Public swimming pools

[Cyanophagos]

Hey everyone, I like to swim a lot, and lately I’ve discovered the fun of communal locker rooms and communal showers (when they are not mixed).

I’ve been looking at the « Hostels with communal showers » thread and I wondered if some of you had advices of the same kind for public swimming pools ! Which ones are interesting, in which citie… For example I wanted to travel to Berlin and/or Prague this year : what are the interesting public swimming pools, if any!

Of course I’m interested in knowing if the swimming experience is good as well…

Maybe this type of thread already exists, if so, sorry!!

 

[coffinhack]

Berlin public swimming pools I have visited -

Indoor pools -
Stadtbad Neukolln, Stadtbad Charlottenburg, Schwimmhalle Fischerinsel, Schwimmhalle Ernst-Thälmann-Park.

Outdoor summer pools -
Sommerbad Neukölln, Sommerbad Kreuzberg, Sommerbad Humboldthain.

All of these had communal showers, so lots of opportunities to see naked men.

 

[Cyanophagos]

Was there any particular watching/cruising activity ?

In Paris for example, a lot of guys go to the Suzanne Berlioux or Roger Le Gall swimming pools because they have non mixed locker rooms. There are some cubicles but a lot of men are changing directly in the room. The showers are communal (mandatory swimsuits, of course), and you can make some encounters, or at least watch someone that makes you understand they like to be watched…

 

[Northern Flaneur]

Hey everyone, I like to swim a lot, and lately I’ve discovered the fun of communal locker rooms and communal showers (when they are not mixed).

I’ve been looking at the « Hostels with communal showers » thread and I wondered if some of you had advices of the same kind for public swimming pools ! Which ones are interesting, in which citie… For example I wanted to travel to Berlin and/or Prague this year : what are the interesting public swimming pools, if any!

Of course I’m interested in knowing if the swimming experience is good as well…

Maybe this type of thread already exists, if so, sorry!!

Why not go to a naturist swim. You can look, but it is non-sexual experience. I much prefer swimming sans slip de bain.

 

[coffinhack]

Was there any particular watching/cruising activity ?

In Paris for example, a lot of guys go to the Suzanne Berlioux or Roger Le Gall swimming pools because they have non mixed locker rooms. There are some cubicles but a lot of men are changing directly in the room. The showers are communal (mandatory swimsuits, of course), and you can make some encounters, or at least watch someone that makes you understand they like to be watched…

Lots of watching, some guys are clearly interested.
Everyone showers naked in the Berlin pools.
Yes, I have been to the two Paris pools you mentioned, and I noticed the same things you did.

 

[adude688]

Was there any particular watching/cruising activity ?

In Paris for example, a lot of guys go to the Suzanne Berlioux or Roger Le Gall swimming pools because they have non mixed locker rooms. There are some cubicles but a lot of men are changing directly in the room. The showers are communal (mandatory swimsuits, of course), and you can make some encounters, or at least watch someone that makes you understand they like to be watched…

I always assumed that showering naked in male only communal showers in France was normal.

 

[Cyanophagos]

I always assumed that showering naked in male only communal showers in France was normal.

In my experience, showering naked is usually forbidden in France even in male only showers !

Why not go to a naturist swim. You can look, but it is non-sexual experience. I much prefer swimming sans slip de bain.

I am not sure to be interested in naturism! I don’t know if I’m into showing everyone, haha! Maybe I’m a little bit picky

 

[vincegre]

I am not sure to be interested in naturism! I don’t know if I’m into showing everyone, haha! Maybe I’m a little bit picky

Like everything first time is the most difficult once you have done it one time, it'll be no more a problem Nothing better than feeling of air and free move when you are naked !

 

[Cyanophagos]

Like everything first time is the most difficult once you have done it one time, it'll be no more a problem Nothing better than feeling of air and free move when you are naked !

But I don’t think I’m interested

 

[Northern Flaneur]

But I don’t think I’m interested

Well, you can take a hose to water, but you cannot make it drink. I respect your decision and nobody is going to force you. All I would add it that I would reiterate what vincegre has said and that I have read stories of sceptical of naturism stating that they wish they had started earlier and regret that they didn't experience it earlier.