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July 19, 2007: Floating swimming pool
Spluch offers this item, of a floating swimming pool in Berlin, Germany. As temperatures went to the unusually high 32 degrees (89 F) there, people flocked to ways to keep cool.
It does look odd, but one thing that strikes me immediately is that the people aren't swimming in the river itself. Despite a beach-looking area, the actual water is fenced and off-limits. Shouldn't the goal be to be able to swim in the actual river water?
Happy Monkey Thursday Jul 19 05:49 PM
Swimming in a river in a city the size of Berlin would not be one of my goals. 
jester Thursday Jul 19 06:48 PM
that's way to crowded for me
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Jul 19 07:11 PM
Dangerous, if the pool sinks they might... drown.
ferkelparade Thursday Jul 19 07:18 PM
| Despite a beach-looking area, the actual water is fenced and off-limits. Shouldn't the goal be to be able to swim in the actual river water? |
Undertoad Thursday Jul 19 07:47 PM
The pool must be the same depth everywhere, otherwise it would be tough to float.
There's no place for a lifeguard to sit above pool area, but that's OK, the whole thing is probably about 4' deep.
Do people get a certain time limit? Because there are people waiting to get in, so somebody has decided this is maximum capacity.
Happy Monkey Thursday Jul 19 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
The pool must be the same depth everywhere, otherwise it would be tough to float.
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Undertoad Thursday Jul 19 07:59 PM
Is it only the rim that floats? It looks like the pool water is right up to the top of the rim, and the top is 3 feet above the river water. That's a lot of water to float!
BigV Thursday Jul 19 08:21 PM
UT, the water's not floating. Only the rim of the pool needs to float.
Think of the little kiddie pools for the back yard that have the inflatable rim. Much much less mass to hold out of the water.
BigV Thursday Jul 19 08:23 PM
does look high out of the water though....
on second look.... :sheepish:
Uisge Beatha Thursday Jul 19 08:30 PM
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you've just seen a toad face down a sheep!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled, ridiculously overcrowded, floating swimming pool.
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Jul 19 08:48 PM
| Check out this floating swimming pool that was spotted on the Spree river in Berlin, Germany, where temperatures have been unseasonably warm. It's called Badeschiff ("bathing ship"), and it's an old barge that's been converted into a public swimming hole. Unfortunately the Spree is much too polluted to swim in, hence the need for a floating pool. |
| The "Floating Pool Lady" is located at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy on an old barge -- very similar to the one in Berlin. However, Germany's pool is stationary, while Brooklyn's is free-roaming, with plans to swim to "pool-deprived Williamsburg or South Bronx, so residents there can take a dip," according to the Brooklyn Paper. |
Happy Monkey Thursday Jul 19 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Uisge Beatha
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you've just seen a toad face down a sheep!
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Piccolo Padawan Thursday Jul 19 10:59 PM
I saw that pool while I was in Germany earlier this summer.
We almost go to go give it a try, but alas, we never did.
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Jul 19 11:04 PM
How crowded was it?
Piccolo Padawan Thursday Jul 19 11:08 PM
Not nearly as crowded as that picture, but it was still a bit too cold for swimming. I also think my group scared away a couple Deutschers. Imagine a group of 20, 16-17 year old exchange student reactions.
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Jul 19 11:19 PM
Ha ha, yeah.
Flint Friday Jul 20 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by jester
that's way to crowded for me
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SPUCK Friday Jul 20 07:24 AM
Ah those wacky Asians again.
Karenv Friday Aug 3 04:37 PM
Those wacky New Yorkers now have one in the East River. Go Brooklyn!
http://www.nysun.com/article/57360
http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/in...1B0376A606096D
Uisge Beatha Friday Aug 3 05:37 PM
Ka-REN! How you doin'? Hey, dat pool - fuggedaboutit. It's a beautiful ting. 
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