A temperature of as low as -22.9 Celsius was recorded in the village of Markenesse in Flevoland, east of Amsterdam on Friday night, the Telegraaf reports on Saturday. That is the coldest it has been in the Netherlands since the turn of the century, the paper says.

Train services and public transport were still disrupted in some areas on Saturday following yesterday’s snow and the continuing freezing conditions. A number of flights have been cancelled at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.
The weekend will remain very cold and dry, although coastal areas may have some snow on Sunday evening, the KNMI weather bureau says.
But despite the continuing cold, skaters are being warned to avoid large open stretches of ice because the snow has hidden weak spots. Dozens of people have already been rescued after sinking through the ice.

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