The daily shower is a must to a lot of people in the industrial world, which is in a way funny because most of us use our bodies less than ever when we work. We have to go to the gym in order to get a little sweatty. We also change our clothes everyday and are all together just less needing the same shower than we have ever been before. Yet we consider it a human right to have at least one bathroom per home fully equipped with a shower as a minor or a tub, maybe, if you are wealthy enough, you even have your own spa! But one thing is missing: The social aspect! I Copenhagen a 100 years old public bath, Sjællandsgade badeanstalt, has recently been scheduled as a historical building, and thus been saved from closing down. The plan is that it will be rented and run by volounteers, who have worked very hard against the closing and now organizes free working hours. Probably close to none needs the old bath for actually bathing but the many users enjoy the atmosphere and the social connections across bounderies between age, ethnicity, gender and education or whatever. So we have seen very happy faces in the news!
Applefield Old Baths is not close to be a copy of the one in Copenhagen, at least not from the looks, but I´m sure the social functions of this community lot is the same. Have a look:
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Applefield Old Baths
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The old public baths has gone through a total makeover and today you can spend a whole day in mere luxury. Have a swim in one of the two pools of which one is hot water. Go upstairs and tone your body in the well equipped gym or enjoy the healing qualities of the spa in the basement. After all the hard work you can always end you visit in the stylish café on the top floor.
Wonderful as usual, thank you...
ReplyDelete:D, I´ll just keep saying: You´re welcome! It´s so nice to get comments from people out there!
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