Back to the island

First swim into the Spree yesterday evening from the top of Stralau facing Treptower Park. A place I used to pass several time when living in this area, that was on my jogging path. I have seen often people jumping into the water but never dared to join, I was running I just wrote.

A photo posted by jeremie Gerhardt (@mrbonsoir) on Jul 5, 2016 at 10:59am PDT

It's nice to be able to disconnect so fast in Berlin and switch from your office to a swim suit within a few minutes. It's close to 19h and I met a Steffen at a crossroad nearby my work place in Kreuzberg. Half an hour later we are at the extremity of Stralau in the water. Then it's just chilling with a beer and feeding the family duck watching the sunset.

Maybe the blue painted building in Waldemarstrasse was the subliminal message that pushed me to go the water later?

A photo posted by jeremie Gerhardt (@mrbonsoir) on Jul 5, 2016 at 5:35am PDT

I went to several lakes or how to handle the warm weather in Berlin

When the thermometer get an heatstroke it's nice to be able to jump into the water. Luckily Berlin is surrounded by lakes and other Fribäder [https://www.berlin.de/special/sport-und-fitness/schwimmen/schwimmbad/kategorie/freibad/] within a reasonable travel distance by bike and/or public transport. If the lakes are easy to reach, they are some efforts to provide to get places, water quality and sun or shadow. A short review of my last visits below.

Teufelsee

Water so so, small

A big sausage fest

not much sun

but view on Teufelberg

Schlachtensse

Relatively big, a mix of locals, families and people coming from far. As you walk away from the U-Bahn you get more easily a tiny spot. Plus you can jog around and the path is almost exactly 5km.

No naked people, water is not transparent but quality ok. Getting less full as the evening comes, leaving only families and a nice atmosphere.

Liepnitzsee

The best, only the best.

You have to deserve it and cycle a lot even when doing a part by S-bahn.

Superb water quality, beautiful green color. There is an island!!! There is bier garten on the island

There is a tiny lovely ferry!!! They are fkk people, but on the island they aren't so ugly. 

As the other lakes there are not boats with engines, making it safe to swim. And I recall, the water quality is great. So a bit if an expedition but worth it.