Ice Swimming - FINLAND

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Believe it or not, swimming in a hole in the ice really does you the world of good.
'Eek!' 'No way!' 'You Finns are nuts!' These tend to be the first unenthusiastic reactions of tourists faced with the prospect of a dip in an icy lake. Slipping into black, frozen water does bring to mind the fate of the Titanic rather than the exciting prospect of a pleasant swim. Why on earth would anyone take the plunge if they didn't have to? Well, maybe because it's not an extreme sport for masochists, but an experience that leaves you feeling fantastic and refreshed.
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[@xbasz]

It's actually quite different! Going to a cold shower and staying there is actually harder for me than going ice swimming. When you're in a shower with as cold water as you can get from a tap it feels... Well, worse. It's much better to go ice swimming.

[@arturrisuomi311]

I know what she means, my grandmother would take me to do this on her little cottage. Beautiful times.

[@m.birolguger5900]

I tried it in Helsinki this winter but after departing from a Finnish sauna ablaze with heat akin to the sun... it was a fantastic experience, indeed

[@tomstarwalker]

Ah! Ice swimming! perfect introduction to Finland for guests from tropical countries!

[@ivanrikardohorvat3908]

I want to live there !

[@Za-zogh1977]

Круто,так держать!🔥👍

[@bangbangtangahwei]

army done this kind of thing for cold weather training and you do it for fun, lol.

[@user-hw4zy3hs7n]

Thank God I am not alone on my way :) Actually I did not realize how many people around doing this!

[@will9480]

looking at Finnish citizenship directly after watching video

[@vegan0858]

I know what you mean..Great

[@mytwosents]

I would never go into freezing water for a tickle!

[@pancakechica]

man I can't even enter my own swimming pool..

[@user-eo5nv9hk8w]

Молодец

[@HazewinDog]

I shall try it sometime... maybe :D I kinda feel like it's a must-do when I move to Finland, but I can't see myself doing it yet :P I guess I'll just have to jump in, haha

[@MarbadenForest]

I know what she means.

[@huangsherbet]

me2!

[@vernoncooke7348]

I think winter swimming got to be your thing or else don’t try it. Also it makes a lot of difference if you do it all the time. It is like trying to lift weights. You don’t start out with the heaviest weights but rather weights you can handle. I have seen many times it is far easier going in the water in the winter than the summer if the mood is right. I usually don’t like to attempt to try it unless I am in the right place at the right time. I can have a ball doing it if the circumstances are right and I have seen times I literally had to get out right away when the mood isn’t right.

[@serdarsahin4760]

russians usually do this.
russian english and I was trying to learn Russian when I came across you by chance.
i am in Istanbul, the capital of cultures.
please be my guest in Turkey this summer.

[@xilamanzano9332]

If i jump in a cold water i just stay still

[@aleksandrswiato4003]

That's what you need to do being very calm

[@hapticMove]

What is the location of that ice hole?

[@Tcats718]

Anywhere in Finland where there’s a lake covered in ice. 😆

[@Движение-Жизнь-ж9с]

👍👍👋🔥

[@joonasnaski9513]

Ah nothing better than a nice bath

[@raghub2246]

Which place in Finland

[@Tcats718]

Finland has over 100,000 lakes. Any of them that have ice.