The popular open-air swim­ming pool in Cossebaude with its 45,000 square meters swim­ming area stret­ches along the wes­tern city limits of Dresden directly at a reser­voir. The spa­cious area with a won­derful, chestnut-fringed sun­bathing lawn invites you to sun­bathe and relax. In addi­tion to the 485 square meter non-swimmer’s pool with water mush­room, a giant slide pro­vides lots of bathing fun. An extra paddling pool with 180 square meters of sur­face area lures the very young guests into the cool water. The faci­lity also offers a wide range of pos­si­bi­li­ties, among other things, visi­tors can try out various sports on the indi­vi­dual pit­ches. If you want, you can also have wind­sur­fing les­sons on the reservoir.

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On the edge of the Dresdner Heide is the tra­di­tional Weißig bathing area. With its 4,000 square meters large natural bathing pond it invites you to cool off in summer. On the beau­tifully desi­gned, spa­cious sun­bathing lawn, visi­tors will find rest and rela­xa­tion. For children there is a lovingly desi­gned play­ground. Those who like sports can play table tennis on the tables.

In the middle of gree­nery, on the nor­t­hern out­skirts of Dresden is the natural Weixdorf bathing area. This out­stan­ding faci­lity with a long tra­di­tion has a lot to offer. Whe­ther swim­ming or a walk around the lake — (almost) ever­y­body gets their money’s worth here. The exten­sive area is a very spe­cial address for nature lovers. A lovingly desi­gned adven­ture play­ground offers a lot of variety for our little guests. In the ori­gi­nally res­tored chan­ging rooms of a former Elbe bathing resort, visi­tors also embark on a journey into a time long past.

On the wes­tern out­skirts of Dresden, above the Plau­en­schen Grund, lies the his­toric Luftbad Dölzschen. The well-kept, today pure nudist faci­lity in its natural green sur­roun­dings with a won­derful pan­o­r­amic view of the city at its feet was opened as early as 1870 — inspired by a natur­opa­thic asso­cia­tion. At that time it pre­sented itself as a pure air bath, today a water basin also entices to jump into the cool water. What has remained is the pre­fe­rence for nudism. In addi­tion to a beau­tiful, spa­cious sun­bathing lawn, the Dölzschen air bath has a 600 square meter water pool, divided into a swimmer and a non-swimmer area. The little bathing guests have a lot of fun in the water as well as on the lovingly desi­gned and varied out­door playground.

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The char­ming Waldbad in the former health resort of Langebrück is located on the edge of the local recrea­tion area Dresdner Heide. Family-fri­endly and natural, the out­door pool has a 4,000 square meter water sur­face and a sepa­rate water play­ground. In addi­tion, the little guests can whizz down a slope in a Flying Fox (cable car). The exten­sive bathing area is ideal for sporty active people. In addi­tion to a small soccer field, guests will find table tennis tables and a beach vol­ley­ball court. The well-kept faci­lity, which is inters­persed with trees and bushes, looks back on a history of more than 100 years and still pre­serves its idyllic cha­racter with con­stantly flowing forest spring water and many loving details.

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The out­door swim­ming pool in Prohlis in the south of Dresden has been com­ple­tely rede­si­gned and, tog­e­ther with the indoor swim­ming pool there, forms the Prohlis com­bined pool. In addi­tion to a 25-meter swim­ming pool, the out­door pool area includes an adven­ture pool and a bathing area for younger visi­tors. In addi­tion to a wide slide, guests can also use the two giant tube slides at the swim­ming pool. Num­e­rous sports options offer ever­y­thing you need for an active day at the out­door pool. Large sun­bathing areas and a higher sun ter­race also pro­vide plenty of oppor­tu­ni­ties to relax.

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The Cotta out­door pool in the west of Dresden is popular with all age groups and has a 620 square meter stain­less steel pool for bathing fun, inclu­ding three 25-meter lanes. The little bathing guests have their own paddling pool. Sun wor­ship­pers will find a nice spot on the large sun­bathing lawn. The play­ground makes children’s hearts beat faster, as does the wide slide and the water mush­room. For “water bombs” and “pike” there is a three-meter tower and a one-meter diving board. In the year of its 100th anni­ver­sary, the Cotta out­door pool was reopened in 2013 after it had been exten­si­vely renovated.

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Directly on the beau­tiful Elbe cycle path, a little spot of the Baltic Sea is wai­ting in the middle of Dresden. In addi­tion to the out­door pool Wostra, the beach resort Wostra offers a lot that the bathing heart desires. Since 1982, the popular, purely nudist faci­lity has been located on a 20,000 square meter large, rena­tu­ra­lized gravel lake in the east of the city and gives its visi­tors a real vaca­tion fee­ling with fine sand, typical beach chairs and the exten­sive sun­bathing lawn.

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In the east of Dresden, not far from the Elbe cycle path, you will find the moder­nized out­door pool Wostra. From the hig­hest diving tower of the city in the open-air, the brave ones can dare to jump from the “Five”, “Three” or “One”. Swim­mers swim their 50-meter lanes in the large com­bi­na­tion pool. Non-swim­mers and children will also get their money’s worth in the Wostra. The exten­sive, well-tended lawn invites you to relax and linger. A lovingly desi­gned play­ground and a paddling pool with an ele­phant slide are a par­ti­cular delight for our very young guests. Ori­gi­nally the open-air pool was built in 1930 on the initia­tive of the “Wochenend- und Strand­bad­ge­sell­schaft” — hence the name “Wostra”.

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The idyllic natural swim­ming pool Mockritz is not only because of its won­derful loca­tion on the sou­thern out­skirts of the city a high­light among the open-air pools in Dresden. The bathing pond offers a lot of bathing fun with a wide slide and the foot­bridge. The out­door pool is fed with fresh water from the pro­tected springs of the Tiefen Börner. The moder­nized “Cold Spring” has a Kneipp faci­lity with two walk-through pools where the water tem­pe­ra­ture is bet­ween 10 and 13 degrees Cel­sius. A bathing area and a play­ground are espe­ci­ally exci­ting for small children. On the spa­cious lawn with its large stock of trees, every guest finds a shady spot and an indi­vi­dual retreat. If you want to be active, you can do sports on the fit­ness equip­ment provided.

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