For 15 years, it?s been too warm for the Elfstedentocht ice skating marathon. But there are still places you can skate in the Netherlands
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As winter deepens in the Netherlands, the Dutch keep watch on their thermometers, anxiously trying to will the temperature to drop low enough to freeze the many canals that crisscross the country.
Once that happens, they?ll rush outside to take part in the country?s favorite winter activity: ice skating.
But locals are particularly keen for the ?Big Freeze? in the northern province of Friesland, where, when the conditions permit, an 11-city speed and leisure skating race, or Elfstedentocht, is held.
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