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Belgische Idris doet onderzoek naar de Elfstedentocht

Datum: 02-10-2025
Hij heeft de Elfstedentocht nooit meegemaakt en las er pas voor het eerst over in een stripboek. Maar de Belgische masterstudent Idris David raakte geïntrigeerd door het fenomeen van de 'Tocht der Tochten'. Nu doet hij er voor zijn studie Sociale en Culturele Antropologie aan de Universiteit van Leuven onderzoek naar. Bron: Omrop Fryslân    […]
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Grut Frysk Diktee 8 april 2025

Datum: 10-04-2025
Our chairman, Wiebe Wieling, wrote this year’s Grut Frysk Diktee. On April 8, twenty individual participants who had qualified on their own merits got to work on the dictation. In addition, five teams competed against each other. This year’s teams consisted of Well-Known Frisians, final-year Frisian exam students from CSG Bogerman in Sneek, nature enthusiasts […]
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Article Groot Bolsward - IJsselmeerkust: Jan Bakker will be the new chairman.

Datum: 11-03-2025
Gurbe van der Woude wrote the following article for Groot Bolsward - IJsselmeerkust: Jan Bakker from Wijnjewoude will be the new chairman of the Koninklijke Vereniging De Friesche Elf Steden. The 62-year-old Frisian will succeed Wiebe Wieling at the end of this year. Bakker is proud and honored to take over the chairman’s gavel from […]
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Article Vera Mulder of De Correspondent: De Elfstedentocht gaat door!

Datum: 04-03-2025
  Vera Mulder wrote in article for "De Correspondent" As of now, the article is available only in Dutch on De Correspondent's website.  The article explores the enduring significance of the Elfstedentocht—a legendary 200-kilometer ice-skating event in Friesland, Netherlands—that has not occurred since 1997 due to warmer winters. Despite its absence, the event continues to […]
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Wiebe Wieling is writing the text for the Grut Frysk Diktee.

Datum: 25-02-2025
Our chairman, Wiebe Wieling, is writing the text for this year’s Grut Frysk Diktee. On Tuesday, April 8, the Statenzaal of the Provincial House in Leeuwarden will once again be the arena for the Grut Frysk Diktee. Our chairman considers it an honor to have been asked to write the Grut Frysk Diktee. Choosing a […]
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Kijk hier 'live' mee naar de Elfstedentocht van 1985

Datum: 21-02-2025
Het is vandaag precies 40 jaar geleden dat de Elfstedentocht van 1985 werd verreden. Om die reden zendt NOS de hele tocht integraal uit. In 1985 was er tussen 05.45 uur en 07.15 uur geen registratie van de Elfstedentocht. De beelden van de start zijn daarom anderhalf uur 'opgeschoven'. Vanaf 07.15 uur loopt alles volledig […]
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Every child has the right to learn how to skate

Datum: 23-01-2025
Due to the absence of good, harsh winters with natural ice, fewer and fewer children are coming into contact with ice. As a result, they miss out on the unique winter experience of moving freely on the ice. And, as with many other things, it turns out that what is learned young is done old. […]
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Chairman Wiebe Wieling guest on Bar Laat - Missed it? Check it here.

Datum: 15-01-2025
Bar Laat is the late-night talk show of BNNVARA. Here, the conversation of the day is held in a cheerful mood every day. At the table, Sophie Hilbrand, Jeroen Pauw, or substitute presenter Tim de Wit welcome the key figures of today and tomorrow from politics, current affairs, art, culture, music, and sports. On Tuesday, […]
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