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❓When is World Swim Hat Day?
❗️Oct 25 2026 - last Sunday of Oct
#️⃣ #worldswimhatday
Gather at closest water and tag your photos!

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The global bathing festival
Celebrated in waters worldwide
World Swim Hat Day
Sunday, October 25, 2026

Save the date
Always the last Sunday of October

#worldswimhatday
#coldwaters
#swimcommunity
#globalcommunity
#collectivejoy
@vinterdopp
@erika_sj_berg by @worldswimhatday

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6 months ago

Sind Eure Kopfbedeckungen startklar ❓️

Am Sonntag ist es wieder soweit:
@worldswimhatday und Hamburg ist auch im diesem Jahr mit am Start 👒

Wir können es kaum erwarten, Eure kreativen Hüte zu bewundern❗️

Am Sonntag geht es ums Wiedersehen & Beisammensein. Wir sammeln keine Spenden. Wir möchten einfach nur eine gute Zeit mit Euch haben und schon mal das Wasser antesten 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️

🕒 15.00 Uhr gibt's ein paar Worte der Orga-Crew und dann geht's gemeinsam ins Wasser. Kommt gerne ein bisschen eher, auch wenn wir dieses Mal noch keine Namen notieren 🤓

🌍 Wie auch schon in den letzten Jahren treffen wir uns Höhe @strandperle.hamburg

✨️ Wir freuen uns sehr, dass auch in der Saison 26/27 die wachsamen Menschen der @dlrg_bezirk_altona ein Auge auf uns haben werden ❤️

Bis Sonntag 🥳

Eure Eisbademeisters Orga-Crew 😘

#wirspringenfürwärmeinskaltewasser
#worldswimhatday
#eisbademeistershamburg
#hamburgistbunt by @worldswimhatday

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8 hours ago

It all started with two friends in Stockholm, Sweden… 🇸🇪

Hanna and Erika share a love of winter swimming and crafting things together – and a habit of taking silly hats very seriously.

In 2019 and 2020, they took part in Stockholm Winter Swim Open, a winter swimming competition held in the icy waters of Hellasgården, just outside Stockholm, in the depths of the Swedish winter. Alongside the swimming races, a wonderfully eccentric hat competition added a playful twist to the event.

Hanna won the hat competition in 2019, and Erika followed in 2020. Somewhere along the way, an idea took shape: Why not invite the whole world to swim in hats?

And so World Swim Hat Day was born! Now, six years later, it returns for its seventh celebration on October 25, 2026 – and everyone is invited!

Where in the world will you be joining us from?

Tag @worldswimhatday and share your swim with #WorldSwimHatDay so we can share your joy around the world.

Photos from Stockholm Winter Swim Open, Hellasgården, Sweden:

1. Hanna Prage & Erika Sjöberg, 2020 – The Handmaid’s Tale and The Fish Hat.
2. Hanna with her Floating Semla (a Swedish cream bun), winner of the 2019 hat competition.
3. Erika emerging from the 2.7°C water wearing The Fish Hat, winner of the 2020 hat competition.
4. Erika’s The Tanto Bastu Sauna Hat, a miniature sauna complete with a chimney, 2019.

#worldswimhatday
#stockholmvinter
#hellasgården
stockholmwinterswimopen
@kalleengardt @hellasgarden @svenskavintersimsforbundet @wolffwear @lillebrorsbageri taken in Hellasgården, Älta by @worldswimhatday

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4 days ago

Find your people.

There’s more to a social dip than the swimming. Good company, new friendships, a little playfulness and a touch of whimsy.

World Swim Hat Day returns for its 7th year on Sunday, October 25, 2026.

Who will you celebrate with?

Tag @worldswimhatday and use #WorldSwimHatDay so we can share your joy around the world.

Photo from World Swim Hat Day 2025:
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Portobello Beach, Edinburgh, Scotland
@edinburghblueballs
Photo: @marcmillar

#worldswimhatday #coldwatercrew #communitynotcompetition #portydippers by @worldswimhatday

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6 days ago

Collective crafting might just save humanity.
This is what humans were made for: making wild things together.

World Swim Hat Day returns for its 7th year on Sunday, October 25, 2026.

What will you create for your swim — and who will you create it with?

Tag @worldswimhatday and use #WorldSwimHatDay so we can share your joy around the world.

