Elfstedentocht Part 2 by PSBHQ published on 2013-10-23T12:33:06Z In April 2013 we were approached by the organisers of the Explore the North festival in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. They asked if we would use some footage of the Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Tour), the world's biggest ice skating race, and write some songs around it. So we did. A transcript in English is below www.explore-the-north.nl/ Watch the videos here: Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o63qrV4iKTc Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrPBTwwnpdc Contains footage (C) Fries Film Archief. Used with kind permission. Written and produced by Public Service Broadcasting. Drums recorded by Gregor Reid at Fonica Studios, Glasgow. Newspaper: Eleven Cities Tour on Friday Newspaper: Eleven Cities Tour to be a superhuman effort January 18th, 1963 An ice-skating marathon that is unparalleled 5.30 in the morning 300km through a Friesland only the strongest can cope with Newspaper: Elfstedentocht: Tough, Tough, Tough The starting signal is given for the Eleven Cities Tour But what everyone is preparing themselves for.. That is the Elfstedentocht The twelfth Eleven Cities Tour Temperature: 16 degrees Celsius below zero A brutal tour of more than 200km But what everyone is preparing themselves for... 550 professional skaters Around 9,500 leisure skaters Skaters from Sweden, Canada, Switzerland and Belgium But what everyone is preparing themselves for... Sneek IJlst Sloten Stavoren Hindeloopen Workum Bolsward Harlingen Franeker Dokkum Leeuwarden But what everyone is preparing themselves for... That is the Elfstedentocht. Genre public service broadcasting Comment by Farmfestival Jukebox Enjoying the new track for record store day! 2014-05-13T17:35:25Z Comment by CarlPurkins Excellent stuff chaps! 2013-11-13T14:01:05Z Comment by Peter Dysart Another fine effort. Love the layered passages. 2013-10-30T15:42:02Z