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New Year's Dive in Scheveningen

If I didn't convince you in my last post yet that the Dutch are a little crazy, read about this tradition: on the first of January at noon, thousands of them race into the cold North Sea. The little dip in the cold water (4°C) would wake them up and cure them from any hang-over they'd have.

This year there were 10000 of them in Scheveningen (there are more dives elsewhere in the Netherlands but Scheveningen is the main one) and there were 2 crazy Belgians that joined them in the frenzy....and 2 Belgian women and kids watching from a safe far distance ;).



The atmosphere and wacko music was ready




The sponsor was present




The crowd was ready





And off they went at noon




Splash splash splash Brrrrrr


Are these the 2 brave Belgians??



Ah no ....here are our 2 brave Belgians!

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Jenn in Holland said…
Oh, brrrrrrr! But I can see I missed quite a photo opportunity by staying in my warm bed on the first! Hmmm. Maybe next year I will get there. Not to get IN the ocean mind you, but just to watch the craziness!
Happy New Year to you and your crazy Belgian man!
3/1/08 21:54
Jen said…
Oh, man, that sounds sooooooo cold! It was -2 fahrenheit today. Brave Belgians indeed!
4/1/08 03:30
anno said…
Brrrrrrave, indeed!
4/1/08 03:58
Jenn in Holland said…
Hey, something for you at my place today.
4/1/08 12:16
Sheryl said…
Oh my goodness! That looks like something that would be fun to do once- just to say you've done it!

A little US Geography:
We started at the northwestern tip of Indiana and drove the length of the state into Kentucky (about 5 hours). Then we drove the length of Kentucky into Tennessee (about 2 hours). Once we were in Tennessee we had to go east a bit (to change roads) as well as south (about 2 more hours) and into Georgia. We drove the entire length of Georgia from north to south (about 8 hours) and once we were into Florida it took us about 4 hours to arrive in Tampa. Whew!
4/1/08 16:10
Wholly Burble said…
We have some of those crazies in the U.S. too--called the Polar Bear clubs (or some other appropriate names)--and on January 1st they line up at places like one of the Great Lakes, in Chicago I believe is one group--and amazingly more join every year for the festivities.

The pictures were fun--I cannot even wrap my mind around 10000 souls all wanting to bare their bods and brave the Burrrrrs.
5/1/08 18:40
blah said…
And you think I'm a zotdink!!
6/1/08 15:06
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