20 Locations
A sports pool is built for serious swimming, and Berlin has several with proper lanes and facilities. From training to fitness lengths, a sports pool here suits swimmers who mean business. This overview gathers Berlin locations for lap swimming.
Olympic and competition pools across the city keep long lanes, diving boards and timing facilities, some hosting clubs and events, while public sports pools add lanes for fitness swimming. Aqua fitness classes and swim courses run alongside, and saunas often complete the visit. They suit dedicated swimmers as much as casual ones.
Browse the venues below to find a sports pool across Berlin, from competition pools to public lanes.
In Bad Wilsnack, a spa town in the Prignitz region, lies the ultimate Brandenburg idyll: the Kristall-Therme brings the Dead Sea to the northwest of the state, combining iron and iodine-rich thermal brine healing water from over 1,000 meters deep with eight themed saunas and a wellness garden that invites relaxation.
The SaarowTherme in Bad Saarow is one of Brandenburg's most popular wellness destinations, located just about an hour from Berlin. The thermal bath is fed by the 450-meter-deep Catharinenquelle, whose natural thermal brine creates ideal conditions for regeneration, new energy, and a soothing break from city life.
Learn to swim in one week: The Swimkids swimming school offers intensive swimming courses in Moabit and Prenzlauer Berg during the Berlin summer holidays 2026. Children from 3.5 years old train daily in age-appropriate groups until they achieve the Seepferdchen, Bronze, Silver, or Gold badge.
Stadtbad Neukölln in Ganghoferstrasse is no ordinary swimming pool, but a listed bath palace whose neoclassical halls with columns, arcades and mosaics seem to have sprung directly from ancient Rome. Those swimming laps in Neukölln have been doing so since 1914 in one of Europe's most beautiful swimming pools.
The SSE in Prenzlauer Berg is Berlin's most impressive indoor swimming pool for fitness and sports: Europe's largest indoor pool with a 50-meter basin, ten lanes, and a 10-meter diving tower, attracting both recreational swimmers and competitive athletes.
In Berlin-Mitte, not far from Nordbahnhof, awaits one of the city's most beautiful indoor pools: The Stadtbad Mitte "James Simon" combines Weimar architectural history with serious competitive swimming over 50 meters. Light, air, and high ceilings included.
Just an hour's drive from Berlin, in the Hoher Fläming region, Bad Belzig is home to one of Brandenburg's most remarkable thermal spa landscapes. The SteinTherme draws its healing power from iodine-rich thermal brine, gushing from a depth of 775 meters, bringing body and mind to a tranquility not found in the city.
Freshly renovated and with a planned outdoor pool in Moabit: The Stadtbad Tiergarten, just a few steps from the main train station, combines a 50-meter sports pool, a separate diving pool, and a five-meter-high climbing wall under one roof.
In Prenzlauer Berg, Europe's largest swimming pool is almost invisibly hidden in a green hill: The SSE at Europa-Sportpark combines two 50-meter competition pools, an Olympic diving tower, and pools for every skill level. World-class architecture, competition history, and daily operations under one roof.
The Stadtbad Charlottenburg is located on Krumme Straße in Charlottenburg and is Berlin's oldest swimming pool still in operation. Since 1898, the listed Art Nouveau hall has attracted swimmers and history enthusiasts alike. High arched windows, artfully laid tiles, and a glass roof make every visit an experience for the eyes and muscles.
NaturTherme Templin is the "small sea of Uckermark". Located about 80 kilometers north of Berlin, it draws real thermal brine water from a depth of 1,650 meters and combines bathing pleasure, sauna culture, and wellness under one roof. There are also plenty of offers for children for water play and fun.
In the municipality of Krausnick, about 60 kilometers south of Berlin, a whole piece of the South Seas slumbers under a gigantic dome. Tropical Islands is considered Europe's largest tropical holiday world and attracts families and wellness lovers alike with warm sand, an artificially created rainforest, and an extensive sauna landscape.
The Kombibad Seestraße in Wedding is both an indoor and outdoor pool: Swimmers can enjoy 50 meters of water surface here all year round, while in winter, a spectacular air-supported hall covers the outdoor pools, doubling the offerings.
Berlin's swimming pools boast glamour and grandeur, but in the Fennpfuhl district of Lichtenberg, the Anton-Saefkow-Platz swimming hall proves that good swim training doesn't need a grand staircase. Clear lanes, clean water, and GDR architecture as a backdrop: here, the essentials matter.
The Lausitztherme Wonnemar in Bad Liebenwerda is the wellness center of the southern Lower Lusatia, combining a fun pool, mineral forum, and sauna world under one roof. After an extensive renovation for approximately 18 million Euros, it presents itself today more spacious, peaceful, and versatile than ever before.
A swimming pool that tells a story: The Stadtbad Spandau Nord in the Hakenfelde district is one of Berlin's oldest indoor pools, captivating swimmers with its Wilhelminian villa architecture, vaulted ceilings, and a historically preserved atmosphere.
The Fläming Therme Luckenwalde, located about 50 kilometers south of Berlin, has been Brandenburg's down-to-earth answer to wellness and bathing fun since 2000: a versatile sauna landscape, adventure pools, and an atmosphere that works equally well for families and adults.
The Fischerinsel swimming pool in the heart of Berlin-Mitte is a popular training spot for hobby swimmers. Visitors will find a well-maintained 25-meter pool near the Nikolaiviertel, which even allows early birds into the water from 6:30 AM.
A swimming pool with history: The Finckensteinallee swimming hall in Lichterfelde (Steglitz-Zehlendorf) is one of Berlin's most remarkable indoor pools. The listed building from 1937/38 today houses a publicly accessible 50-meter pool, which equally attracts competitive swimmers and casual lane swimmers.
The swimming pool "Helmut Behrendt" on Helene-Weigel-Platz in Berlin-Marzahn unites the qualities of a general swimming pool, a sports pool and a diverse sauna variety.