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Finally, the weather allows to go for a swim in an outdoor pool in the area. Most of them opened recently or are just about to open, such as the pools in Rodenbach, Trippstadt and Hochspeyer.
The majority of the public pools are heated and usually stay open until September, if weather permits.
Public pools are divided into swimmers’ and non-swimmers’ pools, and they have extra pools for toddlers. Most facilities have water slides, playgrounds and restaurants or bistros. Daily admission fees vary from €1 to €3. Season passes are also available.
The following pools are located in the KMC and nearby areas:
• Kaiserslautern: Warmfreibad, Entersweiler Strasse, noon to 8 p.m. Mondays; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
• Kaiserslautern: Waschmühle (not heated), Morlauterer Strasse, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily except Tuesdays when it opens at noon. Note: Waschmühle has one big basin, more than 500 feet long and 150 feet wide. It is considered the biggest swimming basin of Europe.
• Trippstadt: Warmfreibad, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays.
• Hohenecken: Strandbad Gelterswoog (lake on B270), 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and noon to 8 p.m. Mondays.
• Hochspeyer: Warmfreibad, noon to 8 p.m. Mondays and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.
• Otterberg: Schwimmbad (not heated; will open in June), 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
• Alsenborn, Freibad, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
• Mehlingen: Freibad (not heated; will open in June), 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
• Winnweiler: Schwimmbad, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily except Tuesdays when it opens at 1 p.m.
• Rodenbach: Waldschwimmbad, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Every Friday in July and August, floodlight swimming is offered until 11 p.m.
• Landstuhl: Naturerlebnisbad, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays and on German holidays.
• Miesau: Waldwarmfreibad, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Altenglan: Sport- und Freizeitbad, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
• Ramstein: Freizeitbad Azur, 1 to 9 p.m. Mondays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
• Kusel: Bade- und Freizeitpark, indoor opening hours: 2 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays; 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays; 6:30 to 9 a.m. and 2 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Outdoor opening hours: 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily.
Everyone visiting a public swimming pool must obey the rules:
• No pushing
• Avoid noise (in some facilities radios and stereo equipment is prohibited)
• Don’t pollute the water and don’t dirty any other areas of the facility
• No eating or smoking in the swimming area.
• Children younger than 6 must be accompanied by an adult.
• Animals are not allowed in any facility.
• Lifeguards are allowed to ban visitors from the facility if they break official regulations.
