I have taken up swimming in September last year and it has been the best exercise decision I have ever made. I swim in the morning before work and it puts me in a great mood (as my colleagues can attest).
So I decided to share my research on the pools in Brussels if anybody else wants to try the fantastic feeling I get after 30-45 minutes of swimming in the morning.
The first caveat is that there are no outside pool in the whole city of Brussels which is the most unfortunate thing when the weather is actually nice.
The second caveat is that i will be writing about public pools only as I have not found much information on the public pools apart from the Aspria gyms which has quiet a high membership fee and World Class gym but that one is not really for swimming, as far as i heard.
The third caveat is that for all the pools you will need a swimming cap as it is obligatory and for men you cannot wear boxers as speedos are obligatory.
The fourth caveat is that most of these pools have subscriptions that allows for cheaper fees when visiting the pools if you plan on doing it on recurrent basis so if that interests you, i left a link for the website of the pool for more information.
| Nam of the pool | Address | Price | Working hours | Link to the website |
| Espadon | Rue des Champs 69/71,1040 Etterbeek | Between 3 and 4 euro – Etterbeek commune Between 3.75 and 4.35 – other communes. | Mon-Thurs 8-19:30 Fri 8-20:00 Sat-Sun 9-13, 14-18 (different working hours for school holidays) | https://etterbeeksport.be/espadon/ |
| Piscine Ixelles | Rue de la Natation, 10, 1050 Bruxelles | 2 euro -Ixelles 3 euro – other commune | Mon 8-21 Tue-Sun 8-18 | http://www.ixelles.be/site/222-Piscine |
| Piscine de Laeken | Rue du Champ de l’Eglise, 73/89, 1020 Bruxelles | 2.80 – Laeken 4 – other communes | Mon, Tue, Fri 7:30-19:30 Wed 7:30-20 Thurs 7:30-19 Sat 7:30-19 Sun – closed | https://www.brussels.be/directory-2526 |
| Baths of the centre | Rue du Chevreuil 28, 1000 Brussels | 2.80 – Brussels centre 4 – other communes | Mon-Thurs 7:30-19:30 Fri 7:30-20 Sat 7:30-17:00 Sun – closed | https://www.piscinesbruxelles.be/2010/09/les-bains-de-la-ville-de-bruxelles.html |
| Piscine du Ceria d’Anderlecht | Rue des grives 51, 1070 Anderlecht | 2.50 | Mon-Fri 8-19 | https://www.piscinesbruxelles.be/2014/10/la-piscine-du-ceria-anderlecht.html |
| Piscine Poseidon | Avenue des Vaillants 2, 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | 3 – WSL 4.10 – other communes (on Sunday 4.50) | Mon-Fri 7:30-19:30 Sat-Sun 7:30-19 | http://www.poseidon-wslw.be/ |
| Piscine Victor Boin | Rue de la Perche 38 | 2.50 – St.Gilles 4.50 – other communes | Mon, Tue, Thurs – Fri 8-19 Wed 14-19 Sat 9-12, 13-18 Sun 8:30-16 | https://www.piscinesbruxelles.be/2010/09/la-piscine-de-saint-gilles-piscine.html |
| Piscine de Longchamp | Square De Fré 1, 1180 Uccle | 3.30 -Uccle 4.80 – other communes | Mon, Tue, Thus 7:30-19 Wed, Fri 7:30-21 Sat 7:30-20 Sun 7:30 -14 | http://www.uccle.be/administration/sports |
| Calypso2000 | Av. Léopold Wiener,60 1170 – Bruxelles | 3.10 – Watermalle Boisfort 4.30 – other commune | Mon, Thurs 7-19:20 Tue 7-20 Wed, Fri 7-19 Sat-Sun 8-18 | http://www.iclub.be/page3.asp?PageGroupeID=4708&SelectedSectionMenu=4708&ParentSectionMenuAff=4708&ClubID=28&LG=FR |
| Neptunium | 56-58, Rue deJérusalem, 1030 Schaerbeek | Closed due to construction works | https://www.1030.be/fr/content/piscine-neptunium | |
| Les bains de Saint Josse | Rue Saint-François 23-27, 1210 Bruxelles | 2 – Saint Josse 3 – other communes | Mon-Thurs 7-19:30 Fri 7:30-22 Sat 10-22 Sun 10-20 | http://sjtn.brussels/fr/sports-loisirs/sports/piscine-communale |
| Piscine Louis Nameche | Rue Van Kalck 93 | 3.40 – Molenbeek 5 – other communes | Mon-Fri 8-18:30 Sat,Sun 8-20 | https://www.piscinesbruxelles.be/2010/09/la-piscine-de-molenbeek-saint-jean.html |
| Sportcity | Avenue Salome 2, 1150 Bxl | 3.50-WSP and Weezembeek 4 -other commune | Mon-Thurs, Sat, Sun 8-18:55 Fri 8-19:55 | http://www.sportcity-woluwe.be/francais/piscine.html# |