Vikingskipet

Hamar · Public skating times & prices

An upside-down Viking ship of glued timber, built as the 1994 Olympic speed-skating arena.

Public skating at Vikingskipet: the next 7 days

Currently out of season Vikingskipet has not announced its 2026/27 ice period yet. The ice-period page it still shows is last winter's: it announced the ice period from 7 November 2025 to 22 February 2026 and open skating for the public, so those dates do not apply to this season. The hall's news says there is no summer ice in 2026 while its lighting is replaced, and no dates for this winter are posted. Check the hall's page before you go. Official schedule update

Address
Åkersvikvegen 1, Hamar, 2321
Phone
+4762517500
Website
vikingskipet.com
Vikingskipet's upturned-hull roof seen across the grounds, with the crossed-timber monument beside it — Vikingskipet
Vikingskipet's upturned-hull roof seen across the grounds, with the crossed-timber monument beside it Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The straight of the 400 m ice oval inside Vikingskipet, lined with pink padding, under the timber roof — Vikingskipet
The straight of the 400 m ice oval inside Vikingskipet, lined with pink padding, under the timber roof Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Built as an upside-down Viking ship for the 1994 Olympics

Vikingskipet was built as the arena for speed skating, figure skating and short track at the 1994 Winter Olympics, and its design was made public in 1991. It is shaped like an upside-down Viking ship, 250 metres long, 110 metres wide and 36 metres high. Biong & Biong and Niels Torp Arkitekter gave it load-bearing glued-laminated timber arches with a longest span of 96 metres, and no timber span had ever been longer.

The 1994 Games, where Johan Olav Koss was crowned with three gold medals and three world records, remain the high point, and Vikingskipet and the neighbouring Hamar OL-Amfi have hosted a long run of international championships since.

Speed skaters and skating clubs now use the hall as their permanent training arena and the national team holds camps there. HIL bandy trains in what is called Norway's only indoor bandy hall, and Norway's largest indoor second-hand and antiques market has been held here every spring and autumn since 1995.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Skates & rentals

Hamar municipality's skate-loan tip is BUA at Torghjørnet, which has equipment to borrow on weekdays.

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Rink rules

Shoes and pucks are not allowed on the skating ice.

Source checked · · Official source

A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.