Overview
- Volunteer associations in places such as Doorn and Zeist have mobilized overnight crews to clean asphalt tracks and spray thin layers of water to build an ice base.
- Several rinks, including Lochem and Ede, report a first film of ice after initial spraying, while other clubs caution the cold spell may be too short for safe thickness.
- Forecasts point to nights around -1 to -5°C and days near freezing through Christmas, giving a narrow window for limited public skating before milder weather returns Saturday.
- Clubs using layer-by-layer spraying on concrete or new asphalt, like De Lier and Tolbert, hope to open quickly if the frost holds, but decisions will be made day by day.
- Winterswijk is preparing in case a Saturday marathon becomes feasible, yet the KNSB says approval requires sturdier, more sustained frost to reach about 3 centimeters of ice.