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Bathing water quality in Berlin, Germany

Berlin has 39 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season (38 lake and 1 river). 100% were classified Excellent — 9.1 points above the 90.9% across Germany — and 0 were Poor. 22 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Badegewässerqualität in Berlin

Von 39 offiziellen EU-Badestellen in Berlin waren 2025 100 % „ausgezeichnet“; Zahl der als „mangelhaft“ eingestuften Badestellen: 0.

39

official bathing waters

100%

Excellent in 2025

0

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.
Before you swim in Berlin

Berlin State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LAGeSo)

In Germany each state publishes its own bathing-water results, closures and algae warnings during the season.

Annual EEA classes do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. State portal verified 3 November 2026.

Berlin bathing sites (LAGeSo) →

Map of official bathing waters in Berlin

Excellent 39Poor 0
STRANDBAD JUNGFERNHEIDE: Excellent (2025)STRANDBAD WENDENSCHLOSS: Excellent (2025)SEEBADEANSTALT WEISSENSEE: Excellent (2025)FLUGHAFENSEE: Excellent (2025)UNTERHAVEL BREITEHORN: Excellent (2025)FLUSSBAD GARTENSTRASSE: Excellent (2025)UNTERHAVEL GRUNEWALDTURM: Excellent (2025)ZEUTHENER SEE SCHMOECKWITZ: Excellent (2025)STRANDBAD GRUENAU: Excellent (2025)OBERHAVEL BUERGERABLAGE: Excellent (2025)STRANDBAD PLOETZENSEE: Excellent (2025)SCHLACHTENSEE: Excellent (2025)KRUMME LANKE: Excellent (2025)UNTERHAVEL ALTER HOF: Excellent (2025)OBERHAVEL SANDHAUSER SRASSE: Excellent (2025)STRANDBAD WANNSEE: Excellent (2025)DAEMERITZSEE: Excellent (2025)TEGELER SEE GEGENUEBER SCHARFENBERG: Excellent (2025)TEUFELSSEE: Excellent (2025)FREIBAD HALENSEE: Excellent (2025)SEEBAD FRIEDRICHSHAGEN: Excellent (2025)KLEINER MUEGGELSEE: Excellent (2025)GROSS GLIENICKER SEE NOERDLICH: Excellent (2025)STRANDBAD MUEGGELSEE: Excellent (2025)TEGELER SEE REIHERWERDER: Excellent (2025)STRANDBAD TEGELER SEE: Excellent (2025)FREIBAD HEILIGENSEE: Excellent (2025)SEDDINSEE: Excellent (2025)STRANDBAD ORANKESEE: Excellent (2025)LANGER SEE BAMMELECKE: Excellent (2025)TEGELER SEE SAATWINKEL: Excellent (2025)STRANDBAD LUEBARS: Excellent (2025)UNTERHAVEL KLEINE BADEWIESE: Excellent (2025)UNTERHAVEL GROSSE STEINLANKE: Excellent (2025)GROSS GLIENICKER SEE SUEDLICH: Excellent (2025)GROSSE KRAMPE: Excellent (2025)UNTERHAVEL LIEPER BUCHT: Excellent (2025)UNTERHAVEL RADFAHRERWIESE: Excellent (2025)TEGELER SEE GEGENUEBER REISWERDER: Excellent (2025)Brandenburg
How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. The white area is this region; neighbouring regions are shaded. Sea and large lakes are blue, neighbouring countries grey. Positions: official EEA coordinates. Boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024, generalised (© EuroGeographics); lakes: Natural Earth. Outlines are simplified, so a few shoreline dots can sit just offshore.

Sea, lakes and rivers in Berlin

2025 EEA classes by water type
Water typeSitesExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classified
Lake3838 (100%)0000
River11 (100%)0000

Coastal waters are assessed against stricter bacterial limits than lakes and rivers but are diluted far more; see how the classes are calculated.

Most consistent Excellent sites

22 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 24 are shown and every site is in the full list below.

