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Iceland's Swimming Pool Culture on Unesco's List – "of Great Significance for Our Identity"

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Iceland's swimming pool culture has been recognized as a living tradition and has been added to UNESCO's list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It has therefore joined the ranks of Belgian beer culture, the French baguette and the Finnish sauna tradition. There are over 800 entries on the list from over 150 countries around the world. The Ministry of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education and the City of Reykjavík hosted a prese…
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Iceland's swimming pool culture has been recognized as a living tradition and has been added to UNESCO's list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It has therefore joined the ranks of Belgian beer culture, the French baguette and the Finnish sauna tradition. There are over 800 entries on the list from over 150 countries around the world. The Ministry of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education and the City of Reykjavík hosted a prese…

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RÚV broke the news in on Friday, December 12, 2025.
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