A Rare Deep Freeze Warms the Dutch Soul

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Canals in the Netherlands no longer freeze every winter, so the chance to ice-skate outdoors created a frenzy in Kinderdijk and elsewhere in the south. “Everybody took days off,” said one mayor.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/world/europe/16skaters.html

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