Tag: swimming
The most beautiful swimming pools in France to take the plunge
The Joséphine Baker swimming pool on the Seine in Paris! The Joséphine Baker swimming pool is moored along the Quai François Mauriac, at the Port de la Gare in the…
The Municipality of Utrecht expects the new swimming pool Máximapark to be completed in 2026
The construction of the new swimming pool in Leidsche Rijn should ensure that there will be enough swimming areas in the future for the more than 470,000 residents who are…
Swimming: Florent Manaudou signs the best world performance of the year in the 50m freestyle
Florent Manaudou signed the best world performance of the year in the 50m freestyle on Thursday June 15 during the series of the French Swimming Championships. Manaudou achieved the best…
Problems pile up at swimming pools: ‘Vicious circle that is difficult to get out of’
Swimming pools, like many sectors, are suffering from staff shortages and outdoor pools are having an even more difficult time, says Jos van Zijl of the Knopenbad in Montfoort. “We…
Swimming drama in Vinkeveense Plassen after a game of football: 21-year-old Amsterdammer died, Frenchman (25) in hospital
Vinkeveen – One of the swimmers who were in need last night in the Vinkeveense Plassen has died, reports the Utrecht Security Region. It concerns a 21-year-old man from Amsterdam,…
Hilary Duff giving birth in a swimming pool
This March 24, 2021, Hilary Duff gave birth to her 3rd child, a baby girl named Mae, in an inflatable pool at her home! The actress, who is also the…
The swimming area in Furuvik closed – here divers examine the leaning diving towers
Something causes the concrete foundations, which have held the jumping towers in place since the opening in 1955, to move. During Monday, divers were on site with a remotely controlled…
Heat in Utrecht: last tropical day ahead
In De Bilt, 30 degrees were measured just after noon yesterday. It marked the first nationwide tropical day of the year. Similar temperatures are also expected today and tomorrow it…
Cool off during the sultry summer weekend: here you can swim cleanly in our region
The Maarsseveens lakes, the Henschotermeer or the Vinkeveense lakes. It will be very hot this weekend, but luckily there are many recreational lakes and beaches where you can take a…
It’s official: warm – and that’s how the giant pandas and the Marathon Amersfoort deal with it
All zoos give their animals plenty of water and treats frozen in ice on hot days. “Our tapirs, coatis, spider monkeys and squirrel monkeys are crazy about fruit. They want…