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Well, Berlin has the same issue. Unlike Paris, it has no plan of cleaning up the Spree any time soon.

It has been discussed every now and then, but it's always too complicated, or the solutions available aren't liked by the people in charge.



There is an initiative that wants to have a side channel of the Spree for bathing. Close to Museumsinsel / Fischerinsel.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flussbad_Berlin

https://www.flussbad-berlin.de/


I thought I had seen people swimming in the Spree - turns out it was a swimming pool floating in the Spree!

https://www.visitberlin.de/en/badeschiff-der-arena


Yeah, that's the perfect symbol of what's wrong...

"Our river is so dirty, it's too dangerous to swim in there. Let's build a swimming pool into the river!"


People swim in the Muggelsee which is basically a part of the Spree...




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