The Elfstedentocht is a long-distance tour skating event on natural ice, almost 200 kilometres (120 mi) long, which is held both as a speed skating competition and a leisure tour. The Elfstedentocht is the biggest ice-skating tour in the world.
Competitors of the first (1909) Elfstedentocht
De Bullemolen, along the canal "Ouddeel", near the finishing point of the Elfstedentocht
Departure of the Elfstedentocht cycling tour in 2006
Willem Johan Herman Mulier, known as Pim Mulier was one of the leading figures in the sporting history of the Netherlands.
Team photo of the Koninklijke HFC from 1887, with Mulier (front, black cap)
Mulier as captain of the unofficial Dutch national team in a match against Maidstone in 1895.