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Hundreds of people braved the cold waters of the North Sea at a windy Ostend on Saturday for the traditional New Year’s Dip. For many regulars this didn’t pose much of a challenge: the water near the beach had a temperature of 10°C. This is more or less the same as air temperature on the Flemish Riviera.