Hundreds take part in annual Polar Bear dip in Vltava

Close to 400 people of all ages took part in the traditional Polar Bear dip in the Vltava River on Sunday. The Alfred Nikodém Memorial, held on Slovanský Ostrov every St. Stephen’s Day, is named after a local who popularised ice swimming in pre-war Czechoslovakia.

The water temperature on Sunday was just 3.4 degrees Celsius, the temperature of the air was - 6 degrees Celsius. The oldest participant was an 82-year-old woman, the youngest a girl of ten.