Hundreds take New Year plunge in Dutch seaside town

Video. Hundreds take New Year plunge in Dutch seaside town

Hundreds of people plunged into the icy cold North Sea as part of a New Year’s Day tradition in the Dutch seaside town of Scheveningen.

Hundreds of people plunged into the icy cold North Sea as part of a New Year’s Day tradition in the Dutch seaside town of Scheveningen.

The brave swimmers made a mad dash to the chilly waters, putting up with a weather temperature of just one degree Celsius.

The New Year’s Day tradition is said to have been started by a local swimming club in the 1960s.