<story><title>Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66238618</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ugiox</author><text>Swimming in the Rhine river in Basel (Switzerland) has been possible for a long time and is even officially sanctioned by the city &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.basel.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;activities-excursions&amp;#x2F;swimming-rhine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.basel.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;activities-excursions&amp;#x2F;swimming-rhin...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>secretsatan</author><text>Many (Most) of the rivers and lakes are swimmable in Switzerland, the standards for water are incredibly high, more dangerous is not knowing the currents.&lt;p&gt;Going down the Aare river from Thun&amp;#x2F;Uttigen to Bern is a hugely popular activity to do in summer, but every year a few people drown.  Even so, I&amp;#x27;d recommend it.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;madeinbern.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;stories&amp;#x2F;along-the-aare-river-2#:~:text=The%20trip%20from%20Thun%20to,it%20is%20only%204%20minutes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;madeinbern.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;stories&amp;#x2F;along-the-aare-river-2#:~:...&lt;/a&gt;).</text></comment>
<story><title>Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66238618</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ugiox</author><text>Swimming in the Rhine river in Basel (Switzerland) has been possible for a long time and is even officially sanctioned by the city &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.basel.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;activities-excursions&amp;#x2F;swimming-rhine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.basel.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;activities-excursions&amp;#x2F;swimming-rhin...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>refactor_master</author><text>Swimming in the Copenhagen harbor (Denmark) is also possible&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.visitcopenhagen.com&amp;#x2F;copenhagen&amp;#x2F;activities&amp;#x2F;baths-and-beaches&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.visitcopenhagen.com&amp;#x2F;copenhagen&amp;#x2F;activities&amp;#x2F;baths-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It might have a slight upper hand in cleanliness with being directly connected to the sea.</text></comment>