Waiting for the swimming fun: Spandauer outdoor pool only opens in 2027!

Waiting for the swimming fun: Spandauer outdoor pool only opens in 2027!

Gatower Straße, 13595 Berlin, Deutschland - The location around the outdoor pool on Gatower Strasse in Berlin-Spandau is tense. The bathing establishment, which has been closed since 2022, is painfully missed by many visitors. As the Tagesspiegel Popular outdoor pools until at least 2027. The announced construction work in the swimming pool will initially start in the hall, while the outdoor pool itself remains closed.

Since the closure three years ago, numerous damage has been known in the outdoor pool that have existed since at least 2019. The Berlin bathing companies (BBB) ​​plan to renew the overflow channels in the hall during the summer holidays 2025, but the original schedule for demolition and new construction of the outdoor pool is unclear. An opening of the new stainless steel pool and a baby tool for the start of the season in May 2026 is planned

financing problems and container solutions

Another problem is financing: There is no planned money for the demolition and new construction of the cabins and toilets outdoors. Instead, a "container solution" is sought. The total volume for the construction work on the outdoor pool is around 7.5 million euros, but the tender for the construction work has not yet been published. The Senate had originally sought an opening of the outdoor pool for 2023, but this was not implemented.

The necessary funds from the Berlin state budget cause delays. These problems mean that the construction work is to take advantage of more than a year. Usually over 100,000 visitors used the outdoor pool on Gatower Straße during the summer, since its opening in 1974 it has become an integral part of the bathing culture in Spandau.

General situation of the Berlin baths

But it doesn't just look difficult in Spandau. The BBB has announced the basic renovation of the Mariendorf combination in 2024, and construction projects also take place in other parts of the city, such as in the Schöneberg Stadtbad and in the Spandau-Süd summer pool. The total volume of these projects amounts to almost 50 million euros.

Aktuell are 30 indoor pools in Berlin, but visitor numbers are limited to less water areas due to renovations in the swimming pool. However, the situation is likely to improve by 2026, since politics has been adding new bathrooms in the planning process for the first time in 25 years. New locations in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Pankow and Spandau are planned, such as rbb24 emphasized.