Questions tagged [swimming]
Questions about swimming or just playing in the water at swimming pools, beaches, lakes, or anywhere there's enough water.
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Clean open-water (non-swimming-pool) swimming in Singapore?
There are lots of beaches but the seawater is all vile with the trash, oil refining waste, and other pollutants. (The NEA almost always claims it's all good, but their measurements pertain only to ...
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How can I find the location of all swimming pools in a given area (e.g., a city)?
I like to swim when I go to a new area due to travel, so I want a solution to find the location of all swimming pools in that given area (e.g., a city) to see which one I could use. How can I do so?
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What’s the keyword for finding hotels with pools heated above 27 °C?
As best as I can tell, hotel pools fall into three categories:
No heating or solar-only heating. The water is usually around the same temperature as the air, maybe a bit warmer if there’s a lot of ...
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Where can I find some map or other resource that indicates which beaches in Taiwan are not recommended/allowed to swim at, preferably with the reason?
Swimming at some beaches in Taiwan is not recommended or not allowed due to drowning risks (strong currents/eddies/whirlpools/etc.) and/or pollution, e.g. swimming at Shalun Beach (mirror) near Taipei ...
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Does any beach in Sentosa Island in Singapore allow swimming after 7pm?
I went to a beach in Sentosa Island in Singapore, namely Siloso beach, and I read that swimming was not allowed after 7pm on the sign pictured below. Does any beach on Sentosa Island in Singapore ...
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eBiking and swimming in Austrian lakes
I am looking to spend this year's summer holidays in Austria. Last year I was in Seefeld in Tirol and I really enjoyed renting ebikes and just exploring around and also swimming in lakes around the ...
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How can I assess the water pollution in the rivers in the US?
I'll explore a few locations in the US over the summer and consider swimming in some rivers. How can I assess the water pollution in rivers in the US, preferably before going to the location of ...
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How can I view the shortest distance between two islands? [closed]
I wonder whether there exists a convenient way to view the shortest distance between two islands. For example, can some of the commonly used online mapping resources, and if so, how? Ideally, I'd ...
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What are the risks associated with swimming in the Mekong River?
I read (mirror) that people sometimes swim between Laos and Thailand across the Mekong River. Aside from immigration matters and possible strong streams, what are the risks (e.g., hostile piscifauna) ...
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How can I know which lakes are okay for bathing in Norway?
Norway has a huge number of lakes, some of them are popular swimming spots and may even have small piers but the majority are just regular lakes in the forest. How can I know if one of these lakes is ...
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Can I swim to Litle Hjartøya from Nyholmen, Norway?
I would like to get to this island, marked by a red marker (on Google Maps):
The obvious route would be to swim across the strait marked by the green stripe. Distance is not that big, ~270m, I can ...
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How can anyone dare to swim in the ocean/sea-facing beaches with the shark risk? [closed]
I've only watched "Jaws" a few times in my life, but as supernatural and evil as that shark is, the fact remains that people have been eaten by sharks that swim in for a nice buffet at the public ...
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Swimming pool dressing code in Luxembourg
this question is related to this post, nevertheless I'm interested in knowing exactly about Luxembourg. I was quite frustrated about this non-sense rule during the years I lived in Belgium. Swimming ...
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How do you behave in icelandic public swimming pools?
I've been to Iceland a few times and my relatives have informed me that when taking a bath in the public swimming pools there are a lot of rules to follow.
In Sweden, where I live, the only rule is ...
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Swim from Dubrovnik to Lokrum [closed]
I'd like to take a swim from Dubrovnik to the island of Lokrum and back. Are there any non-obvious factors (strong currents? marine animals? local police? Game of Thrones fans?) that would prevent me ...
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