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    The Elfstedentocht (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛl(ə)fˈsteːdə(n)tɔxt]; West Frisian: Alvestêdetocht [ɔlvəˈstɛːdətɔχt], English: Eleven cities tour) is a long-distance...
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    marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar. In 2019 Van der Weijden swam the Elfstedentocht for charity. He raised more than €6.1 million. Van der Weijden was known...
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    the 11 cities of Friesland, a challenge which eventually led to the Elfstedentocht. The first known speed skating competition for women was in Heerenveen...
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    before July 1 preceding the skating season. The Netherlands is home of Elfstedentocht, a 200 km distance skating race of which the tracks leads through the...
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    skate marathons on natural ice became the Alternative Elfstedentocht. The Alternative Elfstedentocht races take part in other countries, such as Austria...
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    November 1958) is a Dutch former speed skater who won the rarely raced Elfstedentocht twice in a row, in 1985 and 1986. Van Benthem, a farmer from Leeuwte...
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    of the 1956 Elfstedentocht. He started a skating shop in Ter Aar. Lenie van der Hoorn-Langelaan (1948), winner of the 1985 Elfstedentocht, the first women's...
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    Also, Leeuwarden has been a UNESCO City of Literature since 2019. The Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Tour), an ice skating tour passing the eleven cities...
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    first successful ascent of the mountain. "Signal 30" "Night Mail" "Elfstedentocht" (Record Store Day single; 11 November 2013) "Gagarin" – 1 December...
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    Bolsward is one of the eleven Frisian cities in which the ice skating Elfstedentocht, an ice skating marathon, is held. Because the marathon depends on the...
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