BERLIN, Germany — Former Blair Regional YMCA and Bedford High School Swimmer Leah Shackley recently led Team USA to a strong showing at the World University games in Berlin, Germany. She wound up ...

Berlin Bathers Demand Lifting Of Swimming Ban In Spree River By Jastinder KHERA Aug 12, 2025, 1:29 pm EDT Share ...

Hundreds of Berliners take a dip in the Spree river to protest a 100-year-old ban on swimming in the city's main waterway. The ban was briefly lifted to allow what organisers called a "swim ...

The event, organised by the group Fluss Bad Berlin, was registered as a protest to bypass a long-standing ban on swimming in the river, in place since 1925 due to past pollution. Campaigners say water ...

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Hundreds of Berliners gathered to take a dip in the Spree river Tuesday to protest a 100-year-old ban on swimming in the city's main waterway. Billed by organisers as a "swim demonstration", the ...