Category: Swimming Pools
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CC photo #64: The swim pool in Vágur, Faroe Islands
The swim pool in Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands ready for the “SUM 2008” Faroese youth championships. This is the 25 meter pool that Pál Joensen has been training in since childhood, in his home town of Vágur. A bit shallow in the far end and often hot and humid when full with people. Posted now…
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CC photo #62: An old Tórshavn swim pool ticketing machine
This seems to be the original ticketing machine of former outdoor swimming pool in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, now on display in the current indoor pool opened in 1982. Tickets say from left to right: “Kvinnur” (Women), “Bað húgva” (Swim cap), “Gentur” (Girls), “Dreingir” (Boys), “Baðtoy” (Swim Clothes), “Ãskoðarapláss” (Spectator seat). No room for men, apparently…
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CC photo #58: The swim pool in LeirvÃk, Faroe Islands
A photo taken during warmup at the “Reka stevna 2008” swim meet in LeirvÃk, Faroe Islands. We have plenty of these 16 meters pools, which are good for the youngest age groups, but only three 25 meter pools and still no 50 meter pool.
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CC photo #57: The Hajós Alfréd National Swimming Pool
The original Hajós Alfréd National Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, here used as warmup pool at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships. Designed by Hajós Alfréd himself, Olympic champion from the very first Games in Athens 1896.
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Mumbai’s Floating Balcony Pools
Architect James Law designed this skyscraping residential complex called Aquaria Grande for real estate company Wadhwa Group in Mumbai, India, including a series of beautiful but I’m sure also vertigo-inducing swimming pools extending at the edge of each apartment’s balcony. They are actually building the thing, see thewadhwagroup.com. Via mymodernmet.com.
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A photo from Foro Italico this morning
Our friend John Tierney is apparently in Rome these days, and those nice Roma09 posters still hanging in that magnificent Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto. Very nice :-)
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Curl Curl
Early morning hours at Curl Curl sea pool on Sydney’s northern beaches. Soundtrack is “The Swimming Song” by Loudon Wainwright III. Love it. Curl curl from Jason Wingrove on Vimeo. Via Gold Medal Mel on Facebook.
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CC photo #54: The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center diving pool
The divers were the only ones (other than the open water swimmers out at the beach) to compete outside at the 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships – Shanghai 2011. China won all events.
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Sea pool
Short version of a documentary in production on the Australian ocean pool culture in Sydney such as the famous Bondi Icebergs swimming club. Via Gold Medal Mel on Facebook, love it!