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Swiss swimming pool restricts foreign bathers over summer after trouble

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An outdoor pool in Switzerland has reportedly banned most foreign nationals and many tourists for the summer period blaming them for outbreaks of anti-social behaviour.

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Faced with frequent problems and repeated incivilities, the Swiss municipality of Porrentruy decided to temporarily prohibit non-residents from accessing its municipal swimming pool, mainly targeting neighbouring French citizens.

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Starting this Friday, as a result of "inappropriate behaviour" and "divility", the outdoor pool is reserved for persons of Swiss nationality, holders of an establishment permit and holders of a valid Swiss work permit.

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In the Swiss municipality of Porrentruy (Pruntrut) in the canton of Jura, new access rules for the outdoor swimming pool will apply from 4 July. In the future, only Swiss nationals as well as persons residing or working in Switzerland will be allowed to visit the bath. Foreign tourists staying in a hotel or at a campsite in the region may continue to visit the outdoor swimming pool with a corresponding guest card. This is reported by Le Quotidie…

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The Jurassic municipality of Porrentruy restricts access to its swimming pool to Swiss nationals.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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watson.ch/ broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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