Admission
Single tickets cost €2.50 up to age 12 and €4 from age 12.
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IJsbaan Veenoord
A village skating club founded in 1896 that now sprays a new asphalt track for natural ice
Public skating at IJsbaan Veenoord: the next 7 days
Currently out of season This is a natural-ice rink: the club makes ice on its asphalt track in frost, and nothing on its news page announces an opening for the 2026/27 season yet. It opens only when the ice allows. Official schedule update
- Address
- Nieuweweg 3, Veenoord, 7844 NA
- Website
- ijsbaanveenoord.nl
A 400-metre club track with a marathon history
The ice club of Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord was founded on 27 December 1896, because villagers thought it important that there was somewhere to skate. The first rink was watered through a ring main laid round the track, with fire hoses connected to it. When the land was sold to the municipality in 1957 for an industrial estate, the rink moved to Sportpark Veenoord, where the cinder track served speedway in summer and skating in winter.
On 9 January 1986 the ice masters worked all night, pulling water out of the canal with slurry tankers to give the track a good layer of ice for the first Marathon on Natural Ice. For years the club was the fastest at preparing the track for that marathon, which brought it national fame. In 1987 the club organised the first national marathon championship on the Ermerstrand, and in 2012 the championship was skated on the Grote Rietplas in Emmen.
In 2023 the old cinder track was replaced by an asphalt track with a spraying system, so that Veenoord is back in the race for a fast ice floor. Since the 2023/2024 season the club has a new 400-metre track and a scribble rink for the smallest skaters.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Booking & check-in
Skaters need a subscription or a ticket from the counter; a day ticket is valid only on the day it is bought.
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Skating with children
A family card covers parents with children under 18, and a personal card is for a single adult without children.
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Amenities
A ticket gives access to the track, the scribble rink for little ones, the canteen and the toilets.
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Rink rules
Skates and gloves are compulsory on the ice for safety, a helmet is strongly advised, and the 400 m track is skated anticlockwise only.
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