Copenhagen, Denmark. 31st Aug, 2013. 2,400 swim round the Parliament building, the Christiansborg Palace in central Copenhagen in the 2,000 m largest annual open water competition in Denmark organised by the Danish Swimming Federation and the newspaper Politiken. This is in Frederiksholm Canal on the final stretch just before the 80m tunnel the swimmers have to swim through due to construction work in Copenhagen. The church towers of Saint Petri Church and the Copenhagen Cathedral, Vor Frue Kirke, from the left in the background. Old lightship as houseboat. Credit: Niels Quist/Alamy Live News

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Location: Frederiksholms Kanal (Canal), port of Copenhagen, Denmark
Photo credit: © Niels Quist / Alamy / Afripics
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