8 bathing tips

1. Learn to swim and jump into the water
2. Never swim alone
3. Bath only where permitted
4. Do not go further into the water than to your belly button
5. Don’t dive or jump headfirst
6. Swim along the coast
7. Never swim under the influence of alcohol or drugs
8. Leave water when feeling cold.

You are not allowed to bath in the following places:

• In harbours, close to piers, breakwaters or fishermen fishing stakes
• In bogs and ponds – here, the water is almost always quiet, and can be very cold just below the surface
• In lakes and streams with aquatic plants
• All places where bathing is officially prohibited.

Please download the mini poster below with the Danish bathing tips – available in Danish, English and German.