Big 5, diesel and dust at Beekse Bergen
White-laning for Christmas (Kerstrit LRCH 2010)
FlevOnice 5km Outdoor Ice Skating Course
The winters in The Netherlands are becoming milder and milder. Much to the dismay of the Dutch, for whom ice skating on natural ice is highly sought after. Thanks to the myriad of canals and rivers, skaters can enjoy courses of up to 200km.
The outdoors, ice skating in nature, wafting along reed beds, freedom. That’s the intention behind the multi-functional outdoor recreation centre that opened in December 2007, called “FlevOnice” or “Ice World”. We visited the course on a very busy Boxing Day (2007). Continue reading
Brief glimpse into ice sailing
The Netherlands experienced another record warm year in 2007. But in the week before Christmas, the temperatures plummeted. On the 21st of December, it even dropped to minus 8 deg Celcius. Brrr. Winter water sport enthusiasts were enthralled.
We hope you enjoy this brief glimpse into “hard water sailing” and read more about it further down the page. Continue reading
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