# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbydRWkjCsq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68914522-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-08T18:01:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

A Berlin theater has turned the space outside its doors into a free public swimming pool - in a bid to highlight the city’s lack of accessible public spaces and swimming facilities.⁣
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The 25m “people’s pool” was installed outside the Volksbühne theatre and will remain open until October.⁣
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Organizers say the project is aimed at people who may be priced out of Berlin’s public pools, including young people and those without identification.⁣
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The initiative also comes amid concerns over Berlin’s water shortages and swimming access, with organisers saying as many as 30% of children in some districts cannot swim.⁣
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Visitors have welcomed the project as a rare free space for people to cool off, meet and take part in cultural life.⁣
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## Tags

volksbühne, berlinnews, berlin, news, germany, arts, publicspace, culture, swimmingpool, europe

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