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Several hundred people join in Polar Bear Dip in Vltava River

12/30/2024
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Photo: Zuzana Jarolímková, iROZHLAS.cz

More than 360 people took part in the annual Polar Bear Dip in the Vltava River near Prague’s National Theatre. The temperature of the water was 4.3 degrees Celsius, the temperature of the air was -3.5 degrees. The tradition of winter swimming was established in 1923 by Prague hardy-man Alfréd Nikodém who propagated a healthy lifestyle.

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