Men fish on the canal all year round, seemingly all day everyday. In the rain they put up umbrellas, in the summer they roll their undershirts up to their armpits, and in the winter they poke holes in the ice. These are photos from this January of the local ice fishing.

You can read about why they do it here:

• Why fishing? (frozen edition)
• Why fishing?

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