Dozens Brave the Bad Weather and Demonstrate in the Spree

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At a demonstration against the swimming ban in the Spree, dozens of people braved the autumn temperatures and ventured into the cold water.

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Bathing in the Spree has been taboo for 100 years. Nevertheless, activists venture into 13 degrees of cold water – and demand more opportunities for river bathing.

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Bad in the Spree: In Berlin, demonstrators in bathing clothes have gone beyond a ban and swam in the river.

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Dozens of people demonstrated in Berlin against the swimming ban in the Spree – and even swam. Under gray skies, with occasional rain and a water temperature of just 13 degrees Celsius, they swam in the Spree Canal near the Humboldt Forum. The non-profit organization Flussbad Berlin had adopted the motto "Cold bathing and passionate about the cause." Swimming in the Spree has been banned in Berlin's city center for 100 years. The first demonstra…

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