The Frisian Towns

Local

LJOUWERT/Leeuwarden, the capital and its markets; SNITS/Sneek and the lakes; HARNS/Harlingen, the Wadden port and the salt and fish trade; FRJENTSJER/Franeker; BOALSERT/Bolsward; WARKUM/Workum; HYLPEN/Hindeloopen, with its own speech variety and its Baltic trading history; STARUM/Stavoren; DOKKUM; It Hearrenfean and Drachten. The ELFSTEDENTOCHT, the 200 km skating tour of eleven towns, is run only when the ice holds โ€” not since 1997 โ€” and its food is hot chocolate, koek en zopie and split-pea soup at the stops. โš  A MODERN EVENT-FOOD, not an ancient tradition.

Atlas โ€” where and when

Communities and languages

Languages: West Frisian

What is recorded

  • The Elfstedentocht is skated only when the ice on the whole route is thick enough, most recently in 1997. Its associated foods are those of a modern mass event and are not recorded as an ancient tradition. documented

Recipes

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