# Globizen joins the Swimmable Cities alliance

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2025-09-29

globizen, swimmable-cities, alliance, city-building, urban-swimming, swim-culture, bathing-culture

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It was a beautiful weekend in Toronto. Yesterday, I cycled another [50 km for Bike for Brain Health](https://www.strava.com/activities/15965829594). So as far as I'm concerned, it's still summer. And one of the themes for this summer — at least on this blog — is the urban swimming movement. [Here's a post](https://brandondonnelly.com/toronto-needs-a-summer-bathing-culture) I wrote saying that Toronto could use a (stronger) summer bathing culture. And [here's a post](https://brandondonnelly.com/the-urban-swimming-renaissance) I wrote called _The urban swimming renaissance_.

In that last post, I also mentioned that [Globizen](https://www.globizen.com) had applied to be a signatory to the Swimmable Cities alliance. Well, [now it's official](https://www.globizen.com/journal/2025/9/28/globizen-joins-the-swimmable-cities-alliance). We were admitted in the last round and now join nearly 200 organizations, spanning 100 cities and towns in 34 countries. Other signatories include the City of Paris, the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, Sid Lee Architecture (Montréal), Gehl Studio (Copenhagen), and many others. (The full list can be found [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/16rd1tnzoVIu99oVRTFCSyyKNZRQmonfv/view?usp=sharing).)

As a city-building group focused on creating better places, it only made sense for Globizen to join this alliance. It’s clear that the urban swimming movement is gaining momentum around the world — and pretty soon, we believe it will be the norm. Cities that don’t adhere to these principles will be left behind.

_Logo:_ [_Swimmable Cities_](https://www.swimmablecities.org)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/globizen-joins-the-swimmable-cities-alliance)*