De Vechtsebanen

Public skating at De Vechtsebanen: the next 7 days

Monday 12 October

• 09:00–12:15 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 09:45–12:00 · Vrij schaatsen
• 12:15–14:15 · Vrij schaatsen
• 12:30–16:00 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 19:30–22:45 · Recreatief schaatsen

Tuesday 13 October

• 09:00–12:15 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 09:45–12:00 · Vrij schaatsen
• 12:15–14:15 · Vrij schaatsen
• 12:30–16:00 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 14:30–16:00 · Vrij schaatsen
• 20:15–23:00 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 20:15–21:45 · Vrij schaatsen

Wednesday 14 October

• 09:00–12:15 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 09:45–12:00 · Vrij schaatsen
• 12:15–14:15 · Vrij schaatsen
• 12:30–16:00 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 14:30–16:00 · Vrij schaatsen

Thursday 15 October

• 09:00–12:15 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 12:30–17:00 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 13:15–15:30 · Vrij schaatsen
• 20:15–23:00 · Recreatief schaatsen

Friday 16 October

• 09:00–12:15 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 09:45–12:00 · Vrij schaatsen
• 12:15–14:00 · Vrij schaatsen
• 12:30–16:00 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 14:15–15:45 · Vrij schaatsen
• 19:15–23:15 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 20:30–22:30 · Vrij schaatsen

Saturday 17 October

• 11:15–16:00 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 13:45–16:00 · Vrij schaatsen

Sunday 18 October

• 09:45–16:00 · Recreatief schaatsen
• 12:15–14:00 · Vrij schaatsen
• 14:15–16:00 · Vrij schaatsen

Opened in 1970 after a public fund-raising drive

De Vechtsebanen opened in 1970 in Utrecht's Overvecht district, after a large fund-raising drive among the people of Utrecht. It has a partly covered 400-metre oval for long-track skating and an indoor hall for ice hockey and figure skating, and describes itself as the only artificial-ice rink in the province of Utrecht. The oval has held the now superseded men's 300-metre world record, 22,83 by Gerard van Velde.

The 30 by 60 metre inner rink sits in the ice hockey stadium, which holds up to 4,000 visitors. Utrecht Dragons are among the ice hockey clubs listed at the rink, and the KNSB Talent Team of short-track skaters trains here, mostly on the 111-metre track. Short-track stars including Xandra Velzeboer and Selma Poutsma, both Olympic champions, trained with the talent programme on the Vechtsebanen. The complex also houses the head office of the KNSB, the national skating federation.

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.