The Elfstedentocht, the Dutch skating race through the 11 historic cities of Friesland, hasn’t been held in 26 years. But nobody can admit that it’s gone.
It hasn't been cold enough to hold the Elfstedentocht in the Netherlands since 1997. A group of enthusiasts in 1989 began holding an alternative event 750 miles away in the tiny Austrian mountain lake town of Weissensee.
