Monday, July 10, 2006

Time for something new

With the football world cup finally over, Berliners are slowly getting back to what they do best - looking cool in crazy locations. Without doubt, this weekend's hottest destination was Badeschiff, a luxurious swimming pool that floats in the Spree River.

Since 2004, the converted barge (Badeschiff means 'bathing ship' in German) has been a magnet for Berlin's scenesters - its mixture of lectures, arthouse films and dj's managing to keep the young crowd entertained even when the sun isn't shining.

Arguably, another reason for the pool's success is that it finally allows people to do what they have always wanted: have a cooling swim in the tempting, yet heavily polluted, Spree River. alA super-cool local practices the Berlin art of "seeing and being seen".

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I think I know her from school.