Code orange issued around the Netherlands due to ice and slipperiness

Orange alert! The KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) has issued a warning for slipperiness throughout the Netherlands today. Prepare yourself for some cold feet. 🥶

The KNMI has announced that black ice will form on all roads throughout the country.

In due season, temperatures have dropped below freezing over the past week. The weather institute has issued a warning for a nationwide ice rink. ❄️

A slippery Sunday

Freezing rain will fall from Zeeland towards Groningen, causing treacherously slippery roads right outside your front door until evening.

If you’re brave enough to take on the perilous snow globe, the KNMI has some advice:

Translation: From the end of the afternoon, #codeoranje applies. There is a risk of large-scale slipperiness throughout the country. What can you expect, and what can you do at #gladheid due to black ice? https://knmi.nl/kennis-en-datacentrum/waarschuwingen/gladheid… #knmiwaarschuwing

Put on your skates, or cosy up with a warm cup of chocomel. We’ll definitely be doing the latter. ☕

What do you think of the KNMI’s warning? Tell us in the comments below.

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Eva Gabriella
Eva Gabriella
After calling Malaysia her home for 19 years, Eva moved to Amsterdam to study literary and cultural analysis. Well, that was the academic theory — in reality it was more like “cultural shock.” Eva’s mastery of life in the Netherlands involved initiation into the richness of nocturnal hangouts, canals, cuisine, and upright and forthright cyclists (who she now rings her bell back at.) When she is not speeding her way through books, she is winding and weaving down endless straatjes, often finding herself, not so quite by chance, in a gezellig music bar!

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