sat 02 jan 2016, 14:03

Hollands Glorie in the New York Times

Amsterdam –

Images of Scheveningen’s new year’s dive go all over the world.

Draagt bij de Nederlandse nieuwjaarsduiken bijna iedereen dezelfde oranje muts van een bekend soep- en rookworstenmerk, op Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York gaan sommige deelnemers ronduit carnavalesk uitgedost het water in.

Contributes the Dutch nieuwjaarsduiken almost everyone to have the same orange hat of a well-known soup – and rookworstenmerk, at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, some of the participants downright carnivalesque decked out the water.

Photo:
AFP

The reputable New York Times has an overview picture of the 10,000 beachgoers that yesterday the North sea and dived for the cover of the European edition. Under the heading ” A cold shock into 2016’ is a typical Dutch tradition today, with almost 230.000 readers on the doormat.

On the front page of the ’real’ New York Times features a photo of the local dive. It did more than a thousand’ people.