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The Badeschiff (Floating Pool)

Location: Berlin, Germany
Latitude & Longitude: 52.497860, 13.453773
Views: 2043   Posted By: bmeyer2 (04/06/2008)
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bmeyer2 (04/06/2008)

"The Badeschiff (in English, "bathing ship") is an old barge or cargo container that has been converted into a public swimming pool in Berlin, Germany. Beached on the shoreline in the East Harbour section of the River Spree, the Badeschiff allows citizens to swim in a safe and sanitary environment in their river, at least in a figurative sense. The Spree itself is far too polluted to permit safe bathing.

The Badeschiff opened in the summer of 2004 as an art project organized by the Stadtkunstprojekte (City Art Project Society) of Berlin. It was created by local artist, Susanne Lorenz, to enliven city life along the long-neglected Spree.

The pool was converted from the hull of a vessel measuring eight by thirty-two metres. It is open to the public daily from 8am to midnight. Disc jockeys commonly spin records outside the pool entrance where there is also a bar."
-Wikipedia

Does this strike anyone else as stupid? A pool in another body of water?!

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