Langerei
Historic canal quay turned summer swim spot, with lap lanes and a lifeguarded pool for families.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Langerei in Bruges sets a centuries-old cargo canal, once queued with wool, wine and timber bound for the sea at Damme, against the summer of twenty twenty-six, when the city opened a swimming pool right inside it. It follows opening day, when about three hundred people slid off floating pontoons into water two meters deep, among them a father who biked over with his kids instead of driving to the coast. You'll hear about the two swim lanes side by side, a fifty-meter lap lane left to serious swimmers and a shallower, lifeguarded stretch for families. Stand at the grassy bank between the two lanes to take in the contrast yourself.
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