Munt Thee » historic http://www.muntthee.com Life in Amsterdam Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:42:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Frozen Canals http://www.muntthee.com/2010/01/11/frozen-canals/ http://www.muntthee.com/2010/01/11/frozen-canals/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:57:40 +0000 admin http://www.muntthee.com/?p=660 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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