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— Oscar Wilde.
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Duisburg swimming club of 1898 ( DSV98 )
DSV98 is a sports club in Duisburg and one of the oldest swimming clubs. The club area is located in sports park Duisburg-Wedau and includes a swimming pool as well as the possibility to swim in the lake, a volleyball field, a big relaxing lawn and a playground for small kids.
In the outdoor swimming season there are, in addition to swimming, many other possiblities to do sports, for example aquajogging and qi gong ( club members can join for free, others can book these courses at the Sportbildungswerk ).
The club also offers swimming classes for children at different indoor pools in Duisburg.
Swimming classes for adults are offered by Sportbildungswerk. The trainer is also a member of DSV98.
DSV98 also has a notable aquapolo team playing in the Bundesliga. The team was German champion in the years 1939, 1940, 1941, 1952, 1958, 1961 und 1962.
Language café Duisburg
The language cafe is a place where people, new or not so new in town who are looking for new friends get together. There is always one group who is speaking German and another group who is speaking English. Other languages, of course, are welcome, too.The German-speaking crowd mainly consists of people who are new in the country and want to practise German also outside their German classes and Germans who are interested in these international meetings but don’t speak any foreign language. The English speaking crowd mainly consists of people from Germany and other countries who want to practise their English. Sometimes there are also native speakers.We meet every 1st Tuesday and every 3rd Thursday of the month, and you may join whenever you like and if you have to come later or leave earlier – also no problem!
Duisburg Neudorf Hiking Group
The Duisburg hiking group results from the neighbourhood page nebenan.de when a group of neighbours got together for a hiking tour around six-lakes-area in Duisburg-Wedau.
Since then, we regularly organise hiking tours in Duisburg and neary places ( Mülheim, Moers, Essen… ), usually on Sundays. They are announced on nebenan.de and Facebook and they are open for everyone ( not exclusively nebenan.de-members ).
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