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Berlin swimmers take the plunge amid efforts to reclaim bathing in the Spree

Campaign group Flussbad Berlin is going against the tide with its campaign to open the Spree to public bathing. Will it sink or swim?

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A participant swims with a placard with the lettering 'Break the bathing ban' while taking a dip in the Spree river during a second swimming demonstration for the abolition of the general swimming ban in the inner-city Spree river in central Berlin on August 12, 2025. They demonstrate for the possibility to swim in the inner-city Spree river again; it was banned around 100 years ago. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

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