Zug, 13.05.2019

Lidos opened as planned, despite low temperatures

Most of the lidos by Lakes Zug and Aegeri opened this past weekend, despite the low temperatures, namely 9°C in the former and 12°C in the latter.

 

 

“Of course, we are not expecting a lot of people,” admitted Lucia Henggeler, who runs the Strandbad Lido in Unterägeri, “but our regular customers may turn up to get their season tickets and this year some young savers will be able to benefit from a reduced subscription and ice-cream courtesy of the Aegeri-Sattel Raiffeisenbank. At least they can enjoy the ice cream even if they are wearing a jacket,” she joked.

 

Staff there have actually been busy since April to get everything ready, setting-up the waterslide and putting up all the signs, delineating where the non-swimmer area is, for example. Then everything has to be ordered in for the restaurant, the menu actually staying the same as before, bearing in mind how well it went last year; hence the popular chips, salads and grilled items will still be available.

 

As journalist Cornelia Bisch wrote, the staff there often work until 10 pm, hence you will not be seeing them in their swimming costumes. “By this time all we want to do is go to bed,” said Hunggeler, who added how much she liked her job, and was always pleased to see regulars turn up.

 

This summer the people of Oberägeri will be able to make full use, and free use, of their lakeshore lido, it having been only partially able to be used for the past two years.

 

Meanwhile, over in Cham, swimmers able to make use of the Röhrliberg pool there over winter will be able to make use of the Seeweg Strandbad lido there, under the watchful eye of supervisor Michael Freisager at both locations, the 55-year-old making sure all was ready in time. He, too, was not expecting to have been overrun with visitors this past weekend.

 

As can be seen in the photograph, work has been ongoing of late at the Seeliken Bad in the city of Zug, replacing some of the rotten planks there and ensuring they will be able to be used for the next 15 years or so.