Ice Skating in and around The Hague 2026-27

Every winter the Kurhausplein in Scheveningen turns into a covered 600 m² ice rink, with lights, music and the smell of hot chocolate. First-timers can wobble around on double-blade skates while confident skaters do laps, so mixed-ability families all get on the ice.

Because it's covered, it stays warm and dry whatever the weather. A second, longer rink on the boulevard adds skating with a view of the sea.

A temporary Christmas ice rink floats on the Nieuwe Rijn in the historic center of Leiden, under the city's festive lights. Kids skate on rental skates from the rink, with the old town all around them.

The rink is part of Leiden's Winter Wonder Weeks, so a visit pairs easily with the Christmas market, the old-fashioned fair and the Christmas circus in the same city center.

Sinterklaas and his Pieten stop by the Cool Event ice rink on the Kurhausplein in Scheveningen, the winter rink by the sea.

The 600 m² rink comes with festive lights, music and the smell of hot chocolate. It suits preschool and primary-school kids who want to see the Sint and skate on the same outing.

De Uithof is a sports center with a year-round indoor ski slope on real snow: a 211-meter main run, a separate kids' slope and a freestyle park. Next to it sits a semi-covered 400-meter speed-skating track, opened in 1973, with a covered fun rink in the middle where beginners skate without a set direction.

The same building has a climbing wall, laser tag and a Monkey Town soft play.

SilverDome is a leisure center with an indoor ice rink, used for public skating, disco skating, skating lessons and ice hockey matches. During school holidays, Rico's IJspret brings music and games onto the ice.

Skates can be hired on site, there are lockers for bags, and Sportsbar Hotwings serves hot drinks and snacks between sessions. The upper oval track has closed for good.