Frozen Canals

Posted: January 11th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: photography | Tags: , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Was this photograph taken decades ago in a pre-global warming era where people in Amsterdam could glide around the canals all winter long? Actually it was taken two days ago on Keizersgracht by William Bosveld.  Amsterdam’s canals have frozen over for the first time in over a decade! Boats are banned from the frozen areas so people can enjoy the natural ice skating rinks. How nice!

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Here is another beautiful photograph taken today by Jon K.
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The BBC also has video coverage of this story.

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4 Comments on “Frozen Canals”

  1. 1 Jennifer said at 8:13 pm on January 11th, 2010:

    whaaaat? no way!

  2. 2 Janice said at 9:42 pm on January 11th, 2010:

    Wonderful! Back to the old times. This makes me very happy.

  3. 3 Allison said at 1:02 pm on January 12th, 2010:

    Please stay cold, amsterdam! I want to skate to class!

  4. 4 Ilina said at 3:12 am on January 15th, 2010:

    Stunning! Thanks so much for posting these.

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