SWIMMABLE CITIES SUMMIT, ROTTERDAM

Hot town, summer in the city, and a meeting like no other. For an urban swimmer, to have a bathing platform outside the conference venue, starting on Day 1, World Bathing Day, 22^nd June, with a jump into the very clean waters of the Rijnhaven, Rotterdam, is a perfect start to two days of deliberation and information sharing. Around 200 people representing organisations from around the world assembled with the aim of promoting urban swimming, and through this, raising awareness about the potential for urban swimming to regenerate waterways, improve liveability and grow climate resilience. Swimmingpod podcast was recorded, which captures some of the voices at of representatives at this Summit, which  connected participants engaged variously in urban waterway transformation and improving swimmability therein. Interviewees include Henk Ovink, Katie Pumphrey. Marilotte Stemedink, Mark Turpac, Maja Beck, Marie Roende-Becker, Peggy Knudsen, Benjamin David, Christoph  Bosshardt, Hans Henrik Heming, Christine Guldborg Christensen, Simon Laing, Loretta Bellato, Andy Bevan, Innes Miller and Rebecca Olive. Thanks to co-interviewer Fiona Gibson.

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