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Clear waters: Where are the cleanest and least safe bathing spots in Europe?

The Mediterranean tops the latest ranking, which features some notable surprises from the Black Sea and the Alps.

READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/30/clear-waters-where-are-the-cleanest-and-least-safe-bathing-spots-in-europe

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00:00Which are the safest countries for swimming in Europe?
00:08European waters are generally very safe, at least chemically.
00:1285% of bathing spots, sea, lakes and rivers were rated as excellent in a report on over 20,000 locations.
00:22Low amounts of fecal bacteria like E. coli, intestinal enterococci and cyanobacterial blooms often mean good water quality.
00:31Cyprus boasts the cleanest water in Europe, over 99% of it was rated as excellent.
00:38Bulgaria ranks second with an excellent score of 98%, followed by Greece, Austria and Croatia.
00:46The report is damming for two of the most popular summer destinations, namely France, ranked 22nd out of 27 countries, and Albania.
00:57Almost a quarter of Albanian waters were classified as poor.
01:02Several residential areas have no wastewater treatment plants, meaning sewage is directly ditched into rivers or the sea.
01:11Albania also has one of the highest rates of plastics being dumped into the water, around 3 kilos a year per capita.
01:19With the help of the EU and the World Bank, however, the country is taking big steps to expand its water treatment infrastructure and improve river basin management.
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