The Eleven Cities
The course can vary slightly from race to race, depending on the quality of the ice. The cumulative distance at each checkpoint in 1997 was:
- 0 km: Leeuwarden
- 22 km: Sneek (municipality Súdwest-Fryslân)
- 26 km: IJlst (mun. Súdwest-Fryslân)
- 40 km: Sloten (mun. Gaasterlân-Sleat)
- 66 km: Stavoren (mun. Súdwest-Fryslân)
- 77 km: Hindeloopen (mun. Súdwest-Fryslân)
- 86 km: Workum (mun. Súdwest-Fryslân)
- 99 km: Bolsward (mun. Súdwest-Fryslân)
- 116 km: Harlingen
- 129 km: Franeker (mun. Franekeradeel)
- 174 km: Dokkum (mun. Dongeradeel)
- 199 km: Leeuwarden
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