Binnenbad de Vliet

Zwemles van mijn nichtje...
LET op betaald parkeren!

Binnenzwembad en Ijs hal in een. Met een kantine. Zwemlessen/activiteiten. Boven en beneden zitplekken. Wifi aanwezig als je instellingen accepteert. Momenteel grote renovatie aan voorzijde voor parkeren etc.. bijna klaar. Betaald parkeren ma-vr. Weekend vrij parkeren. Eerste 120minuten €0,20 per uur daarna elke uur €3,10

Modern swimming pool complex with some issues.

Pros:
- It's new, modern and clean. Lockers free of charge or deposit.
- The cheapest swimming pool in the region by far (single entry 4,20 euros)
- Decent parking possibilities
- Good changing rooms
- Cafe adjacent to the pool
- Special lanes for slower and faster swimmers

Cons:
- It can get BUSY, particularly in the evening but increasingly at other times, it seems. A victim of its own success.
- Over-complicated opening times.
- There is NO enforcement of the special lanes, so good chances you'll freestyle at speed into some floater. Or conversely, biddies are regularly pushed aside by wannabe Michael Phelps.
- Speed lanes are kept narrow, making overtaking difficult or even hazardous when it's busy.
- Staff seem not very involved or committed, generally.
- It's a 25x35m pool, but the 35s are never, ever used.
- No separared teaching and exercise pool, so whenever there's something else a section of the main pool is cordoned off and space gets quite restricted for regular swimmers.
- No discernible policy about configuration of the pools. Seems to be a spur of the moment decision.
- Lockers are finicky. Wet fingers and touchscreens don't always mix.

On balance, decent value for money but with its issues. Avoid evenings; early mornings perhaps as well. Quietest in the late afternoon, an hour before closing.