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I don't know if there are any rivers going through major european cities that I would consider safe to swim in. You have to understand that the current-day env
by zokier 3y ago
I don't know if there are any rivers going through major european cities that I would consider safe to swim in.
You have to understand that the current-day environmentalism is only a recent phenomena, while the waters have been getting polluted for centuries. It just takes lot of time and effort to turn that around.
- MrBuddyCasino 3y agoThe Isar in Munich is safe and people swim in it all the time. It helps that it is not navigable, except by kayaks and rubber boats (sometimes).
- bigbluesax 3y agoThe Danube running through Vienna is safe to swim in: https://www.wien.gv.at/forschung/laboratorien/umweltmedizin/wasserhygiene/badewasserqualitaet/index.html https://www.wien.gv.at/forschung/laboratorien/umweltmedizin/... The water quality doesn't protect you from the current or the heavy boat traffic through. So most swimming is done in a disconnected side channel called "Alte Donau".
- insane_dreamer 3y agoThere's a nude beach there too (or at least there was 20 years ago)
- lgvld 3y agoI remember you can have a swim in Stockholm.
- alkonaut 3y agoThe rapids in the city center are famously clean enough för salmon and trout, but like any densely populated area there are also places and times of the year when the water isn’t good for swimming.