Explorer

Berlin Allows Everyone To Go Topless At Public Swimming Pools After Woman Registers Complaint

Acting on the complaint of a woman the Berliner Baederbetriebe, which runs the city’s public pools, decided to change its clothing rules.

The Berlin state government in an order passed on Thursday has allowed all women to go topless at the city’s public swimming pools, like men, reported news agency Associated Press.

The new bathing rule of allowing everyone to go swimming without covering their torsos was announced after a woman complained that she was not allowed to go topless in a public swimming pool in the capital.

The woman, whose identity has not been revealed had approached the senate’s ombudsperson’s office to demand that women, like men, can swim topless, said the  the Berlin senate for justice, diversity and anti-discrimination said in a written statement, reported AP.

A second woman said she was told to cover up while at an indoor pool in December.

ALSO READ: Anchor Inserts Snoop Dogg Lyrics In Weather Report, Rapper Shares Video

Acting on the complaint, the Berliner Baederbetriebe, which runs the city’s public pools, decided to change its clothing rules, the statement further read.

"The ombudsperson’s office very much welcomes the decision of the Baederbetriebe, because it establishes equal rights for all Berliners, whether male, female or non-binary, and because it also creates legal certainty for the staff at the Baederbetriebe," said Doris Liebscher, the head of the ombudsperson’s office, reported AP.

Earlier, women who went swimming at Berlin pools topless were asked to cover themselves or to leave the pool. On few occasions they were also banned from returning.

“Now it is important that the regulation is applied consistently and that no more expulsions or house bans are issued,” Liebscher said, as reported by AP.

ALSO READ: Rare Mob Of White Kangaroos Spotted In Wildlife Reserve In Australia, Picture Goes Viral

However, it not clear as to when the new rules will come into effect in the city's public swimming pools.

Germany has considers public nudity in some settings to be both appropriate and healthy.

View More
Advertisement
Advertisement
25°C
New Delhi
Rain: 100mm
Humidity: 97%
Wind: WNW 47km/h
See Today's Weather
powered by
Accu Weather
Advertisement

Top Headlines

IND vs SA: Sanju Samson's Consecutive T20I Century Powers India To 61-Run Win Over South Africa In Series Opener At Durban
IND vs SA: Sanju Samson's Consecutive T20I Century Powers India To 61-Run Win Over South Africa In Series Opener At Durban
J&K CM Omar Says People Found Their Voice Through Special Status Resolution; BJP Threatens To Run ‘Parallel Govt’
J&K CM Omar Says People Found Their Voice Through Special Status Resolution; BJP Threatens To Run ‘Parallel Govt’
Meerut: 2 Women Booked For Burning 5 Stray Puppies Alive, Probe Underway
Meerut: 2 Women Booked For Burning 5 Stray Puppies Alive, Probe Underway
Chhattisgarh: 3 Naxalites Killed In Bijapur Encounter, Total Of 192 Eliminated In Bastar So Far
Chhattisgarh: 3 Naxalites Killed In Bijapur Encounter, Total Of 192 Eliminated In Bastar So Far
Advertisement
ABP Premium

Videos

Marshals Remove BJP Legislators from J&K Assembly Amidst Growing TensionsAnchor Silences NC Spokesperson Over Article 370 and 35A Debate | ABP NewsJ&K Assembly: Dramatic Images Show BJP and Ruling Party MLAs in Heated ScuffleClash in J&K Assembly: Cameras Capture Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh’s Scuffle with BJP MLAs

Photo Gallery

Embed widget