Winter for Muscovites is the time when they are tempted to grab their skates and go on an active holiday, rushing along the slippery sparkling ice. Let's look at the capital's proposals for 2018 for lovers of skates, snow, and ice.
Details about free Moscow skating rinks for 2018
- The territory of Sokolniki ice cover is more than twenty thousand square meters;
- Winter advantage active rest in Sokolniki: rental, warm locker room, catering outlets;
- The opening hours of the skating rink in Sokolniki are from ten in the morning to eleven in the evening;
- On the Patriarch's Ponds, the skating area is 12,000 square meters;
- Real ice for skates on the frozen reservoirs of Northern Tushino, Lyublino, as well as the Petrovsky, Raduga, Hermitage parks;
- Many discounts apply to visiting the skating rink in Lianozovsky Park;
- A half-free skating rink at the Moscow Zoo; after paying for entry, you can skate as much as you like on the frozen ice of the Bolshoi Pond;
- Parks “Dubki”, “Fili”, “50th and 60th anniversary of October”, “Nikulino” offer areas for entertainment with artificial ice.
After the screening of the Russian TV show “Stars on Ice,” “ glacial period“almost the whole country has become interested in winter sports figure skating. The demand for skates has increased sharply.
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Everyone began to flock to the skating rinks to spend their free time in a fun and healthy way, to get a boost of vivacity, energy, or just to skate for fun.
Muscovites have not lost interest in such recreation even today. Let's see what the capital offers us today for free skating.
Location of free skating rinks for Muscovites in winter 2018
Skating rink in Sokolniki
Not everyone can afford to pay for vacations or free time on weekends or holidays especially when it comes to children, who can run around on the street until they turn blue in the face and lose their strength.
IN winter time adults and children can visit the skating rinks, for which you don’t have to pay money. The time for them is not limited, and the number of visitors is also unlimited. Ice can be either real or artificial, made from special reagents, but in practice it is no worse than the first.
Addresses with natural coverage:
- Sokolniki Park
A large field flooded with water produces real, smooth, strong ice. The territory is more than twenty thousand square meters. It consists of a main large circle for skating and several clearings located nearby.
Winter skating rink at Patriarch's Ponds
There are many catering outlets right next to the skating rink where you can have a snack, drink hot drinks or just relax.
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The following advantages are available:
- Opening hours are from 10:00 to 23:00.
- Rental availability.
- There is a wardrobe.
- Proximity to catering outlets with hot food and drinks.
- Patriarch's Ponds
One of the favorite places of Muscovites, however, the area is smaller than Sokolniki, only 12,000 sq. m. m., but it is quite spacious, cozy, and compact.
The advantage is that the territory is not fenced; you can visit it whenever you want, but only with your own skates. There are no warm rooms or snack bars nearby either, so you need to take everything with you.
You can also visit the following open bodies of water in winter at temperatures below five degrees below zero:
- Northern Tushino;
- Lyublino Estate Museum;
- Ponds of the Rainbow Park;
- Petrovsky Park.
- Hermitage Park.
Location of free artificial ice skating rinks in 2018
Moscow is generous with free playgrounds, which are flooded with water in winter. They can be located in neighborhoods, parks, public gardens. Artificial ice is in great demand among residents, guests, and tourists. “Artificial” skating rinks are located in the following parks:
- "Dubki", Timiryazevskaya metro station;
- “Northern Oaks”, Keramicheskiy proezd 65-71/1;
- "Rostokinsky Aqueduct", VDNKh;
- “Goncharovsky”, Dmitrovskaya metro station, Rustaveli street;
- “Fili”, Bolshaya Filevskaya street 32;
- "Nikulino", Vernadsky Avenue 86 "d";
- “60th anniversary of October”, Andropov Ave. 5, Avtozavodskaya metro station;
- "50th anniversary of October", st. Udaltsova 22 "a", metro station Prospekt Vernadskogo.
This winter there will be more than 1,500 outdoor and indoor skating rinks in Moscow. FoxTime has collected the TOP 10 ice skating areas.
