- Title: 316 AT Swimming season preps
- Date: 27th May 2020
- Description:Last preparations in Austria to reopen the swimming locations on Friday Friday 29 May is the day when in Austria all public open-air, lake, beach and indoor swimming pools are allowed to open again. Of course with strict regulations adapted to the COVID-19 situation. The bathing fun this year will only be possible respecting the distance rules. Most of the swimming surfaces are spacious enough for granting entrance to a huge number of swimmers, nevertheless it will demand special care of the pool attendants, cleaning staffs and of the guests. Shotlist LOCATION Open air swimming pool Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal - MS Swimmingpool - MS Staff is cleaning deck chairs - C/U Grab handle pool being cleaned - SOUNDBITE (German) Eduard Zach, Mayor Heiligenkreuz, Lafnitztal: "The hygiene rules changed due to the COVID-19 law, that means we have to respect distance rules, mask obligation where it makes sense.” - MS Sunbeds are cleaned - MS Outdoor pool - ZOOM IN - SOUNDBITE (German) Eduard Zach, Mayor Heiligenkreuz, Lafnitztal: "In the relation of our water surface, about 70 people can be in the pool at the same time, this will not be a problem, and the lying surface is also large enough that our capacities will not be overwhelmed.” LOCATION Swimming lake Königsdorf - MS Sign "Naturbadesee Königsdorf" (natural lake Königsdorf) - MS Man is cleaning outdoor tables of lake restaurant - PAN LEFT Lake - SOUNDBITE (German) Mario Trinkl, Mayor Königsdorf: “We are really happy that we are finally allowed to open the area, we had hundreds of requests when we will finally start and despite the corona rules, you see here the enormous water surfaces, the enormous lying surfaces, we will not have problems to let enough people in." - C/U Sign requesting 3-4 meters distance in the water and 25 square meters of water surface per person - PAN LEFT Lake surface - MS Sunbathing meadow - SOUNDBITE (German) Mario Trinkl, Mayor Königsdorf: “We have space enough for 2.000 people inside the water and for 1.500 people on the sunbathing meadow. For us, all the restrictions will not be a problem.” - MS Preparing warning signs at the entrance - SOUNDBITE (German) Oskar Schranz, pool attendant: „It will be necessary to have an eye on the distance keeping at the sunbathing meadow, the distance must be kept in the water, everything must be disinfected, the toilets, very complicated. But we will handle it.” - MS Toilets - ZOOM IN lake restaurant terrace - SOUNDBITE (German) Erwin Neuhold, lake restaurant, Königsdorf: "There are many changes this year. The tables are not at a 1-meter distance but 2 meters so that you have a little more place, here we also extend our area and there will be no self-service this year." LOCATION Indoor swimming pool Pinkafeld - MS Outside view swimming pool building - PAN LEFT Empty pool - SOUNDBITE (German) Werner Ulreich, manager indoor swimming pool Pinkafeld: “During the past days we realized all hygiene measures, and in the next hours we begin to fill water into the pools and it will take three or four days until the water reaches the temperatures we are used to.” - MS Staff cleaning the empty outside pool - MS Werner Ulreich puts a sign on the window saying "we are open again on the 5 June" - SOUNDBITE (German) Kurt Maczek, mayor Pinkafeld: “We employed the past weeks to bring forward the revision work we are used to doing in September, we have updated the outdoor area and the children’s space. The revision work inside was a routine work and we have invested 50.000 Euro at all and we are happy to be operational soon.” - PAN RIGHT Outdoor pool - C/U Sauna stones - MS Sauna - TILT DOWN Indoor pool - FILE Swimmers in the pool - MS Entry of the pool
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:27/05/2020
- Decade: 2020s