An open-air rink on Heumarkt with straights over 100 metres, in Köln's largest Christmas market.
Currently out of season The market's site gives the Heumarkt season as 23 November 2026 to 10 January 2027; no sessions are listed here before the opening day. Checked on 4 October 2026. Official schedule update
Heinzels Wintermärchen is Köln's largest Christmas market, spread over Alter Markt and Heumarkt in the old town with more than 100 stalls in themed lanes and small squares. Its open-air ice rink on the Heumarkt has straights of more than 100 metres and a lap around the imposing equestrian monument.
The rink is run with the Lentpark, the operators of Cologne's ice hall, and is described by the market as the finest open-air rink in Germany. On Mondays children skate at reduced prices with an ice school, and children in a Kölner Haie shirt, up to 12 years, get in free.
Around the rink the market offers a more than 100-year-old Ferris wheel in front of the historic town hall, with views as far as the cathedral.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Day tickets cost €9.50 for adults on weekdays and €11.50 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and €6 for children from 5 to 12 (under 5 free), plus a booking fee online. Reductions: Kindertag on Mondays €5, Köln-Pass €7.50 for adults and €5.50 for children, family card (2 adults, 2 children) €24.
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Skate hire (sizes 26 to 50) costs €6.50 for adults and €5.50 for children.
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Tickets can be booked online ("Tickets bequem online buchen und garantiert Zugang erhalten").
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Every Monday children get a special programme on the rink with an ice school and reduced entry prices (Kindertag).
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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.
