Visiting swimming pool in Berlin: New rules cause confusion!

Visiting swimming pool in Berlin: New rules cause confusion!

in the hot season, when the Berlin outdoor pools awakened again to life, access for bathing people is becoming increasingly complex. The trend towards increased safety precautions ensures that a relaxed visit to the summer pool is no longer so easy. Today report both Tagesschau.de href = "https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/berliner-freibaeder-schrecken-hohe-security measures-badegaeste-ab-li.2248810" Class = "Source_2"> berliner-zeitung.de About the new regulations that affect swimming in the capital.

In order to get to the outdoor pools, guests aged 14 and over will have to present an official photo ID in the future. Children under the age of 14 should have a document for age verification with them, which for many families demands additional effort before visiting. A security guard, dressed with a white polo shirt and equipped with a radio, ensured more information about this new step in the Neuköllner Columbiabads and answered the questions of excited children. A normal day in the outdoor pool, one might think that it would not be the situation that extremely high security measures parents and children unsettle at the same time. Common crimes and clashes seem to have transformed the swimming pool visit into an additional challenge.

security requirements and access restrictions

The new measures not only include the ID checks, but also strict pocket controls. Glass bottles, weapons, shishas and grills are strictly forbidden to ensure the safety of the bathers. It will be interesting to see how these changes are accepted by the bathing visitors, suddenly a relaxed day on the water is made more difficult by such requirements. From now on, online tickets are now mandatory to secure a guaranteed entry. The ticketing system allows bookings up to seven days in advance, a cancellation is possible up to 48 hours before the booked appointment.

For the planning of the bathing day, a traffic light system was introduced, which indicates the utilization of the bathrooms. Green stands for free places, while red signals an overcrowding. So if you want to jump into the cool water spontaneously, you should take a look at it beforehand! "I miss the days when you could just go to the bathroom," said a father disappointed while looking for the required ID document.

ticket prices and additional regulations

When asked about the ticket prices, the people seeking advice learned that they can be between 6 and 7 euros depending on the category of outdoor pools, with reduced prices for children and adolescents. For some outdoor pools, visitors can also hope for heated water sources, while others are dependent on the energy source. A pleasant stay, however, looks different, however, if you have in the back of your head that pets are not allowed, weed pot on the site is outlawed and nudist only comes into its own in certain zones.

Nevertheless, many were given the anticipation for the summer season. They have to adapt to new regulations, but the piece of freedom on the water has a high priority for many Berliners.