Category: Swimming Pools
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The well-heeled find a watery escape in landlocked Afghanistan
See NBCNEWS A new fad is sweeping the capital of landlocked and war-weary Afghanistan: swimming pools. The city has at least eight massive new pool clubs. Extras usually include saunas, Jacuzzis, massages, smoothies and sandwiches. “Sure, we don’t have beaches like Brazil, or clubs like Dubai. But we have created our own beaches and clubs…
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CC photo #665: The Debrecen 2012 Warm-Up Pool
Just a photo from the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. This the 25m warm-up / swim-off pool used during the championships, the 50m competition pool behind that glass wall.
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Behold the Starkenberger Brewery Castle Beer Bath
Described on starkenberger.at as the first beer swimming pool in the word, the Starkenberger BierBad in Imst just outside of Munich is our chance to finally swim in warm (weak) beer, in 7 pools filled with 12,000 liters of water and 300 liters of Biergeläger. It is supposed to be good for you, just don’t drink…
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Berkeley High School shut down swimming pool after swimmers start losing body hair
Read for instance Fox News and Huffington Post A California high school pool was closed by the city after students reported symptoms including burning eyes, bleached hair and a loss of body hair. Berkeleyside reported that parents of the Berkeley High School water polo team sent a letter to the principal expressing concern over their children’s alleged symptoms. One…
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Susie O’Neill aka Madame Butterfly and her Fastlane Pool
“Watch two minutes of Aussie swimming royalty and her Fastlane Pool. Want to Swim at Home like Susie? Visit fastlanepools.com.au to learn more.”
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Behold Vladimir Morozov’s first swimming pool
4 lanes. 25 meters. Siberia. Who needs more? :-) via simma.nu/no My first swimming pool, Siberia. 4 lanes 25m pic.twitter.com/3rX9KQQ4Yk — Vladimir Morozov (@v1addy) September 16, 2013
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CC photo #608: Just go straight in, September is free
An interesting experiment in our local community pool here at Toftir, Faroe Islands, this September, where all public swimming will be free of charge. It is only a 16 meter pool, and we are only about 1000 people in the village plus a few thousand in surrounding area, so it would be difficult to make…
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Myrtha says no swirling current in BCN2013 pool
SwimVortex has the story: Myrtha Pools has denied that the circulation in the temporary facility installed at the Palau Sant Jordi for the 15th FINA World Championships could have made one side of the pool “faster” than the other. A spokesman for Myrtha told SwimVortex.com: “While it is difficult to argue against the facts with…
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CC photo #587: “Svimjihøllin á Oyrunum” coming along nicely
A photo I took yesterday, the ‘Pál pool’ taking shape in Vágur, Faroe Islands, which will be our first 50 meter pool ever. See www.svimjihollin.com