It is mid-September and summer is coming back ... wouldn't that be a good reason to look for refreshment in the canal?
Read MoreFive weeks of EXPEDITION SWIM and even more than a year of preparations are behind us. The first weekend proved the interest and possibility of outdoor swimming in ponds while the other two expeditions showed that guaranteeing the water quality is not yet evident.
Read MoreWhat is the position of the parties that are standing for the election of the Brussels Parliament on the subject of outdoor swimming?
Read MorePOOL IS COOL, as external expert, will follow up the ongoing design project at BRUFACE, the joint engineering program of ULB and VUB, for an in- and outdoor swimming facility at the Neerpede lakes in Anderlecht.
Read MoreAfter a visit to the wasteland around Gare de l’Ouest and Beekkant we’re convinced that there is a big potential for an open air pool in the future.
Read MoreIn Paris we visited a great example of pools that can be both: open on hot summer days and closed when the temperature drops.
Read MoreWe recently visited Paris to meet Eddy Laglisse, founder of the website and community MonSwim, for a talk and a swim in the Canal de l’Ourcq.
Read MoreFor the first time the Brussels’ environmental agency monitors the water quality regarding swimming in Brussels. We joined the measuring to learn more about it.
Read MoreGaspard Giersé made a short documentation about his grandfather, Paul Giersé, who swam in the canal in the 1930’s.
Read MoreTwo members of POOL IS COOL will go on a study trip to the north of Europe. We will try to have a swim at all the places we visit, follow us on DIRECTION NORTH.
Read MoreHow to enjoy the water safely, how responsibility is dealt with in other countries and how safe swimming in existing water could like in Brussels.
Read MoreGreat news: the Minister of Environment of the Brussels government, Céline Fremault, asked the Brussels Environmental Administration (IBGE) to commission a study on the possibility of swimming ponds in Brussels.
Read MoreWe want your opinion! The survey asks for your experience of outdoor swimming. Your answers will help us to design future open air swimming places.
Read MoreOn a weekend in July we went to Berlin with a group of swimming enthusiasts from Brussels. Our mission: bringing the Flussbad-Pokal (Flussbad-trophy) back home to the city without outdoor pools!
Read MoreThe INTERNATIONAL URBAN SWIMMING PRE-CONFERENCE is an attempt to define the universal questions around Urban Swimming as a preparation for a subsequent International Conference in 2018.
Read MoreWinter swimming in Belgium appears to be reserved for the few dedicated human ‘polar bears’ and those having access to a heated outdoor swimming pool. Outdoor swimming in our region is often considered a summer-only activity, but scientists seem to disagree. Winter swimming might hold the key to a better physical and mental health.
Read MoreL’Atelier d’Urbanologie invited POOL IS COOL to take part in a round table of experts in Rennes, France, about open air swimming in urban existing waters. The event was a working debate between architects and landscape designers, scientists, geographers, social researchers and local partners.
Read MoreFor POOL IS COOL it’s very important to understand the situation in other European capitals of public open air swimming pools. In London we met with Timothy Sutton, member of the Brockwell Lido swimmers club and as such a passionate swimmer with a particular passion when it gets to cold water swimming.
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