Women in Berlin allowed to go topless in public swimming pools

Women will soon be allowed to swim topless in Berlin's public pools, after a ruling by the city's authorities. The decision comes after a woman was thrown out of an open-air pool for sunbathing topless. The woman had later turned to the senate’s ombudsperson’s office for equal treatment to demand that women, like men, can swim topless. There have been several instances in the past where women who bared their breasts at Berlin pools were asked to cover themselves.