Record-setting: Over 65,000 join New Year's dives, including 10,000 at Scheveningen
About 10,000 people ran into the North Sea from Scheveningen Beach at exactly noon on Monday. It is typically the largest New Year's Dive in the Netherlands. This year, there were 163 dives, which set a new record with over 65,000 attendees. Roughly 10,000 people also took part in last year's dive at Scheveningen in The Hague. The water temperature there was about 7 degrees Celsius, and there was a stiff wind blowing in. For a brief moment, right after noon, the sun broke through the c...
Source: nltimes.nl