Overview
- Hamburg’s Senate, which presented the plan Monday at Schwanenwik, released first visualizations for a supervised public bathing site on the Außenalster.
- The concept uses a biological system that pairs reed zones along the shore with added filter technology to clean Alster water to bathing grade.
- Designs show an unheated 50‑meter pool and two children’s pools with simple wooden and steel structures, changing rooms, showers, toilets, and a small food kiosk.
- Officials said detailed feasibility work now begins on water treatment, nature protection, safety, operations, and financing, with regulators insisting on reliable, long‑term results.
- Sports senator Andy Grote linked the project to Hamburg’s Olympic bid, and leaders noted the site revives a tradition that included a public bath at Schwanenwik in 1869.