Pool

The Dutch love to swim, whether it is to exercise, to relax or to just have a good time. Thanks to an extensive swimming schedule, pregnant ladies, little children, seniors and mentally disabled are all able to enjoy themselves in the Amsterdam swimming pool Marnixbad. The film vividly shows how every group of swimmers has its own flow, clearly visible in the chlorine infested water. The filmmakers even add an extra dimension to the film by using underwater equipment.

About Marnix swimming pool

This documentary film shows visitors of the swimming pool Marnixbad. Marnixbad is located on the Marnix square in the Jordaan area in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Through the windows, swimmers oversee the water of the Singelgracht. In 2006, the pool was renovated and is now a part of the sporting centre Marnix. After the renovation, the swimming pool still offers a variety of swimming activities.

Scenes

Swimming in the pool: Pregnant women.
The pregnant women swimming in the Marnixbad in Amsterdam take their time to relax, exercize and chat with other women.
Swimming in the pool: Babies and toddlers with parents
The parents bring their children to the pool to get used to the water. In a large group, they sing childrens’ songs while holding and playing with their children.
Swimming in the pool: Swimming class for children
In this clip, we see children in a swimming class to practise for their swimming exam. Some children seem to enjoy swimming more than others…
Swimming in the pool: Swimming class for adults
Although most adults have learned how to swim, some people have yet to overcome their fears and take swimming classes. The future swimmers in this clip are driven and eager to reach their goal.
Swimming in the pool: Nude swimmers
A strinking group in the Marnixbad Amsterdam is the group of nude swimmers. The pool turned out to be a perfect casual gay meeting place, where homosexuals are able to talk and exercise freely.
Swimming in the pool: fun for the mentally handicapped
Mentally handicapped people enjoy themselves in the water of Marnixbad, Amsterdam, together with their supervisors and each other.
Swimming in the pool: fibromyalgia patients
Fibromyalgia patients benefit by exercizing in the water of Marnixbad, Amsterdam. They use relaxation techniques and hope the exercise will take the pain away.
The filthy water of the Ij
While swimming in the Marnixbad, Amsteram, an old man tells about how he learned to swim in the Ij. The water used to be very filthy, with dead animals floating in it.
Swimming in the pool: Families having fun
Children and parents have a good time while playing in the water of Marnixbad, Amsterdam.
Swimming in the pool: Aquarobics
Swimming is not the only sport the visitors of Marnixbad, Amsterdam practise. In this clip, we see a group of people doing aquarobics.
Swimming in the pool: Elderly people
Elderly people use the Marnixbad, Amsterdam to get some exercise and to chat. The members of the swimming group are pretty close; they look out for one another outside the swimming pool.
Swimming in the pool: Fighting loneliness
An elderly man in the Marnixbad in Amsterdam tells how he’s fighting the loneliness in his life by visiting the pool and swimming and chatting with other visitors.
Under water images
The visitors of the Marnixbad, Amsterdam are filmed with underwater equipment while swimming.