Slachtemarathon 2016
De Slachtemarathon 2016 was the 5th Slachtemarathon and therefore the village chose ‘Party’ as theme. It was a hot summer day, that 4th June 2016. A lot of residents made sure the participants had enough water to drink. And a party it was, in many different ways.
A lot of photos en short film clips were made. A selection:
Official photos
We asked several professionals to show the Slachtemarathon photographs.
Jolanda Siemonsma was the photographer for the running event. You can watch the photos on her website.
Henk Bootsma made pictures you can watchon his Facebook.
Start video’s walkers
Live-útstjoering Omrop Fryslân
Omrop Fryslân did a live tv-show.
The making of….
Previous editions
De first Slachtemarathon was in the year 2000. It was part of Simmer 2000, an event that invited Frisians from all over the world to come back to their roots for a giant reunion. De next Slachtemarathons were in 2004, 2008, 2012 en the lustrum edition of 2016.