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.

Ich habe die Sommer-Karte für die Berliner Bäder gekauft. Sie gilt aber weder für die Hallen noch…read morefür verpachtete Strände. Also, es macht keinen Sinn, die Karte zu besorgen.

(deutsche Version weiter unten)…read more English: The worst 5,50€ I ever spent in Berlin. I came here for a workout and would have been better off if I had read the other reviews first. First of all, the positive features: The building is really beautiful inside and I admired the wonderful murals and the nice roof which lets the daylight in. The staff was friendly, the showers and changing cabins clean and comfortable, the water warm and the whole site is easily accessible by taking the U2. But that's about it. When I arrived, I was shocked how incredibly small the whole pool was. I also discovered that the pool was divided by two lengths of rope, making for three segments. One was the area with shallow water for non-swimmers. This took about a third of the whole pool. The main part, in itself divided into two segments, encompassing 2/3 and 1/3 of the width respectively, was for the swimmers. However, the smaller section was reserved for an activity group and not meant to be entered by regular swimmers. This was the case in spite of the information on the website which stated that there would be normal access this evening. The remaining 2/3 those in hope for a good swim came here for could use, were initially filled by about 5-6 people. This is the maximum limit of swimmers, if you do not wish to interfere with each other's swimming lanes. After 5 minutes, we were about 15 people which was WAY too many for this small area. To give you an idea of just HOW small it is: three to four people can swim in parallel and the length is about 20m. It was chaotic. I managed to "swim" for half an hour until I had to stop because I was too busy avoiding others and trying not to be kicked repeatedly by some people stoically swimming their chosen paths, regardless of oncoming aquatic traffic. I had to pay the full fee despite being a student (reduced is only up to 26 years) and considering I could not even use the pool for swimming, this was way to pricey for such a small facility. If you wish to visit, I'd strongly recommend to call first and ask if they are really offering unrestricted access to all the lanes during the time you plan your visit, no matter what the website states. If you are a lover of art nouveau, you might wish to give it a try to see some beautiful murals and architecture (this is what I keep as a positive memory of this visit). For regular swimmers, however, I'd recommend to use the Neue Halle nearly next door instead - same money, much more possibilities to actually swim. Deutsch: 5,50€ die sich wirklich nicht gelohnt haben. Die Halle wurde trotz anderer Angaben auf der Webseite im Parallelbetrieb betrieben, so dass nur ca. 2/3 des Schwimmerbereiches für reguläre Gäste genutzt werden konnten. Vom Eingangsbereich gelangt man über einen gekachelten Gang und eine Abtrennung vom Schwimmbereich (den man dabei bereits passiert) zu den Umkleiden. Hier sind 2€ für die Spinde nötig, stellt man hier fest, kein entsprechendes Geldstück zu haben, sollte man auf anwesende, wechselfreudige Mitschwimmer hoffen, denn zurück zur Kasse kommt man nur gegen Entwertung des Tickets. Die Umkleiden sind klein, aber zweckmässig und sauber. Ebenso die Duschen, die sich jedoch nicht temperaturregulieren lassen. Stattdessen gibt es warme und eine mit "kalt" ausgezeichnete Dusche. Von dort gelangt man nach Passage einer Trennwand in den Schwimmbereich. Positiv ist hier die wirklich wunderschöne Architektur der Halle und insbesondere die originalen (restaurierten), ebenfalls wunderschönen Wandmalereien aus dem Jugendstil. Insgesamt ist die Halle jedoch deutlich kleiner als die Bilder der Webseite es suggerieren: der Bereich umfasst ein Becken, wovon 1/3 auf den Nichtschwimmerbereich entfällt. Der Schwimmer wurde heute ebenfalls unterteilt, wobei 1/3 davon für einen Kurs reserviert war. Es bleiben ca. 20m längs und vielleicht 5 bis 6m in der Breite zum Schwimmen. Dies ist für fünf bis 6 Personen ausreichend, leider waren es letztlich dreimal so viele. Nach einer halben Stunde permanentem Ausweichens und Wartens stellt man fest: ein normales Schwimmen ist leider unmöglich, so dass sich ein Besuch unter diesen Umständen nicht lohnt. Ansonsten war die Einrichtung sauber, effizient und durch die geringe Größe eher familiär. Die Mitarbeiter waren freundlich. Wer sich nicht abschrecken lässt und die Architektur und die Gemälde anschauen möchte, sollte, falls auch geschwommen werden soll, vorher telefonisch anfragen, ob zur geplanten Besuchszeit Parallelbetrieb ansteht, da die Webseite anscheinend nicht aktuell ist. Insgesamt empfinde ich die 5,50€ jedoch als wesentlich zu teuer für die geringen Möglichkeiten. Als Spende an die Kunst und die Erhaltung der schönen Halle zu verschmerzen, aber schwimmerisch enttäuschend. Wer wirklich schwimmen möchte, ist mit einem Besuch der neuen Halle, die sich fast nebenan befindet besser beraten.

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.

