<![CDATA[Ara in English - swim]]> 10 <![CDATA[When cold water becomes therapy: the Danish addiction to winter swimming]]>

Birgitte Thorup Nielsen (67 years old) carefully descends the icy stairs to avoid slipping. The sea water is -1 degree Celsius, and the strong wind whips up waves that splash her swimsuit before she enters the water. On a winter morning, the sun is hidden behind a gray sky, and the air temperature is -4 degrees Celsius, but the gusts of wind make the cold feel even more intense.

]]> <![CDATA[Nations]]> Like magnets, some places attract certain people. That's why the same thing happens to me every year when the tourist rush dries up. I go to the library and I run into her, I go to the fruit stand and she's in line, I go to the tobacconist and she's there too, buying an issue. I go to the mountains, to the outskirts, and I see him from afar, walking alone with an open black umbrella to protect himself from the sun and a bag full of bread, and he crouches down at the turns in the road and leaves wet leaves on the birds.

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