Admission
One session (morning, afternoon or evening) costs €3.50 per person; children up to 3 and IJsco members skate free, and an individual membership of €11 a year pays for itself after three visits.
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Natuurijsbaan De Elskens
IJs- en Skeelerclub Oosterhout: De Elskens, a siphon-flooded natural-ice rink with a clubhouse
Public skating at Natuurijsbaan De Elskens: the next 7 days
Currently out of season IJs- en Skeelerclub Oosterhout's natural-ice rink De Elskens at Elskensweg 15 is closed for now: its open-or-closed page says 'Momenteel is onze natuurijsbaan gesloten' and shows the winter 2025-26 flooding story, including the fire brigade pumping in water. When the ice opens the regular hours are 14:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and 09:30 to 21:00 at weekends, with longer days in the Christmas holiday. No sessions are listed here. Checked 11 October 2026. Official schedule update
- Address
- Elskensweg 15, Oosterhout, 4908 DW
- Website
- ijsco.net
A natural-ice rink at sports park De Elskens in Oosterhout Noord, flooded with a siphon and fire-brigade water
The natural-ice rink of IJs- en Skeelerclub Oosterhout lies in the Dommelbergen district of Oosterhout Noord, at sports park De Elskens. While it is open the Elskensweg is closed to all traffic with warning boards, and visitors with skates are welcome to warm up in the clubhouse.
The club floods the rink with a siphon system. In the winter of 2025-26 the first water ran onto the rink on 10 December and on 14 December the fire brigade helped by pumping in another 1,200 cubic metres. The club also notes that its rink holds only about 20 cm of water, so it freezes faster than the 1 m of open water that weather forecasts assume.
The clubhouse has two toilets and a warm welcome, and the club's own rink is where its members, who skate here free, come when there is natural ice.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Skates & rentals
The club has no skate hire this winter; it lends double-blade skate irons for the smallest children at €1.50 a time.
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Booking & check-in
IJsco membership gives free access to the natural-ice rink whenever there is natural ice.
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Parking & arrival
By car there is plenty of parking on the lot of football club SCO (Elskensweg 9), about 200 m on foot from the rink.
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Rink rules
It is not allowed to place bicycles outside or in front of the gate.
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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.