IJsclub Nieuw-Vennep en Omstreken

Public skating at IJsclub Nieuw-Vennep en Omstreken: the next 7 days

Currently out of season IJsclub Nieuw-Vennep's natural-ice rink on the Zuiderdreef, with a 400 m track and an inner track for beginners, opens only when the ice allows; opening hours can change at any time with the weather or ice damage and the club points to its Facebook page for the latest. Its price page is headed season 2025-2026. No sessions are listed here. Checked 10 October 2026. Official schedule update

A Haarlemmermeer ice club founded in 1890, remembered for its horse-sleigh races on the Hoofdvaart

The ice club Nieuw Vennep en Omstreken was founded on 9 December 1890; the club still has rules fixed at a meeting on 13 December 1906. Since its founding it has aimed to promote the pleasures of skating, and today it keeps a fully swept 400 m track with a special inner track where the youngest can practise.

Memories gathered by the club recall horse-sleigh races, which needed a hard winter, and horses that struggled down the steep Hoofdvaart bank; the whole village came out to watch. When the Hoofdvaart froze, one volunteer marked out where the ice was good and that was where the track went, and sometimes races were held for the benefit of the poor.

Sleighs and skates were used by the villagers to have fun together, though a sleigh was really a means of transport for farmers living far from the village, and skates were handy for visiting distant relatives.

Before you head out.

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

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