tradition
Swimming at the Wannsee with a water temperature of 8 degrees
Gabriela (M) tests the water during the traditional bathing at the Wannsee lido on Good Friday. photo
© Fabian Sommer/dpa
The water is not exactly warm in Wannsee. But some people still jump in. And after the bath?
Numerous people came to the Wannsee lido in Berlin for the traditional bathing on Good Friday. The water temperature of just 8.4 degrees did not stop some guests from opening the bathing season by jumping into the water.
As in the previous year, mobile saunas were available for warming up. The Wannsee is known throughout Germany for the more than 70-year-old hit “Pack your swimming trunks…”.