Photo from World Swim Hat Day 2025:
🇬🇷 Greece
@weswimgreece
Petros Parthenis @petrosparthenis
Photo: Boris Pilipenko @pilipenko011

#openwaterswimmin #collectivecreativity #collectivejoy #communitycrafting by @worldswimhatday

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14 days ago

What are you wearing for World Swim Hat Day this year?

World Swim Hat Day returns for its 7th year on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
What will you put on your head?

Tag @worldswimhatday and use #worldswimhatday so we can share your joy around the world.

Photo from World Swim Hat Day 2025:
🇩🇪 Elbstrand, Hamburg, Germany
@eisbademeisters_hamburg
Photo: Thomas Pauly @thomas.pauly.14

#outdoorswimming #coldwaterswimmin #swimcommunity #collectivejoy by @worldswimhatday

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21 days ago

World Swim Hat Day is coming!
October 25, 2026 — always the last Sunday in October.

Wherever you are in the world, join the fun! Find some water, put something whimsical on your head and take the plunge.

Tag @worldswimhatday and use #WorldSwimHatDay so we can share your joy around the world.

Photo from World Swim Hat Day 2025:
🇦🇺 Cowes Main Beach, Phillip Island, Australia
@submerge_phillipisland
Photo: @roadlesstravelled1

#worldswimhatday
@catswimswild
#swimfestival
#collectivecreativity
#communitynotcompetition by @worldswimhatday

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21 days ago

Happy World Swim Hat Day 2025!

We’ve seen so much joy and creativity in the feed today — it really looks like many of you had so much fun out there, and we sure did too!

Thank you all!
More pictures will follow — LOVE to the world from the founders 🩵🥳💦

#worldswimhatday
/Team WSHD taken in Marievik Kajen by @worldswimhatday

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a year ago

Marblehead wolves @whwolfpack fully unleashed 🐺🎩💦
Celebration mode – global pack energy!
World Swim Hat Day 2025
Beautifully captured by @semper.drone

#worldswimhatday by @worldswimhatday

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a year ago

Thank you to our wonderful swim family on Low Rock Beach 🏖️ for all your support raising much needed funds for @pieta.house While having fun celebrating @worldswimhatday taken in Low Rock Beach, Malahide by @worldswimhatday

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Immerse.

#coldwaterimmersion #costume #cardbordart #popcorn #popcornart #polka #voda #water #stripes #homoludens #swimhat #swimcap #swimmingcostume #talviuinti #avantouinti #kylmäuinti #winterswim #sisu #worldswimhatday @thebluetits @molsing1 @weswimgreece @ice_for_life_ansikassen @whwolfpack @katieswimsandmakes @eisbademeisters_hamburg @berniebeikes #talisuplus #halloween
Photo @theelvisphoto by @worldswimhatday

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2 years ago

World Swim Hat Day 👑 🎩 👒 🎓

Sonntag, 10.00 Uhr Abfahrt zur Elbe und es regnet in Strömen ☔️
"Aber nützt ja nix - haben wir angezettelt, müssen wir durch."

10.30 Uhr angekommen am Elbstrand geht uns direkt das Herz auf - da steht Ihr alle und habt Bock auf den ersten Badetag der Saison. Ihr seid soooo unglaublich 💞💞💞

Teils aufwändig konstruierte und selbst gebaute Kopfbedeckungen - Ihr lebt den @worldswimhatday 😍 und habt weder Kosten noch Mühen gescheut 🥰

Bei 11.9° Wassertemperatur stürzten sich etwa 100 Menschen in die Elbe. Wärmer wird's sicher nicht mehr die Saison 😅

Danke an Euch alle, dass Ihr trotz des semi guten Wetters am Start wart !! 🫶

Danke auch an die @dlrg_bezirk_altona
fürs Aufpassen !! 🫶

Dann gab es noch eine Scheckübergabe, die uns auch sehr erfreute. Dazu mehr in einem separaten Bericht 🫶

Leute, wir freuen uns auf die nächsten Wochen und Monate mit Euch - das wird super ‼️

Eure Eisbademeisters Orga-Crew 😘

#wirspringenfürwärmeinskaltewasser
#worldswimhatday
#eisbademeistershamburg
#eisbaden
#gemeinsamgutestun
#hamburgistbunt by @worldswimhatday

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