{"id":100094,"date":"2026-06-04T18:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/100094\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:51:16","slug":"not-a-bad-idea-the-volksbuhne-gets-a-swimming-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/100094\/","title":{"rendered":"(Not) A Bad Idea: The Volksb\u00fchne gets a swimming pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1211\" height=\"864\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VOLKSBAD_1\u00a9-Volksbuhne-am-Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden wp-image-182020\"  \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1211\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VOLKSBAD_1\u00a9-Volksbuhne-am-Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182020\"  \/>\u00a9 Volksb\u00fchne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Volksb\u00fchne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz is getting a new artistic director, Matthias Lilienthal, and he\u2019s got a Bad idea for his inauguration. Literally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lilienthal, who had previously worked at the venue and was the director of HAU for some time, plans to erect a 25-metre-long swimming pool in front of the theatre. From August 7 until the beginning of October, you\u2019ll be able to splash around on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz for absolutely free, no ID required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Volksb\u00fchne will temporarily change its name to Volksbad as bathers take over the area in front of the socialist-classical edifice. Lilienthal, who believes that \u201csplashing each other with water can take on a theatrical quality\u201d, wants to draw attention to Berlin\u2019s crumbling infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pool, complete with a fries stall, is meant to signal a new beginning for the Volksb\u00fchne and act as a warm welcome to Berlin\u2019s newcomers and immigrants and as a \u201chello\u201d sent out to the neighbourhood.\u00a0Florentina Holzinger\u2019s Ophelia\u2019s Got Talent, which featured performers swimming in water basins inside the Volksb\u00fchne, served as Lilienthal\u2019s inspiration for the Volksbad. Holzinger and her team will return to mark the new Volksb\u00fchne\u2019s first season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9 Volksb\u00fchne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz The Volksb\u00fchne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz is getting a new artistic director, Matthias Lilienthal, and he\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,190,16405,1235,7770,50625],"class_list":["post-100094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-germany","tag-stage","tag-swimming","tag-theatre","tag-volksbuhne"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116693348457193750","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}