Berlin bathers demand end to swimming ban in city's river

Hundreds of Berliners take a dip in the Spree River to protest a 100-year-old ban on swimming in the city's main waterway. The ban was briefly lifted to allow what organisers called a "swim demonstration".

The ban was put in place in 1925 due to industrial pollution, which is no longer a problem. However, sewage is still periodically discharged into the river when rainfall overwhelms the city's drainage system.