DutchDown
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Yesterday afternoon a friend and I went to an entertainment complex in the east of Holland. In addition to the multi-screen cinema, several restaurants and the bowling alley, there is a 10 meter deep tank run by a dive shop which is open from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. for diving. It's a purpose-built circular tank with platforms at different levels and portholes so divers can look out and envious non-divers can peer in. I went to check some new equipment and to practice my newly-learned open water skills. I thought it a great idea and can imagine that such a place could attract new divers as well as allow people who don't own a dry-suit to practice through the winter. Are there facilities like this in other places?