The Dubrovnik Tourist Board of “A City for all seasons,” could well be changed to “A swimming City for all seasons.” With only 27 days left until Christmas Day these brave swimmers dived in the Adriatic Sea today.

The sea temperature today reached highs of only 19 degrees but that didn’t seem to bother these local swimmers who had the iconic Banje Beach, overlooking the Old City of Dubrovnik, rather unsurprisingly to themselves.

Whilst summer sea temperatures in Dubrovnik often reach 25 degrees, and warmer, the winter temperatures drop down to 14 degrees.