IJsbaan Bamestra (Middenbeemster)

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Bamestra, named after the old Latin name of the Beemster, has skated on the same spot since 1933

Public skating at IJsbaan Bamestra (Middenbeemster): the next 7 days

Currently out of season This is a natural-ice rink: the club's home page says the rink is currently closed. Water is pumped onto the field from early December and the track is marked out as soon as the ice allows. Official schedule update

Address
Nicolaas Cromhoutlaan 5, Middenbeemster, 1462 JL
Website
bamestra.nl
The dark wooden Bamestra clubhouse on a winter evening, with families gathered at its terrace beside the ice. — IJsbaan Bamestra (Middenbeemster)
The dark wooden Bamestra clubhouse on a winter evening, with families gathered at its terrace beside the ice. Photo: IJsclub Bamestra (club website) · Source
Skaters and families on the natural ice of the Bamestra rink in winter sunshine, with the dark clubhouse hut at the left and bare trees along the edge. — IJsbaan Bamestra (Middenbeemster)
Skaters and families on the natural ice of the Bamestra rink in winter sunshine, with the dark clubhouse hut at the left and bare trees along the edge. Photo: IJsclub Bamestra (club website) · Source

A Beemster ice club since 1909

IJsclub Bamestra was officially founded on Tuesday 4 January 1909 and takes its name from the old Latin name for the Beemster. Its statutes aimed at making and maintaining rinks, and the club held no races at first: members put all their energy into sweeping the rinks so that people from outside the polder could skate in the Beemster too.

The rink has lain on the Nicolaas Cromhoutlaan since September 1933. In December 1933 the club joined the KNSB and was asked to organise national figure-skating competitions. The first huts were followed in 1943 by a 'volkskeet', the control hut served the swimming club in summer, and a new clubhouse built in 1966 is still in use.

Each winter about 25 cm of water is pumped onto the 80-by-150-metre field, and when the ice allows, an oval track of about 350 metres is marked out.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

People can join the club or pay at the gate to skate; entry at the gate costs €2.

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Amenities

When the ice allows, an oval track of about 350 m is marked out, with several lanes for children in the middle of the field.

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