  1. FLUGHAFENSEE 11 seasons
  2. GROSS GLIENICKER SEE NOERDLICH 11 seasons
  3. GROSS GLIENICKER SEE SUEDLICH 11 seasons
  4. KLEINER MUEGGELSEE 11 seasons
  5. KRUMME LANKE 11 seasons
  6. LANGER SEE BAMMELECKE 11 seasons
  7. OBERHAVEL BUERGERABLAGE 11 seasons
  8. SCHLACHTENSEE 11 seasons
  9. SEEBAD FRIEDRICHSHAGEN 11 seasons
  10. SEEBADEANSTALT WEISSENSEE 11 seasons
  11. STRANDBAD GRUENAU 11 seasons
  12. STRANDBAD JUNGFERNHEIDE 11 seasons
  13. STRANDBAD LUEBARS 11 seasons
  14. STRANDBAD MUEGGELSEE 11 seasons
  15. STRANDBAD ORANKESEE 11 seasons
  16. STRANDBAD PLOETZENSEE 11 seasons
  17. STRANDBAD TEGELER SEE 11 seasons
  18. STRANDBAD WANNSEE 11 seasons
  19. STRANDBAD WENDENSCHLOSS 11 seasons
  20. TEGELER SEE SAATWINKEL 11 seasons
  21. UNTERHAVEL GROSSE STEINLANKE 11 seasons
  22. ZEUTHENER SEE SCHMOECKWITZ 11 seasons
  23. FREIBAD HALENSEE 9 seasons
  24. UNTERHAVEL BREITEHORN 6 seasons

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 39 official bathing waters in Berlin was classified Poor in 2025.

How Berlin rated since 2015

Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
20253939100%0
20243939100%0
20233939100%0
20223939100%0
20213939100%0
2020272696.3%0
2019242395.8%0
20182424100%0
2017242395.8%0
20162323100%0
2015232295.7%0

Places with the most bathing waters in Berlin

Each site is matched to its nearest named place (GeoNames, within 8 km in a straight line), so beaches of one resort or lake shore can be compared together. Select a place to show only its sites in the full list.

Top 8 places by number of official bathing waters
PlaceSitesExcellentPoor
Konradshöhe77 (100%)0
Gatow55 (100%)0
Kladow33 (100%)0
Grünau22 (100%)0
Müggelheim22 (100%)0
Rahnsdorf22 (100%)0
Schmöckwitz22 (100%)0
Zehlendorf22 (100%)0

All 39 official bathing waters in Berlin

Grouped by water type, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.

Download all 39 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Lake 38 sites · 100% Excellent
River 1 site · 100% Excellent

Compared with other states in Germany

#StateSitesExcellentPoor
1Berlin39100%0
2Brandenburg24995.6%0
3Hesse6195.1%0
4Bavaria37893.1%1
5Thuringia3992.3%0
6Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania29692.2%0
7Baden-Württemberg30890.3%2
8Saxony-Anhalt7290.3%0
9Schleswig-Holstein33089.4%0
10Rhineland-Palatinate6689.4%0
11North Rhine-Westphalia11788%0
12Lower Saxony27387.2%0
13Saxony3281.3%0
14Hamburg1681.3%0

States with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters in Berlin were rated Excellent in 2025?
39 of 39 (100%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 0 were Good, 0 Sufficient and 0 Poor. That ranks Berlin 1 of 14 Germany states by Excellent share.
Which beaches and lakes in Berlin have the best long-term record?
22 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example FLUGHAFENSEE, GROSS GLIENICKER SEE NOERDLICH, GROSS GLIENICKER SEE SUEDLICH. See the ranking.
Which places in Berlin have the most official bathing waters?
Konradshöhe (7, 100% Excellent), Gatow (5, 100% Excellent), Kladow (3, 100% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
Were any bathing waters in Berlin rated Poor?
No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
On Berlin bathing sites (LAGeSo), run by Berlin State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LAGeSo), and on signs at the water. The annual EEA class does not include temporary bans or algae warnings.

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Sources and method

Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Germany, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and area boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Germany. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.