’s all I’m thinking about.

Re: Swimmable Cities

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Post by Nursie »

defrost wrote: post #44
Nursie wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Locals mostly don't swim in the swan/canning estuary because it's full of jellyfish[1]. The water quality is fine but ... ewww. They're not particularly harmful ones but you don't want to get any part of them in your eye. I have heard, though can't substantiate, that the mass jellyfish population (and there really are swarms of them) is down to the ecosystem having been basically plundered to extinction, and jellies…

I'm a West Australian local, lived in Perth-Fremnantle in the 1980s and was often in the river, swimming, kayaking, falling off the river cliffs and bridges when climbing, or occassionally doing what is now no longer possible; opening the door and jumping from the Fremantle train as it crossed the rail bridge over the harbour. These days you'd have to ride the roof and deal with live over electric wires, etc and all…

Oh wow. I can see the appeal when you're a kid, but that guy should probably have known better!

I'm a recent import so I guess I'm giving my impression of why I wouldn't swim in the river, and I haven't seen anyone swimming in the river much, not round South Perth or the city centre, or the wider bits of the Canning river in the waterford/rossmoyne area before it joins the Swan.

I may just not know the good spots though!

Lots of boating of course.

Re: Swimmable Cities

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Post by dmytroi »

groundthrower wrote: post #37
hopsworks wrote: post #31

In Stockholm, you can swim in most of the city center - except where the large ship lanes are. Thousands of people out swimming on a hot summers day.

I have some questions on this. Living on west coast of Sweden, our family went to Stockholm this summer and as the temperature rose, we asked were to go and swim and basically no one knew and we didn’t see people doing it either.

Some popular in inner city: Tanto strandbad, Långholmsbadet, Smedsuddsbadet, Fredhällsbadet, Kristinebergsbadet, Brunnsviksbadet. Plenty of folks swim during hot periods in summer.

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Post by CalRobert »

coreyh14444 wrote: post #9

American living in Copenhagen here. We check all of these boxes. The entire channel that runs through town is swimmable thanks to decades of work cleaning it up. On a warm summer day, you could expect maybe 1000+ swimmers in the water in the city centre across all the locations. We also do Vinterbadere (Winter Bathing) throughout the year. The only time you can't swim is after a day or two of sustained rain and there…

This American in the Netherlands eyes his filthy canals with envy of the Danes.

Re: Swimmable Cities

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Post by _uoud »

Helsinki Finland is pretty good too, take a look at Allas Sea Pool or Löyly, or any of the public saunas, islands and beaches all over the city.

Re: Swimmable Cities

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Post by tomw1808 »

Vienna is very swimmable. Not right now, because its cold and rainy, but on a hot summer day thousands of people gather and swim in the Danube every single day. It's amazing, the water is relatively clean, small fishes inside, its a joy for children and adults alike.

Re: Swimmable Cities

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Post by PrivateButts »

There's a large creek that feeds into lake Erie nearby that we used to hike and swim for several miles until we got to the lake. It was an all day affair, but it was a great time. Our dog at the time was a lab shepherd mix and I think those hikes were some of the best times of his life, getting to explore and swim and run like a goof. I don't ever want to live in a place without good access to large bodies of water, summers wouldn't be the same without it.

Re: Swimmable Cities

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Post by jahnu »

tomw1808 wrote: post #57

Vienna is very swimmable. Not right now, because its cold and rainy, but on a hot summer day thousands of people gather and swim in the Danube every single day. It's amazing, the water is relatively clean, small fishes inside, its a joy for children and adults alike.

Would be nice to get the canal swimmable too.

And enough water in the Wien to even contemplate it :D

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