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Amsterdam – 13 August 2025
1. Various of swimmers enjoying a sunny day by the docks
2. Various tracking shots of a swimmer diving in the water
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Anneke (no last name given), Amsterdam resident:
"Yeah, definitely. I was a little bit nervous to go in the water because I don’t want to get an infection or anything, but I’m sure it’s clean. It just, I’m used to a little bit cleaner water."
4. Various of swimmers and sunbathers
5. Mid of swimmers relaxing on the grass
6. Wide of people relaxing in a park
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike (no last name given), Amsterdam resident:
"Super enjoying here and I don’t understand Dutch people that used to go with this weather abroad. They used to go to Spain. I think Amsterdam is the best place to be here when it’s sunny and when it’s summer above 25 degrees , it’s it’s fantastic."
8. Various of swimmers enjoying the water
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Noortje (no last name given), Amsterdam resident:
"In the centre, where it’s quite busy, I see some tourists, they don’t bring their water bottles, and then I do worry a little bit for them. But if you’re out here and you’re swimming, then it’s not so bad at all. But for the people walking around a lot, I do worry for them, yeah."
10. Various of swimmers enjoying the sun
STORYLINE:
Amsterdam residents were beating the heat on Wednesday by dipping into the city’s waterways.
While Parisians have recently rediscovered the pleasure of swimming in the Seine, Amsterdammers have enjoyed swimming in their in waterways for years.
On Wednesday, as Amsterdam baked in nearly 30 degree Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) weather, many chose to cool off with a swim by the docks.
"In the centre, where it’s quite busy, I see some tourists, they don’t bring their water bottles, and then I do worry a little bit for them," said Noortje, a student from The Hague. "But if you’re out here and you’re swimming , then it’s not so bad at all," she added.
In the famously egalitarian Dutch city, there are no showers, no lifeguards, and the area is free for anyone to use.
In a country dominated by waterways, canals, rivers and below-sea-level pastures, wild swimming is on the rise as climate change increases temperatures and extends the summer season.
AP Video shot by Aleksandar Furtula and Peter Dejong
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