A WEBSITE FOR SWIMMERS, MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ME
My name is Frederik, born in 1966 and I learned swimming, as every Dutch boy, at an early age. As we are surrounded by water, I swam in lakes, the North Sea, rivers and swimming pools during the summer. It was only recently (about 4 years ago) that I picked up swimming as a serious hobby. Now I can’t imagine living without it, on many different levels it has enriched my live.
Open water swimming is my favourite by far, if the temperature is more the 8C, you will find me at my favourite "lakes", De Vinkeveense Plassen and Gaasperplas. I try to swim at least twice a week, I also swim in swimming pools, preferably Olympic pools, as I do not like to turn too many times:-).
I live with my family near Amsterdam and my job involves some traveling. Every spare time I can find will direct me to a pool. The last couple of years I have swam thus in many different pools in The Netherlands and abroad. When I travel to a new city and I know I will have spare time in the morning to swim, I will look for the nearest Olympic pool. This search can be rather time consuming.
So came the idea to start this page where I share the information on these pools and my review of them. Maybe it can be of some use, to someone else.
I hope you enjoy the information
Frederik