The Elfstedentocht is a ice skating race of around 200km that takes place in the northern part

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The Elfstedentocht is organized by the Koninlijke Verening De Friesche Elfsteden in Leeuwarden, the main city in Friesland. The first time this ice skating competition was organized was in 1909. Unfortunately, not every year the Elfstedentocht is taking place, because of the condition of the ice. If the winters aren't cold enough, the waters.

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A movie, seen from the ice-skater in the surroundings of Stenden University Leeuwarden.

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The Elfstedentocht ( Dutch pronunciation: [ɛl (ə)fˈsteːdə (n)tɔxt]; West Frisian: Alvestêdetocht [ɔlvəˈstɛːdətɔχt], English: Eleven cities tour) is a long-distance tour skating event on natural ice, almost 200 kilometres (120 mi) long, which is held both as a speed skating competition (with 300 contestants) and a leisure tour (with 16,000 skaters).

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The Elfstedentocht is an ice-skating race that takes place through the 11 traditional 'cities' of Friesland, and is held on a route across frozen canals and waterways.. The race begins and ends in Leeuwarden, and is about 200km long. Though it was held informally for centuries, the first official race was in 1909, and occurred regularly.

Women’s Skating Competition on the Stadsgracht in Leeuwarden, 21 January 1809, Nicolaas Baur

March 7, 2019 LEEUWARDEN, Netherlands On a balmy winter day, Klaas Einte Adema lugged his ice skates from car to rink to continue his training for a race that might never come.

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For the new Elfstedenhal in the city of Leeuwarden, the artists Blok-Lugthart made a design of large prints on the glass façade of skaters gliding over the clear ice. The fragile surface of the glass facade turns into a large plain of ice on which the skaters pull their tracks.

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The Elfstedentocht, Dutch for " Eleven cities tour " is a race for people on ice skates. The race takes place on canals in Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. The route of the race goes through eleven towns and is nearly 200 kilometers long.

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News The tour Route Regulations Medals, prizes and the Cross History History It is considered to be an exceptional athletic accomplishment to traverse all eleven Frisian towns on ice-skates over the course of a single day; a distance of nearly 200 kilometres.

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Ski & Snow Exploring Friesland, the Winter Skating Capital of the Netherlands In this Dutch province, the local community holds a deep love of ice skating. By Raphael Kadushin March 16, 2022.

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The Elfstedenhal is the ice rink of Leeuwarden. The hall has a 400-meter track, a 30x60 centre field and an ice hockey rink. Almost all imaginable ice sports are practiced in the Elfstedenhal. Long track speed skating, short track speed skating, ice hockey, figure skating, curling, luge sledding, 'skating the Dutch roll', etc.

Antique Print of ice skating in Leeuwarden by Maaskamp (1816)

A Scandalous Race. Nicolaas Baur, Women's Skating Competition on the Stadsgracht in Leeuwarden, 21 January 1809, 1809.Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Nicolaas Baur's (1767-1820) painting, a large crowd has gathered to watch an early-19th century women's ice skating race held in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Speed skating is one of the three types of ice skating contested in the.

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Go for the cold in the summer In Friesland you can always skate. In the winter (hopefully) on natural ice, and if it is not freezing you can visit the famous Thialf in Heerenveen or the Elfstedenhal in Leeuwarden. Ice hockey, figure skating and curling are also allowed! Indoor ice skating in Friesland thialf, heerenveen

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Ice skating. The 11-cities-tour (Dutch: elfstedentocht, West-Frisian: alvestêdetocht) is a skating event, which can only be held in winter when all the water through and between those 11 cities is frozen. Friesland has only 11 cities and settlements with historical city rights.

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