When the cold sets in, skating is the easiest way to keep kids moving all winter. The city's biggest indoor hall runs public sessions and a weekend skating school from October, and open-air rinks pop up for the holidays with market stalls, lights and rental skates. Here's what we checked, from Pionir Ice Hall to the teddy-bear push aids at Ada Ciganlija.
Pionir Ice Hall opened in 1978 and is the city's largest indoor ice rink, built to international standards for hockey and figure skating competitions. Between matches and shows, the rink runs public skating sessions through the cold months.
The SC Tasmajdan skating school teaches beginners to balance, stop and turn safely in 45-minute group lessons, a good base for figure skating or hockey later.
Zemunska bajka (Zemun Fairy Tale) turns Veliki trg, the main square of old Zemun, into a winter meeting place for the holiday season. This is its second edition, with a bigger and more varied program than the first.
Kids can skate on the outdoor ice rink, join children's workshops and catch music and entertainment shows. It suits families with kids of any age looking for an easy, festive drop-in outing.
An open-air ice rink set up each winter in front of Ušće Shopping Center, ringed by wooden market stalls, music and holiday lights. Kids skate laps while the rest of the family walks the stalls.
The 2025 opening night brought drummers, a neon dance show on the ice and a children's play with skating fairy-tale characters.
An open-air ice rink at Kameni grad, on Ada Ciganlija, the Sava river island that holds the city's biggest beach. Skating runs in fixed sessions with short breaks between them.
Rental skates are on site, and small or wobbly skaters can hire a push-along skating aid shaped like a teddy bear to hold on to while they find their balance.
When the cold sets in, skating is the easiest way to keep kids moving all winter. The city's biggest indoor hall runs public sessions and a weekend skating school from October, and open-air rinks pop up for the holidays with market stalls, lights and rental skates. Here's what we checked, from Pionir Ice Hall to the teddy-bear push aids at Ada Ciganlija.
Pionir Ice Hall opened in 1978 and is the city's largest indoor ice rink, built to international standards for hockey and figure skating competitions. Between matches and shows, the rink runs public skating sessions through the cold months.
The SC Tasmajdan skating school teaches beginners to balance, stop and turn safely in 45-minute group lessons, a good base for figure skating or hockey later.
Zemunska bajka (Zemun Fairy Tale) turns Veliki trg, the main square of old Zemun, into a winter meeting place for the holiday season. This is its second edition, with a bigger and more varied program than the first.
Kids can skate on the outdoor ice rink, join children's workshops and catch music and entertainment shows. It suits families with kids of any age looking for an easy, festive drop-in outing.
An open-air ice rink set up each winter in front of Ušće Shopping Center, ringed by wooden market stalls, music and holiday lights. Kids skate laps while the rest of the family walks the stalls.
The 2025 opening night brought drummers, a neon dance show on the ice and a children's play with skating fairy-tale characters.
An open-air ice rink at Kameni grad, on Ada Ciganlija, the Sava river island that holds the city's biggest beach. Skating runs in fixed sessions with short breaks between them.
Rental skates are on site, and small or wobbly skaters can hire a push-along skating aid shaped like a teddy bear to hold on to while they find their balance.
