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.

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Eleven Cities Tour canonical 4

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

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Friesland knownFor Eleven Cities Tour
river Dokkumer Ee partOf Eleven Cities Tour
subject surface form: Dokkumer Ee
Elfstedentocht skating tour meaningOfName Eleven Cities Tour
Elfstedentocht translation Eleven Cities Tour