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Swimming Spots on the Havel

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Location: Berlin, Germany

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Gadabout

October 23, 2019

Beautiful hiking trail always along the water.

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Beyond the Horizon

July 14, 2025

Anyone who knows the Havel knows: It refuses to be rushed. It doesn't flow, it moves forward – with a measured pace that slows the pace of the day. Where small bays open up between branches and reeds, lies the silent promise of a summer day. Or that windswept space in spring, when the water is still too cold for the skin, but already warm enough for thoughts that long to wander far away.

Nothing is staged at these bathing spots. The sand is coarse in places, the water dark and honest, shadows fall slanting through the trees, and occasionally a piece of wood lies there like a forgotten sign – from whomever. The people who come here seem to know this. They sit on tree trunks, resting their elbows on their knees, silently gazing into the distance. Children splash in the shallow water as if this were the center of the world.

In the background, boats drift by, sometimes silently with sails, sometimes rattling with motors – and then disappear from view again. The seagull calls. The swan glides by, like an old acquaintance who doesn't greet you, but still believes you belong together.

Places like this are rare in Berlin. And those who bathe here aren't just bathing in the water. They're bathing in life as it is, if they let it.

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Jens Dreißig

May 29, 2024

And bird courtship area

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Elevation 40 m

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Location: Berlin, Germany

Swimming Spots on the Havel

1. View of Wannsee – Northern Shore of Krumme Lanke loop from Krumme Lanke

2. Swimming Spots on the Havel – View of Lindwerder loop from Schlachtensee

3. Steps to the Havelhöhenweg – Swimming Spots on the Havel loop from Gatow

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