Editing Friesland (section)

=== Sports ===
[[File:Finish 11-stedentocht 1956.jpg|thumb|upright|Finish of the [[Elfstedentocht]] in 1956]]

The province is famous for its [[Speed skating|speed skaters]], with mass participation in cross-country ice skating when weather conditions permit. When winters are cold enough to allow the freshwater canals to freeze hard, the province holds its traditional [[Elfstedentocht]] (Eleven cities tour), a {{convert|200|km|adj=on}} [[ice skating]] tour. A traditional sport is [[Frisian handball]]. Another Frisian practice is ''[[fierljeppen]]'', a sport with some similarities to pole vaulting. A jump consists of an intense sprint to the pole (''polsstok''), jumping and grabbing it, then climbing to the top while trying to control the pole's forward and lateral movements over a body of water and finishing with a graceful landing on a sand bed opposite to the starting point. Because of all the diverse skills required in fierljeppen, fierljeppers are considered to be very complete athletes with superbly developed strength and coordination. In the warmer months, many Frisians practice ''[[wadlopen]]'', the traditional art of wading across designated sections of the [[Wadden Sea]] at low tide.
Friesland has lots of waterways and lakes there for Sailcontests with a Skutsje or frisian Tjalk is done during the summer on various lakes.

There are currently two professional [[association football|football]] clubs playing in Friesland: [[SC Cambuur]] from Leeuwarden (home stadium [[Cambuur Stadion]]) active in de keuken kampioen divisie(2nd div.) and [[SC Heerenveen]] (home stadium [[Abe Lenstra Stadion]]) active in de Eredivisie(1st div.).