This place is amazing for all ages!…read more Free Transportation from the train station is possible. You must get to the Brand Tropical Island stop. From the main Bahnhof you go to Ostkruez then to Brand Tropical Islands (U5 towards Cottbus). That's where the shuttle will pick you up. Check Tropical Islands website for the schedule. Just note that this train station is not in use (there isn't an attendant, snacks or anything like that). The obvious issue is the language barrier especially at check in. Poor guy that checked us in was not good nor comfortable speaking English. We got through most of it and another employee finished the briefing. Most employees in the other areas spoke English or at least enough for our interactions. Another thing that was a con for us was the rooms did not have face towels. Not a big deal but was annoying. Upon arrival you are able to enjoy everything immediately even if your room isn't available. They will store your bigger pieces of luggage and you can use the lockers in the changing room for smaller bags. Wifi is good everywhere inside the dome. Can't speak for the Amazonia area as I didn't have my phone out there. Walking to rooms can be loud due to hard walkers and the way the platform is made. This can even be heard on the second floor. There are about 3 different gift shops there to purchase things. They have chargers for sure but didn't check for other items that may be forgotten. They definitely have pool items such as goggles and floats. The air pump is right outside the kid shop. When staying over night you receive a wrist band that can unlock your room, lock and unlock lockers as well as purchase food and other things at the stands. (I'm not sure if this applies to those that come out for the day). When leaving you can use the kiosk to total out or you can pay at the exit gate. Adult bands can charge up to about €200 and kids is €35. The water depth is 5ft for all bodies of water in the dome minus the slides. Pools have a metal bottom. Feels weird but we wore water shoes so it was a little slippery for us but once we adapted we were good. There are multiple slides throughout the dome. One section has 4 slides. This area the kids must be certain ages and most do not allow more than one to go down together. The blue slide is the highest. Yellow is next with red slide allowing tubes and green is for mainly for the littles. In the other section where the "beach" is there are a bunch of family friendly slides that does allow for 2 to go down together. There is 2 more slides in another section that typically only one person goes unless a little is with the parents. One slide is dark with a strobe type light and the other has lights all the way to the end. There is a "beach" area that has sand and lots of lawn chairs. I've been in the past and chairs were not used on the sand so it allowed/encouraged sand castle building/play. It's not as easy now to do. Food places are cool but it sucks trying to figure out what is open at what time as that is not listed on the map especially after breakfast is over and lunch has not fully started yet. The food court is cool when you catch them at the right time. Some staff members just didn't seem to care. They messed up our burger. When we returned to get another one we found out a few others were in the same boat. One lady was given cold pasta. Pizza may be best but we didn't try it. Breakfast was included with our rooms. It's from 8:30 to 9:30. It's a typical German breakfast. They do have waffle, pancakes and two types of scrambled eggs. There is an area for kids for games and things such as bumper cars and such. They cost €1,20. There's also table tennis and air hockey tables as well. There is a spa area but I didn't utilize it. There are also tanning beds. One bar area called Bora Bora was cool as that's were most of the smokers hung out since they had 2 big areas enclosed to smoke in. This area is also only for 18 and up. People were also going to the Amazonia area to smoke there as well. All the bars have the same drink list. Bora Bora did have a daiquiri machine. Also they have nachos. Balloon ride is €39 plus €6 for adults and €3 for kids. The Amazonia area has two parts that are open in winter months. One is a fast river that pushes you over the hills and dips pretty fast. Not sure if there is an age requirement but due to how it was pushing us through and unknown hills/dips I wouldn't recommend little kids until you have tried it yourself. The other side had a lazy river feel that allowed you to float around. You also could go sit on the wall and relax. The water is warmer so it was nice with the cool winter breeze. There was also another pool but was closed during the winter month. The TV in the room only offered news channels. That was a little disappointing as I figured with it being a family friendly establishment there would at least have a cartoon type channel.

During our trip to Berlin, we decided to visit the famous Tropical Island. We knew COVID was…read morehappening and were glad that it was open. We did our research and booked oit tickets in advance (about a week before) and had no problems choosing our date even with a shorter notice. Upon arrivial, you can see that there is plenty of parking available. It is a hike to get to the entrance. The line to enter was extremely long, over an hour wait to get in. With with these waits, they should consider putting a bathroom outside. Eventually when we got in, we felt a bit lost trying but after we got our bearing we were on our way. Even with reduced numbers, finding a locker took a while. After getting dressed and heading to the pool, there was no beach chairs available and ended up getting a tight spot in the sand. The pools were pretty nice and warm. People seemed friendly and happy. We had the lunch buffet at the indian place which was 20 euros each adult plus a 10 euro deposit for an arm band and a 2 euro deposit for the cup. We had issues when we left because the restaurant didnt refund us the deposits, but thankfully we kept the receipts. The food was pretty good and the selection of all you can eat Indian was nice. Wish they would include coffee though. We stayed from 12 until almost 8pm. Our big disappointment was that about half the slides were closed. This is a big no go if you are still charging full price for entrance and at 91 euros for two people. While its a nice water park, I have been to much better ones in other places in Germany. Good to visit once but we likely wont come back.