"Ice" in Sokolniki
Thanks to special ice-building technology, the skating rink on Festivalnaya Square in Sokolniki Park begins operating long before severe frosts. There are two skate rental points on site, and the sides of the skating rink are illuminated with neon lights. “Ice” is open daily from 10.00 to 00.00, there are subscriptions for 10 and 20 visits.
Sokolniki Park, Sokolnichesky Val Street, 1, building 1
Daily 10.00-00.00
Ticket 300-400 rubles
Skating rink "Factory of Happy People" in Gorky Park
"Factory happy people» Gorky Park was christened by the writer Herbert Wells during his visit in 1934. This year the park celebrates its 90th anniversary, and on November 22 at 19.00 the second largest skating rink in Moscow will turn into a real factory with neon conveyor and chimney V industrial style. From chips: part female couples skates will be equipped with neon laces, a real fireplace will appear in the center, and a neon forest will appear around it.
Gorky Park, Krymsky Val street, 9
Ticket 550-650 rubles
park-gorkogo.com
“City of Winter” at VDNKh
Within New Year's project“City of Winter” at VDNKh will open two skating rinks at once: “Flower Garden” for 1,200 people, decorated in the style of glass balls from large spheres, and “Rocket” around the Vostok launch vehicle for 2,400 visitors. Nearby you can play curling and ride cheesecakes on a tubing slide.
VDNKh, Prospekt Mira street, 119
Ticket 250-400 rubles
GUM skating rink on Red Square
For the 2018-2019 winter season, the design theme for the country's central skating rink will be heroes Soviet cartoons, and a Christmas market will traditionally be located nearby. The skating rink will open on November 29 with a fragment of Tatyana Navka’s musical “The Scarlet Flower.” In February, the GUM skating rink will host a stage of the world curling tour.
Red Square, 3
Ticket 400-500 rubles
gum.ru/rink
"Silver Ice" in Izmailovsky Park
The skating rink in Izmailovo combines natural ice and a skating rink with refrigerated support, so you can skate in any weather. On territory 9 trade pavilions, where you can warm up and have a snack.
Izmailovsky Park, Narodny Prospekt, 17
Mon-Fri 12.00-22.00, Sat-Sun 11.00-22.00
Ticket 250-350 rubles
izmailovsky-park.ru
Ice skating rink in the Hermitage Garden
The skating rink at the Hermitage also combines artificial and natural ice to work even during a thaw. Each of the skating rinks is equipped with a warm pavilion with rentals and stands with hot drinks and snacks.
Hermitage Garden, Karetny Ryad Street, 3
Mon 14.00-21.00, Tue-Fri 12.00-21.00, Sat-Sun 10.00-22.00
Ticket 250-350 rubles
Skating rink in Bauman Garden
A small and very cozy skating rink for 2000 guests in the Bauman Garden will open on November 24 at 18.00. This year, the site is turning into Moscow’s first “KinoKatok”, where you can not only skate, but also watch classic films in the fresh air.
Garden named after Bauman, Staraya Basmannaya street, 15
Ticket 200-300 rubles
Ice skating rink in Tagansky Park
On November 24, an outdoor skating rink will open in Tagansky Park: the festival program includes a brass band, an ice theater performance, a cover band and an ice disco.
Tagansky Park, Taganskaya Street, 40
Ticket 300-350 rubles
“Everyone on the ice!” in the park "Angarsk Ponds"
On November 24 at 14.00 the winter season will open in the Angarsk Ponds park with an 1800 sq.m. skating rink. for figure skating and hockey. The opening program includes a cryo show, master classes from figure skaters and animated performances.
Park "Angarsk Ponds", Sofya Kovalevskaya street, 1, building 8
For free
liapark.ru
"Metelitsa" in Babushkinsky Park
There is an ice skating rink with an area of 1300 sq.m. in Babushkinsky Park. with artificially cooled coating. Every Tuesday, admission to the skating rink is free for pensioners, students, veterans and children from large families.
Babushkinsky Park, Menzhinskogo Street, 6, building 3
Every day 11.00-22.00, break 15.00-15.30, 18.00-18.30
Ticket 250-300 rubles
Text // Anastasia Dorogova
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