# Ice pleasures in our country, ice sailing on skates, the round of Loosdrecht, Kees Broekman wins the national championship in Zutphen

The Netherlands are under the spell of winter sports. SHOTS: - A large crowd of water birds scurry around in and near a crack in the ice; - div. shots of skaters, adults and children, experts and beginners; both on ice rinks or frozen open water in and near the cities, and on ditches and canals in the polders; - on the Zwet near Wormer, skaters hold on to portable constructions with a sail and let the wind blow them forward; - On the Loosdrecht lakes, skaters start off in the cutting cold for an achievement race over a number of laps, passing a checkpoint; - On the ice-skating rink near Zutphen, the Dutch speed skating championships are held; the final battle, between Broekman and Maarse, is won by Kees Broekman.

- Kind: Film
- By: Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
- Archive: [Europeana](https://www.europeana.eu/item/2051906/data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_665495)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/europeana/2051906~data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_665495?play=1)