People Dive in for Boxing Day Winter Swim in Prague | Arirang News

And finally over to the Czech Republic, where the capital Prague hosted its annual Boxing Day swim.

Hundreds of winter swimmers braved the chilly waters of the city’s Vltava River on Monday.

Participants swam races of 100, 300, and 750 meters in the river, where the water temperature was around 5 degrees Celsius.

The Boxing Day winter swim is held in honor of Albert Nikodem, a Prague goldsmith who popularized winter swimming in the 1920s.

Participants came from the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, the UK, and the United States.