Apparently officially recognised by the Guinness Book of World
Records, here in San Alfonso del Mar in Chile you can hardly
miss the world’s largest swimming pool!
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This absolutely immense pool is 1
kilometre long and covers eight hectares - that’s
80,000 square metres! Furthermore, it contains an
incredible 250,000 cubic metres of water.
And yes, it’s right beside the beach, and no more than a stone’s
throw… from the sea.
Thanks to Bene via http://www.nubricks.com/worlds-largest-swimming-pool.html nubricks.com
Tags: , Largest, Pool, Swimming, The, world
This is
the Badeschiff or “bathing ship” in Berlin, Germany - an old
barge which has been converted into an outdoor swimming pool,
actually in the River Spree.
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Opened in the summer of 2004, the facilities have proved highly
popular as it has allowed Berliners http://www.inhabitat.com/images/badeschiff_summer.jpg to
swim (at least in a figurative sense), in the long polluted and
unsanitary Spree. In fact on closer inspection you can see
several people swimming when this image was captured.
The 32 metre-long pool also has a bar with DJs until midnight,
and is even open http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/03/24/berlins-winter-badeschiff/
all-year-round.
Read more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badeschiff at
Wikipedia.
Thanks to Jake.
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