A winter walk around my town

Published: February 14th, 2021 | Updated: July 21st, 2023 Hiking A bridge during sunrise in a winter landscape

Today was the first day the temperature reach above-zero-Celsius after a seven day freezing period. We really had winter for a week, and we all enjoyed it as much as we could.

I planned a walk for yesterday, but since we wanted to ice-skating (yes, on natural ice) I postponed the walk for a day.

At about 10 minutes past 7 in the morning, I left my home, and started walking. I planned a trip of 30km. See the tweet below.

Screenshot of tweet 1360826510198898692 where I share the map of my planned walk. — Screenshot of tweet 1360826510198898692 where I share the map of my planned walk

After witnessing a magical sunset, walking in the snow, between people ice-skating on natural ice for the first time since about 9 years was really special. I’m posting this on my blog, because I want as many of you to experience what I saw. Sure, these are just pictures, but you can get a sense of how it was.

Picture gallery

Here’s the picture gallery, I hope you enjoy the pictures! The complete route can be found below the pictures.

A picture of swans in the water with a sunrise in the back

Snowy road and sunrise through the trees

Snowy field with a bridge and cloudy sunrise

Snowy field with a road in the middle and cut trees

Sunrise with a road alongside a frozen canal

A crow in a tree with some snow in high grass and bushes

Icy road with the sun behind thin clouds

Low sun with a halo seen from a bridge (Doenbrug) over the Schie canal with some ice in it.

Snow and ice in a crop field with a small canal

People skating on ice in Berkel en Rodenrijs

People skating on ice on a canal between residential buildings in Berkel en Rodenrijs

Frozen canal with snow on the side and a distant sunrise

Ice on a canal with a sunrise on the background

Sunrise on a snowy landscape with a frozen canal

Just before sunrise on a snowy landscape

Image of a sunrise behind high grass with a bridge on the left and frozen canal on the right.

Sunrise through a classic bridge over a frozen canal. In the blue sky a white stripe is seen from a plane.

Sunrise through high grass and a frozen canal behind it.

Skyline of Rotterdam seen through some high grass and a frozen canal.

Sunrise with the Rotterdam skyline seen next to it.

Image of ice in the Schie near Schipluiden taken from the Kandelaarbrug

Strava route

Here’s the complete route on Strava: