# Der Wickelfisch

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2019-08-21
**Categories:** der-wickelfisch, don-river, environment, europe, floating, lake-ontario, product, rhein, river, river-float, swim, swimming, swiss, switzerland, toronto, urbanism
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/der-wickelfisch

## Content

A colleague in the office recently introduced me to a Swiss invention called the Wickelfisch (or baby fish). Below is a video showing you how they work. They're so neat. So Swiss. And I obviously just ordered one. They're available via this US company for $12-20, depending on the size.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0QagvuIFSo The video is of people swimming in the Rhein. Because swimming downstream in rivers -- and ending up in a different location -- is so popular in Switzerland, the Whickelfisch was invented as a way to keep your clothes and belongings dry. It also acts as a flotation device. I'm not planning on floating down the Don River anytime soon, but a Wickelfisch looks like the perfect bag to bring to the beach. Especially if you don't want to leave your stuff unattended to while you go for a swim. Of course, the other neat thing about this video is that it shows you how awesome it is to have clean and swimmable water running through the middle of a city. Most people I know are afraid to swim in Lake Ontario out of fear they might grow a 6th toe. That's too bad.

## Publication Information

- [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/): Publication homepage
- [All Posts](https://brandondonnelly.com/): More posts from this publication
- [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@brandondonnelly): Subscribe to updates
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/donnelly_b): Follow on Twitter

## Optional

- [Collect as NFT](https://brandondonnelly.com/der-wickelfisch): Support the author by collecting this post
- [View Collectors](https://brandondonnelly.com/der-wickelfisch/collectors): See who has collected this post