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Eleven Cities Tour: Dutch skaters hope for a weather miracle

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Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English

Күн бұрын

Ice skaters in the Netherlands are hoping to get a once-in-a-generation chance to tackle the Eleven Cities Tour.
The Elfstedentocht is an ice skating race that measures about 200km (135 miles) along the canals that connect the 11 cities in the Friesland province of the Netherlands.
It is skated on natural ice, and the last time it was cold enough was back in 1997.
Skaters are hopeful that this year’s cold snap will bring the ice needed for the race, but this year bot global warming and COVID-19 are posing a threat to the event.
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Kintselmeer, the Netherlands.
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@miran4471
@miran4471 3 жыл бұрын
Love it😊 i am 67 years and when i was a child i grew up on ice and skating every winter, great fun!!!!! 😊⛸️❄️🌷
@200555280
@200555280 3 жыл бұрын
Ice master that's a great job title
@jeffreygroen9191
@jeffreygroen9191 3 жыл бұрын
Last 11 cities tour they where busy transplanting ice at night, ijsmeesters they truly are!
@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1
@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 3 жыл бұрын
We've had a great winter in many parts of Europe. Ice skating, skiing, and walking in the snow has been really refreshing and a popular activity to many.
@leannevanzessen3951
@leannevanzessen3951 3 жыл бұрын
Really good for the mind amidst the intense lockdowns here!
@YoYo-bb4nh
@YoYo-bb4nh 3 жыл бұрын
Holland is so nice❗🇱🇺 😁
@esthervaneijk4586
@esthervaneijk4586 3 жыл бұрын
Last three times it happened was 1985, 1986 and 1997.
@tibozino1671
@tibozino1671 3 жыл бұрын
I was a spectator at all three. Superb atmosphere.
@yetusdeletusfetusboii2306
@yetusdeletusfetusboii2306 3 жыл бұрын
Actually in 2012 we had 15 cm ice but there was too much snow on the ice so its actually 9 jears ago wherr we could have an 11 city tour
@thegreatnormad3424
@thegreatnormad3424 3 жыл бұрын
It looks beautiful, I was surprised when saw an ice lake and people driving on it
@Rahad_Hood
@Rahad_Hood 3 жыл бұрын
beautiful
@jacquelinevanderkooij4301
@jacquelinevanderkooij4301 2 ай бұрын
It is actually 200km.
@runikur
@runikur 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@Ihatebs
@Ihatebs 3 жыл бұрын
Must be fun 🤩
@donnadalessio3853
@donnadalessio3853 3 жыл бұрын
This pandemic has taken much, at least they were out endothelial fresh air and doing what they Love 💙💙💙
@chaz33xxx
@chaz33xxx 7 ай бұрын
Nice people…
@orlandobangayan8178
@orlandobangayan8178 3 жыл бұрын
Covid virus is freezing..!!! Enjoying ice skating.!!! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
@janoosting
@janoosting 3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, the eleven cities tour was canceled and is also becoming increasingly difficult due to global warming and milder winters. Here in Groningen it was still possible to skate on the canals in the city where it was very pleasant and fun filming.
@michimj8935
@michimj8935 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@zkfdsldfjsdjfl1
@zkfdsldfjsdjfl1 3 жыл бұрын
Global freezing or Global warming
@DenUitvreter
@DenUitvreter 3 жыл бұрын
Fake news again, there was a lot of skating on the many canals, ponds and lakes only 3 years ago.
@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1
@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you didn't watch the news. This is about the Eleven Cities Tour, which hasn't been organized in decades. They're not only talking about just ice skating....
@DenUitvreter
@DenUitvreter 3 жыл бұрын
@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 At least I listened: "It's been nearly a decade since Dutch waters have been covered with such a layer of ice". Simply a lie because 3 years is not nearly a decade. Not very long ago we used to ridicule climate deniers for pointing at the cold weather and rightly so, but now the climate alarmists are in denial of the weather and trying to create false memories. This cold has been called exceptional from the start while it's just winter and even not very cold.
@thedutchbangervideos4317
@thedutchbangervideos4317 3 жыл бұрын
Few had tried it yesterday and we already did some kilometers so nothing 4 years this weekend
@devnull1013
@devnull1013 3 жыл бұрын
@@DenUitvreter Three years ago, while there was ice, people weren't skating on big lakes and other major waterways. It's definitely the coldest few days of winter in almost a decade, being the first year since 2012 where the temperature has dipped under -15C.
@DenUitvreter
@DenUitvreter 3 жыл бұрын
@@devnull1013 People were skating on lakes and canals in 2018 too, and if I remember correctly it was even possible for more days. In 2016 there was some skating too. There's always some record to find in a lot of data, like a very low temperature in some little area while it's much warmer elsewhere. Most of the country has only seen 'moderate frost' this year, day and night, and it's not called moderate for nothing. It was called 'extreme weather' right away when it was only -3C or something. No papers getting delivered, no trains and stuff, I wished people were that easily impressed when I was a paper boy cycling at -11C. Simply weather for gloves and ear muffs and maybe some layering. Nothing special.
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