It is mid-September and summer is coming back ... wouldn't that be a good reason to look for refreshment in the canal?
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Five 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.
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Thanks to everyone who ran with us the Brussels Canal Run with the message “TODAY WE RUN, TOMORROW WE SWIM!” Let’s make the canal the place for outdoor swimming in Brussels!
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POOL IS COOL was invited to “Baignade en Ville”, a conference on outdoor swimming in Paris. It revealed the importance of joined action by all authorities and administrations to make things happen.
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We finally watched “Men Who Swim” and discussed POOL IS COOL! It took us a while to find the right place, right time and right weather …
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In Paris we visited a great example of pools that can be both: open on hot summer days and closed when the temperature drops.
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The canals in the north of Paris are an impressive example of the role that water can play in a city. Could they be taken as examples for the canal in Brussels?
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We 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.
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This year we closed the dry swimming season on the most fun day in the city, the car free Sunday! Another group of novices was trained to swim safe and dry in the future.
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For the first time the Brussels’ environmental agency monitors the water quality regarding swimming in Brussels. We joined the measuring to learn more about it.
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Great enthusiasm in Gent for urban outdoor swimming. It’s a city full of water. The question of the workshop: how can this become accessible for swimming?
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This was the BIG JUMP BXL 2018. For the 7th time the canal of Brussels became the giant open air pool we and so many 'Brusseleirs' are dreaming of and asking for!
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For one day we transformed the huge roundabout in Brussels’ office district into the only outdoor “swimming” place of the city.
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This year Brussels skipped the spring and switched directly to summer. So we went for the first swim already in April! And we learned a lesson …
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On Sunday 18/03, we went again for a bicycle ride to future swimming places in the existing waters of Brussels, organized in the framework of the "Brussels' Water Days 2018" in collaboration with Bruxelles Environnement.
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On 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!
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On Wednesday, 11 october, POOL IS COOL organized a public evening about outdoor swimming in Brussels with presentations and a debate in BOZAR, the centre for fine arts in Brussels.
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On Sunday 10 September, we went on “Swim Bike Exploration”. With an interested group we cycled to six places in Brussels to explore future locations for outdoor swimming in Brussels.
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