2. Sneek
Good-tempered and full of courage
Listen to the stories Schweigmann: “The first ones we overtook were competition skaters, who had started earlier! In the neighbourhood of Sneek I said to my mate: “Klaas, how many competition skaters d’you think we have already overtaken?” He said: “At least ten!” Those were skaters who, in the pushing and pulling, had already fallen many times. ...> And those fellows said: “Well, dammit, there come the tour skaters already!” That was a stimulus for us.”