Winter swimming has its own festival now, and the third edition of the Ayia Napa event is approaching soon. Winter swimmers from Cyprus and abroad – as the festival has an international character – ...

As the temperature in Beijing hit -7C on Tuesday, 62-year-old Yang Zi stripped down to his swimming briefs and plunged into a frozen lake, as dozens of residents do every winter. Yang, a retiree, told ...

HARBIN, China (AP) — Even as the mercury dropped below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during an annual ritual in northeast China’s ice city of Harbin. The swimmers had ...

Cold-water swimming is gaining followers across Europe. On Croatia’s Adriatic coast, one group has been promoting its health benefits for more than two decades. (AP video shot by Relja Dusek) Former ...

There was a time when I shunned the suggestion of wild swimming and even the thought of open-water swimming in winter made me shiver and zip up my down jacket. Then I moved to the Scottish Highlands ...

According to Aivar Tugedam, who leads the 3,500-member Kalaranna Winter Swimmers, the weather conditions now are perfect for getting into the water – just remember to wear a hat and appropriate ...