This year's winter might be mild but that does not stop the enthusiasm of the populace to skate. Here's a temporary skate rink put at the centrum of The Hague. But skating on frozen canal is even more interesting. Back in 1997 when we were here, the last Elfstedentocht or Eleven-cities Tour was held.
The skating tour, almost 200 km in length, is conducted on frozen canals, rivers and lakes between the eleven Frisian cities in the province of Friesland in NE Netherlands. There is minimum requirement that the ice must be a minimum thickness of 15 centimetres along the entirety of the course.
Since 1909, the tour has only been held 15 times. That 1997 race was the the most recent one. The winner took 6:49 hours to complete at an average speed of 29.3 km/h. Some 15,000 amateur skaters also joined the race.
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