Flevonice

Yesterday, I took a day 'off' and went with my sister to Flevonice. It's a 5 km outdoor ice skate track, located in Biddinghuizen, province of Flevoland. Flevoland is the province which the Dutch reclaimed from the sea. It consists of NoordOostPolder, Oostelijk Flevoland and Zuidelijk Flevoland, reclaimed in 1945, 1960 and 1975 respectively.

With the rather warm temperature of 5ºC, the ice was a bit soft, but still, it was a unique experience. We arrived before noon (after a two and a half hour car ride ... ), so there weren't very many people yet. We skated 25 km and enjoyed a hot chocolate next to the fireplace in the restaurant. Great way to get a real Dutch winter feeling!

In summer, the track is open for roller skating and other 'rolling' sports. As there are fine opportunities nearer by to go roller skating, we won't go to Flevonice for that :-)
My sister going strong, despite the headwind

Resting after skating 15 km

We did it; time to go home!

Pretty ice flowers on my car window