Amsterdam starts closing canals for skating ice to form
Amsterdam water authority Waternet started closing canals to boating traffic on Tuesday, to give the thin layer of ice on the canals opportunity to grow thick enough that skaters can get out onto the canals.
Waternet is also closing locks and switching off pumping station, so that the water flows more slowly and ice can form more easily.
It is not yet safe to skate on the canals in the Amsterdam city center. "Given the weather forecast, it will be exciting, but we are doing everything we can so that residents and visitors can hopefully skate on the canals", alderman Udo Kock said to AT5.
❄️⛸ LETS GO! Onze directeur Roelof sluit de #Eenhoornsluis samen met onze mannen Raymond en David #IJsnota #schaatsen #grachten ❄️⛸ pic.twitter.com/kfuF8mowjQ
— Waternet (@Waternet) February 27, 2018
YEAHHHHH!!! ❄IT GIET OAN!!! ⛸👍❄ We gaan er écht alles aan doen om schaatsen mogelijk te maken; de #IJsnota GAAT VAN KRACHT! Nu allemaal duimen dat het weer meewerkt ❄
— Waternet (@Waternet) February 27, 2018
Lees hier alles over de IJsnota: https://t.co/TBssA8PSVv pic.twitter.com/aul3xYyOxE