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The Elfstedentocht (English: Eleven Cities Tour, Frisian: Âlvestedetocht) is the world's largest ice skating tour, being held in the Dutch province of Fryslân. Contestants begin (and finish) in the Frisian capital of Leeuwarden and the tour goes through all eleven Frisian cities. It's lenght is 200 km (125 miles).
Since the first Elfstedentocht in 1909 it's held 14 more times. The Dutch winters are not severe enough to facilitate an Elfstedentocht every year. The course can also vary from race to race, since the quality of the ice (with a minimum of 15 cm thick) is the dominating factor for the course.
Currently it's the dominating news item in the Netherlands as chances are that within a few days, a 16th Elfstedentocht is possible. But nothing is sure yet.
The Course:
- 0 km: Leeuwarden
- 22 km: neek
- 26 km: IJlst
- 40 km: Sloten
- 66 km: Stavoren
- 77 km: Hindeloopen
- 86 km: Workum
- 99 km: Bolsward
- 116 km: Harlingen
- 129 km: Franeker
- 174 km: Dokkum
- 199 km: Leeuwarden
There are also cycling, motor, row, step and walk-Elfstedentochts.
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What does Elfstedentocht mean?
"Eleven cities tour." Elfstedentocht is a traditional ice skating race/tour held in Friesland.
Does it freeze in Holland?
yes, if we are lucky we have an Elfstedentocht (eleven city tour) It's an outdoor iceskating event on natural ice in Frysland (province of Holland)
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What movie and television projects has Paul Hoes been in?
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