Thin ice: Europeans warned not to skate on thawing canals after spate of accidents
Video of one skater’s unceremonious fall through an icy canal in the Netherlands has been viewed more than 5m times
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How about it's a pandemic so don't do anything that might needlessly increase your chances to bother hospital staff with.
Haha, what morons, skating on canals.
Anyway, who wants to come skate on the lake for a bit?
Anyway, who wants to come skate on the lake for a bit?
Ma'am, currency don't have ears
Today in: Images you can hear.Whichever way, ice finds a way to screw you over
I don't think I've heard "Euros" to describe Europeans before, haha
So for a hot second, my brain thought you were talking about these fellows:
someone died yesterday here in germany near my city because of this
in germany it's forbidden to skate on lakes or canals unless the local municipality has checked it for safety and allowed it
that's why the police police patrol and and stop people from skating unless it's been deemed safe
falling in and getting hypothermia is just one of the dangers, but people don't really realise how life threatening ice can cut you.
in germany it's forbidden to skate on lakes or canals unless the local municipality has checked it for safety and allowed it
that's why the police police patrol and and stop people from skating unless it's been deemed safe
falling in and getting hypothermia is just one of the dangers, but people don't really realise how life threatening ice can cut you.
Oh. Sorry, I've heard this before and I thought it was a standard thing. Maybe not 😅
No no, I was just poking fun at a phrase you wouldn't hear around here, but then again, my native language is German. And I shouldn't be surprised at the shortening, after all, Americans are sometimes "Amis"
*laughs in Canadian*
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*Realizes he lives in Vancouver and will likely never skate on an ODR for the foreseeable future*
*cries in Vancouverite*
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*Realizes he lives in Vancouver and will likely never skate on an ODR for the foreseeable future*
*cries in Vancouverite*
I cant speak for other European countries, but ice skating is "a big thing" over here in The Netherlands: we don't have hills/mountains and little snow, so its pretty much "everyones hobby" when it starts to freeze for a few days.. Not to mention the hype regarding a potential "legendary" Elfstedentocht . (and current Covid-measures really made people want to go outside).
I am not a skater myself but for many Dutch people learning to skate on ice (and probably get wet or fall into an icehole (? i dont even know if there is an English word for 'wak')) has been part of their youth. That said, local authorities are usually pretty good at managing these things, with also various skating clubs/organisations being vocal about the quality of the ice. But most of the country skates on lakes or ponds, besides Amsterdam there arent that many cities that have proper canals to skate on.
It's been a while I think, because the winters have been so damn mild, but when the weather allows it, Austrians do like skating on the Neusiedlersee for sure.
Lake Neusiedl has a surface area of 122 square miles, with an average depth of 3'3" and a maximum depth of 5'11", which obviously makes it a pretty decent choice for ice skating.
Skating on a giant body of frozen water would be fun as hell, because you could just skate in one direction for a really long time.
I'd be afraid of the ice cracking or something though.
I'd be afraid of the ice cracking or something though.
That only makes people being super irresponsible and dumb about this all the more baffling. They don't even have the excuse of novelty or ignorance.
I don't think people skating on lakes and rivers will be particularly prone to close contact with others.
The video with the guy breaking through and taking the woman with him shows otherwise. People f'n everywhere.
How was I unaware that it doesn't freeze in the Netherlands?
I assumed that country was frigid....
I assumed that country was frigid....
well, its quite novel because it will probably be another decade before this happens again. And to be honest, at most places there was some pretty strict oversight regarding crowding. That said, sure, it would be far better if everyone everywhere just stayed inside for a fckng week or 2 so we can just get past this shit :P
Oh no Hans Brinker, was that story bullshit or is it just no longer true because of global warming
Not really, if the entire country goes ice crazy, that means all the crazies flock onto the ice as well.
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Like in North america winter weather really varies depending on where you live in Europe. it certainly is not warm in Nordic countries during the winter (as a person living in Finland).
What really? This whole time I thought winters there was snowy for some reason.
I had a close friend who wanted me to move there, but I was worried about the weather.... being spoiled here in San Francisco.
Which city/town in the Netherlands has year around non-extreme weather? lol
It's mild winters and cool summers, with occasional exceptions. It's not that different from the UK, in general. Since we're a very small country we don't really have different climate zones or anything like that, except some small differences between coast vs continental.