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Berlin Bathers Demand Lifting of Swimming Ban in Spree River

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Hundreds of Berliners gathered to take a dip in the Spree river Tuesday to protest a 100-year-old ban on swimming in the city's main waterway.

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Berlin protesters swim in Spree to push for lifting 1925 ban

Hundreds of people leapt into the Spree River’s calm, green-tinged waters in Berlin’s historic Mitte district on Tuesday, aiming to show it is both clean and enjoyable for swimming.

10 hours ago·Pointe-Noire, Congo

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Hundreds of Berliners at Bade-Demo in the Spree

Several hundred Berliners jumped into the capital at summer temperatures. Actually, this is forbidden, for exactly 100 years, but on Tuesday the swimmers demonstrated against the bathing ban. The association Flussbad Berlin wants to open the Spreekanal on the museum island for Berliners and tourists

12 hours ago·Vienna, Austria

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IN PICTURES: Berlin bathers demand lifting of swimming ban in Spree river

Hundreds of Berliners gathered to take a dip in the Spree river Tuesday to protest a 100-year-old ban on swimming in the city's main waterway.

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Berlin bathers demand lifting of swimming ban in Spree river

Hundreds of Berliners gathered to take a dip in the Spree river Tuesday to protest a 100-year-old ban on swimming in the city's main waterway.

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Protest Against Old Bathing Ban: Hundreds of Protesters at the Spree - some in It

Hundreds of people gather in Berlin to jump into the Spree. The so-called co-swimming demo has become a tradition. For 100 years, the ban on swimming has been protested.

23 hours ago

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