A 400 m speed-skating hall opened in 2001 on the street where Erfurt's first artificial rink opened in 1957
Erfurt's first artificial ice rink was built from 1957 on what is now Arnstädter Straße and handed over on 29 December that year to the city's ice hockey players and figure skaters, the fourth of its kind in the GDR. A 333-metre speed-skating track followed beside the old stadium and opened on 4 November 1982 with an international race.
Work on a new 400-metre oval began in April 1996, replacing that worn-out track, and a roof over it was added so the ice could be made about two months longer each year. The Gunda-Niemann-Stirnemann-Halle was handed over on 21 December 2001, and the German and European speed-skating championships were held there within three weeks. The speed-skating hall holds the 400-metre oval and a 60 by 30 metre rink; the separate ice hockey hall has another rink of that size and 1,500 spectator places.
The Erfurter Sportbetrieb runs the centre for the city. Its main user is Eissportclub Erfurt, with about 600 members, and the centre counts more than 200,000 visitors a year. Speed skaters cannot train at full pace beside public skaters on the 400-metre track, so training and competitions can restrict public hours.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
From Monday to Saturday and on family days a single ticket costs € 6.50 for adults and € 3.50 reduced, with no time limit; on Sundays and public holidays it costs € 8.00 and € 4.80. A family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) is € 16.80 on weekdays and € 21.00 on Sundays and public holidays, and the Mondscheintarif for everyone in the last hour is € 4.00.
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Skates in sizes 25 to 50 can be hired for € 6.00 per pair and hire, from an external provider that may ask for a deposit; the Eiswichtel skating aid is € 3.00 plus a deposit.
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Tickets for public skating can be bought online, at the staffed till or at the self-service ticket machine at the entrance.
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The season has four family days on which the cheaper weekday tariff applies, the first on 3 October 2026.
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Parking is at the paid Am Stadion car park and on Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Straße; the P+R lot at the Thüringenhalle is free and three minutes' walk away.
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Visitors with a handicap can borrow an Eisgleiter, which works with an everyday wheelchair, free of charge; it must be requested beforehand by e-mail and used with an escort.
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