2012 May 21 |
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http://www.theatlanticright.com/2008/12/31/winter-in-the-netherlands/
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It is winter and ice cold – literally. It is approximately -10 at night which means that all lakes have frozen and turned into ice skating tracks.

The most popular winter sport in the Netherlands is ice skating, so all of us are thrilled that a true winter has finally arrived: we were not able to ice skate for several years.

Some photos of me in action (photos taken today – my father took them with ‘date’ on them but he forgot to adjust the date: the photos say 1-1-2004 but they were taken 12-31-2008):

The Dutch winter sport

The Dutch winter sport

me ice skating

me ice skating

  1. Posted by David
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    David Cool photos! I didn't realise that it got cold enough to ice skate nowadays. I thought that all the Dutch ice skating happened in the 19th century when the winters were more severe. BTW Is Friesan your mother tongue?
  2. Posted by dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
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    dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés I love these pics, esp the second one with all the handwriting on the ice and you looking very very skaterly. I've not skated for years, but it was close to flying, wasnt it... thanks mvdg dr.e