This place is THE COOLEST and now I want every city with a body of water to create a similar venue…read more (Local friends in Reno, I'm dreaming of a badeschiff in the Truckee River, maybe just outside of the entrance to USA Parkway near the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center so it can attract all the Tesla employees after work. And since it's Storey County, maybe it can be topless like the Badeschiff Berlin!) My husband and I arrived early on a weekday morning, but the Badeschiff was already packed. There were still folding chairs in a stack that could be set up, but all the chairs that were already set up were claimed. That was no problem for us, though, because we only planned to stay for a few minutes. My husband, as a ginger, is a bit of a vampire, and he had no desire to go in the water or to be in the sun. Nevertheless, he was able to find a bench under a shady spot, so he didn't even have to get his shoes sandy as he waited as I enjoyed swimming and taking in the most ridiculous, delightful atmosphere. A beach in downtown Berlin! Swimming in a beautiful pool located in the Spree! We drove here and parked for free along Eichenstraße and walked in. I changed into my suit in the car, so I cannot comment on the changing rooms available there. We paid our entrance fees (11 euros for the two of us) and scoped out the territory. Ladies can sunbathe topless, but tops and bottoms are required in the pool. I'm pretty sure that German swimming etiquette involves taking a brief rinse in the outdoor shower immediately before the pool entrance both before and after enjoying the pool. My non-German speaking and reading husband thought that a sign that actually read "no bicycles" said "no photographing," so he was loathe to take all the photos that I wanted him to take of our/my experience there. (Maybe the topless ladies also in the frame of the camera threw him off? He says that he did not want to seem pervy.) But rest assured, folks who are #doingitfortheinsta that you can, indeed, get that snap that you want. 10/10 I would make my sun, sand, and alcohol-adverse husband come here again because this place is SO COOL.

View is amazing. Pool in the middle of the river and pretty sunset views. People do jumps, flips in…read morethe pool. We go at sunset time on weekdays and it is not crowded. Pool is heated! There are changing room, lockers, bathroom, nice sun deck with lounge chairs. They rent you standup paddle board also to paddle at the river. Must visit once! We love it there! We swim and watch others doing stand up paddle board. Super cool! We swim laps, take pictures, and sit on the side at Cody lounge chair, enjoy music there and watch the world goes by! Ah....h. Come and enjoy this unique Berlin experience.

This is a beautiful indoor pool facility that was recently restored. There are two large pools -…read morethe largest is kept at around 28c/82f and the smaller large pool (which is still quite big) is kept just below bathwater warmth - it's REALLY warm and you don't have to get used to the water temperature at all. There is a schedule for open swim time for the public on their website. It's around 5€ to use the pool. There are separate locker/changing rooms for men and women. Each locker room has hair dryers (1€) and lockers where you get a key in exchange for a 1€ coin that you get back, so remember your coin if you want to secure anything. The locker rooms have changing tables and wooden playpen sort of things to put your baby while you change. There are swim classes at various times during the day so it's important to understand the schedule if you want to use the pool. I've enrolled in two classes. One instructor spoke only german which is understandable. Another instructor spoke german, spanish and english. The pool facility has a website but no way to do online registration so if you plan to take a class, plan to register in person, and to get there before opening time. The queues run out the door and he wait for registration is longer than an hour. During registration, their card machine wasn't working so they were only accepting cash. All in all, it's a nice big clean pool facility but they could benefit their customers by creating online registration. After all, it's 2018. The front desk staff could also use a lesson in smiling and not being so crabby.

I had a very disturbing experience at Stadtbad Neukölln tonight (January 7th). After going for a…read moreswim this evening (around 9pm) a man walked up to myself and a few others asking for sexual favors. This was in the Stadtbad Neukölln men's locker room. This man would not leave me alone until I told him I would call the police. Eventually I had to leave the locker room and dry off in the lobby area. He was that disturbing. Stadtbad Neukölln has very beautiful architecture and history but extremely disturbing visitors. I would not recommend this pool/spa for anyone. There are many other safe and cleaner spa's in Berlin. I will never go back to Stadtbad Neukölln. I highly suggest that the management at Stadtbad Neukölln please keep an eye out for people like this man.