Making a splash: Famed Berlin theatre opens pool outside its doors

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2026-08-08

Berlin (dpa) - Berliners can now take a dip outside one of Germany's best-known theatres after the city's Volksbühne opened a temporary swimming pool in the square in front of the venue. The theatre's new artistic director, Matthias Lilienthal, said the pool had become something of a talking point in the German capital. "For the past two weeks, the city has talked about nothing else but whether the pool is a brilliant idea or completely stupid,"......

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