Berlin Pools Announce Cost-Saving Measures for Summer 2025

Outdoor pools will not be heated, saunas will close during summer, and the pool season will end earlier due to reduced subsidies.

Outdoor pools across Berlin will rely solely on sunlight and ambient temperatures for heating, with water initially filled at 12°C instead of the usual 22°C.
Four pools with regenerative heating systems—Sommerbad Pankow, Sommerbad Mariendorf, Kombibad Gropiusstadt, and one pool at Sommerbad Kreuzberg—will remain heated.
Saunas in indoor pools will be closed from April 1 through the end of October to cut costs.
The summer pool season will end on September 7, coinciding with the conclusion of school holidays, shortening the typical season by several weeks.
The Berliner Bäderbetriebe are operating under a reduced 75 million euro subsidy for 2025, significantly less than what was agreed upon in the 2022 pools contract.