'A Little Bit of Magic' After a Cold Christmas Night: Skating on Natural Ice

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Ice rinks opened this morning in several places across the country. Despite a light frost, the clear night provided "just the right amount of magic that was needed," according to the ice rink club Hard Gaat-ie in De Lier on Omroep West. Nowhere in the Netherlands did severe frost occur last night, with minimum temperatures ranging from -3 to -6 degrees Celsius. Nevertheless, ice rinks, which had sometimes been sprinkled with layer upon layer of …