Skating

Skating
   A typical and popular sport in the Netherlands, mainly practiced on artificial ice because most Dutch winters are mild. Dur ing the 1960s, the first outdoor 400-meter skating rinks were opened in Amsterdam and Deventer. In the same period, skaters such as Ard Schenk (1944– ) and Kees Verkerk (1942– ) scored many suc cesses in international championships and at the Olympic Winter Games. Their successors professionalized the sport in the next decades. Currently several indoor rinks exist, including among others Thialf in Heerenveen (Frisian It Hearrenfean). In severe winters, the Elfstedentocht (11-city race) is usually organized: a one-day, 200 kilometer (125-mile) speed-skating competition and leisure skating tour in Frisia through the 11 old Frisian cities. The tour starts and ends in the Frisian capital Leeuwarden (Frisian Ljouwert) and passes through Sneek (Snits), IJlst (Drylts), Sloten (Sleat), Stavoren (Starum), Hindelopen (Hylpen), Workum (Warkum), Bolsward (Boalsert), Harlingen (Harns), Franeker (Frjentsjer), and Dokkum. The tour has only been held 15 times since 1919.

Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. . 2012.

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