Swimming containers come to Elsdorf: Learning to swim in summer!

Swimming containers come to Elsdorf: Learning to swim in summer!

Elsdorf, Deutschland - There is a joy of swimming! Elsdorf received a swimming container at the end of June 2025, which will serve as a practical temporary solution during the renovation of the outdoor pool. Mayor Andreas Heller announced the joyful news on Facebook. The container measures a proud 13 meters in length and 3 meters in width and is mainly used by primary schools to teach the little ones to swim. During the summer holidays there are even free swimming courses on the program!

The city of Elsdorf has tried to maintain the important swimming lessons during the outdoor swimming pool closure. The container will remain until the beginning of September and could be a real gain for the community. A similar project in Kerpen was already a great success, where over 60 children took part in water familiarization courses and that shows how valuable such measures are.

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What is behind this swimming container? These small swimming pools are made from converted ship containers and offer an inexpensive and space-saving alternative to conventional teaching pools. The first containers in Germany were used in early 2023 and they enjoy growing popularity. A filter system ensures clean water, which can easily be drained off when changing the location. In addition, the containers have the advantage of being mobile: After completing a course, you can simply move to another school to offer the next swimming lessons there, as reports https://goodnews-magazin.de/schwimnern-im-container/).

The variant in Elsdorf is part of a larger initiative that was launched by the NRW state government. This has reacted to the declining movement and swimming capacity of children- a development that has been reinforced by the Corona pandemic. State Secretary Andrea Milz presented the plans for mobile swimming containers, as part of a "swimming offensive", which is anchored in the coalition agreement between the CDU and the Greens. A total of five such containers should cover all government districts in North Rhine-Westphalia and thus pursue the goal of increasing the swimming capacity of children in preschool and primary school age [wdr.de.

With a budget of three million euros, the “Narwali” project was launched, which aims to promote swimming culture and get used to the water as many children as possible. The first container was put into operation in September 2023, and the company in the Arnsberg district has been running very successfully since mid -May 2024.

Overall, the concept of swimming containers shows itself as a real profit for schooling and the development of leisure skills. The initiative in Elsdorf is another step in the right direction to bring children safely and with joy to bring the water. Now it only says: off to the water!