Photo: Official bathing approval at the Seaside Beach Baldeney: The swimming season starts on May 23, 2017. Swimming at the Seaside Beach Baldeney – after almost 40 long years without official bathing permission, the drought is over starting tomorrow, May 23, 2017. At exactly 3 p.m., the Lord Mayor of Essen, Thomas Kufen, will give the starting signal for swimming in the natural swimming pool at the Seaside Beach Baldeney [...] Read More