Comments on: Belgium’s weirdest beach http://antwerp.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/belgiums-weirdest-beach/ In cyberspace, we are all stars, until someone turns on the light Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:06:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Peter - blog author http://antwerp.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/belgiums-weirdest-beach/#comment-71830 Peter - blog author Sat, 10 May 2008 16:46:56 +0000 http://antwerp.wordpress.com/?p=1300#comment-71830 <em>I wouldn't eat them Claudia... Anyway, this river connects directly to the North Sea/Atlantic and is not really polluted anymore, ever since very stringent rules were introduced in the 80s. But it remains a major shipping route, with treacherous currents, making swimming extremely dangerous. And the open-air pools? Still closed during a 90°F week (Belgium is currently the hottest place in Europe, weather wise ;-) ) - basically really frustrating when all open-air pools are 'waiting for the summer', a summer that failed to arrive last year ...</em> I wouldn’t eat them Claudia…

Anyway, this river connects directly to the North Sea/Atlantic and is not really polluted anymore, ever since very stringent rules were introduced in the 80s.

But it remains a major shipping route, with treacherous currents, making swimming extremely dangerous.
And the open-air pools? Still closed during a 90°F week (Belgium is currently the hottest place in Europe, weather wise ;-) ) - basically really frustrating when all open-air pools are ‘waiting for the summer’, a summer that failed to arrive last year …

]]> By: Claudia http://antwerp.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/belgiums-weirdest-beach/#comment-71828 Claudia Sat, 10 May 2008 13:40:17 +0000 http://antwerp.wordpress.com/?p=1300#comment-71828 * shudders * Can you imagine what the fish must look like??! * shudders * Can you imagine what the fish must look like??!

]]> By: furiousball http://antwerp.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/belgiums-weirdest-beach/#comment-71820 furiousball Fri, 09 May 2008 14:10:35 +0000 http://antwerp.wordpress.com/?p=1300#comment-71820 it's all perspective isn't it? <em> [Blog author comment: "It sure is Van. Most people are perfectly happy ignoring the harbor/petrochemical sprawl (ending at the Dutch border, 30 km/20 miles north) and just enjoy their look-but-don't-swim city beach on this summer-like day with the temperature in Antwerp reaching 85°F. Kind of frustrating that the Olympic open-air pool stays closed until May 17. By then it may be raining again."]</em> it’s all perspective isn’t it?

[Blog author comment: "It sure is Van. Most people are perfectly happy ignoring the harbor/petrochemical sprawl (ending at the Dutch border, 30 km/20 miles north) and just enjoy their look-but-don't-swim city beach on this summer-like day with the temperature in Antwerp reaching 85°F. Kind of frustrating that the Olympic open-air pool stays closed until May 17. By then it may be raining again."]

]]> By: Peter - blog author http://antwerp.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/belgiums-weirdest-beach/#comment-71819 Peter - blog author Fri, 09 May 2008 11:28:57 +0000 http://antwerp.wordpress.com/?p=1300#comment-71819 <em>It's indeed as surreal as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte Benjamin. I had visors from overseas who were stunned by this Antwerp leftbank setting, especially after passing the 1930's Waasland tunnel and observing the unusual crowd. You won't find many cities with a beach where flocks of topless 70 yo women enjoy the sun, along with noisy 16 yo migrants while bored cops drive by countless "do not swim" signs. It's totally weird :P</em> It’s indeed as surreal as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte Benjamin.

I had visors from overseas who were stunned by this Antwerp leftbank setting, especially after passing the 1930’s Waasland tunnel and observing the unusual crowd.

You won’t find many cities with a beach where flocks of topless 70 yo women enjoy the sun, along with noisy 16 yo migrants while bored cops drive by countless “do not swim” signs. It’s totally weird :P

]]> By: Benjamin http://antwerp.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/belgiums-weirdest-beach/#comment-71818 Benjamin Fri, 09 May 2008 10:46:34 +0000 http://antwerp.wordpress.com/?p=1300#comment-71818 Saint Ann's Beach, Playa Santa Ana is a wonderful pleace. The fauna (the public), the setting. Su surreal, so Magritte, so Belgian! It reminds me of Springfield in The Simpsons: a city where you have everything: a lake, a sea, mountains, desert, nuclear plant... Saint Ann’s Beach, Playa Santa Ana is a wonderful pleace. The fauna (the public), the setting. Su surreal, so Magritte, so Belgian!

It reminds me of Springfield in The Simpsons: a city where you have everything: a lake, a sea, mountains, desert, nuclear plant…

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