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Adults with city pass can also get swimming lessons for one euro

Adults with city pass can also get swimming lessons for one euro

Starting in September, low-income adults in Amsterdam with a city pass can access swimming lessons for one euro to encourage water safety among those who never learned. The initiative, announced by Alderman Sofyan Mbarki, also provides free lessons to asylum seekers and refugees from Ukraine at various city pools.

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