Amsterdam, winter 1963, Vondelpark

It was a cold, cold winter then. The ice was strong enough for the 'Elfstedentocht' a strenuous arduous skating tour and match calling on eleven cities. In Amsterdam in the Vondelpark many a snowman was born. Nowadays all this does not happen very often or at all.

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• netherlands
• holland
• amsterdam
• winter
• 1963
• vondelpark
• snowman
• skating
• concertgebouw
• lido
• gracht

[paklaanfa]

Happy Xmas to you Michael ! Keep healthy and happy in the new year !

[MichaelRogge]

My best wishes to you, all subscribers, and viewers too. May the New Year bring joy, good health and happiness to you. And if life does not smile on you: faith.

[studdingsails]

Gosh yes 1963! When "horses froze in the fields".

I came back to this freezing weather aged 7 from Singapore. My memories of the West formerly replaced by the East were suddenly turned around once more. Duffle coats hoods & woolen trousers replacing flipflops and shorts! Michael's lovely photos say it all. Cheers & Happy Xmas from London...ps I recall that trains in the UK in that bitter 1963 winter still ran ok and remember coal fires in station waiting rooms were soooo cosy.... 'gezellig'!

[luisHK2001]

beatifull photos!!!.........as always when Michael is with a camera.....

[gragrn]

Great photo's.