Which New Year's Eve event in Scotland features the traditional Loony Dook swim in the River Forth?

Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the Scottish New Year's Eve event associated with the traditional Loony Dook swim in the River Forth.

The Loony Dook is a costumed New Year's Day dip held at South Queensferry, west of Edinburgh, near the Forth Bridge. Participants enter the cold water as part of a humorous and charitable tradition connected with the wider Hogmanay season.

The name combines “loony,” meaning eccentric or mad in this context, with “dook,” a Scots form related to “duck.” The event is not held in central Princes Street; it takes place in the separate town of South Queensferry, in the Edinburgh area.

The swim is often linked in popular descriptions with recovering from Hogmanay celebrations, but its main public identity is a costume spectacle and fundraising activity. Dates, entry arrangements, and whether the event runs can vary, so the broader association is more stable than any single year's program.