Eleven Cities Tour
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The Eleven Cities Tour is a legendary long-distance ice skating event in the Dutch province of Friesland, covering a route that connects its historic eleven cities and is held only when natural ice conditions allow.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ice skating event
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long-distance skating tour → sporting event → |
| cityOnRoute |
Bolsward
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Dokkum → Franeker → Harlingen → Hindeloopen → IJlst → Leeuwarden NERFINISHED → Sloten → Sneek NERFINISHED → Stavoren → Workum → |
| connects | eleven Frisian cities → |
| country | Netherlands → |
| countrySubdivision | Dutch province of Friesland → |
| culturalSignificance |
major Dutch national event
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symbol of Dutch skating tradition → |
| distance |
about 124 miles
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approximately 200 kilometres → |
| DutchName | Elfstedentocht → |
| finishLocation | Leeuwarden NERFINISHED → |
| firstHeld | 1909 → |
| frequency | irregular → |
| hasMediaCoverage |
international media attention
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national television in the Netherlands → |
| heldWhen | sufficient natural ice conditions → |
| includes |
race skaters
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tour skaters → |
| languageOfName | Dutch → |
| locatedIn | Friesland NERFINISHED → |
| nickname | The Tour of Tours → |
| notableFeature |
can be held only when entire route is safely frozen
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held only in very cold winters → |
| organisedBy |
Frisian Eleven Cities
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surface form: "Koninklijke Vereniging De Friesche Elf Steden"
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| organiserType | skating association → |
| participationType | mass participation → |
| province | Friesland NERFINISHED → |
| region | Northern Netherlands NERFINISHED → |
| routeFeature |
frozen canals
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frozen lakes → frozen rivers → |
| routeType | closed circuit → |
| season | winter → |
| sport | speed skating → |
| startLocation | Leeuwarden NERFINISHED → |
| surface | natural ice → |
| terrain | outdoor → |