Each winter, the city's indoor and roofed rinks open for public skating, and they rent seal and bear skating aids that small kids push along until they find their balance. Rental skates come with a helmet, and a parent who stays off the ice can watch from the side. Here's what we checked, from the full-size rink on Spiska to the open-sided one at Nowy Dwór.
A full-size 60 by 30 meter rink at the Spartan sports center on Spiska street. The rental desk has figure and hockey skates from size 26 to 50, helmets, and seal, penguin and bear skating aids that young kids push along while they find their balance.
Skaters go both directions, and every half hour a light arrow and a sound signal tell everyone to switch.
Lodowisko Orbita is the ice rink in the smaller hall of Hala Orbita, a sports and events arena run by Spartan. Public sessions are sold by the hour, and the rink rents skates with a free helmet, plus seal and bear skating aids that beginners push across the ice.
Instructors run group courses for a parent and child together, kids on their own, or adults, plus private lessons.
A roofed, open-sided ice rink run by the WCT Spartan sports center, which also has a roller-skating track on site. Rental skates come with a free helmet, and beginners can rent a seal or bear skating aid to push across the ice.
Saturday evenings turn into an ice disco, and instructors give private lessons for kids and adults.
Each winter, the city's indoor and roofed rinks open for public skating, and they rent seal and bear skating aids that small kids push along until they find their balance. Rental skates come with a helmet, and a parent who stays off the ice can watch from the side. Here's what we checked, from the full-size rink on Spiska to the open-sided one at Nowy Dwór.
A full-size 60 by 30 meter rink at the Spartan sports center on Spiska street. The rental desk has figure and hockey skates from size 26 to 50, helmets, and seal, penguin and bear skating aids that young kids push along while they find their balance.
Skaters go both directions, and every half hour a light arrow and a sound signal tell everyone to switch.
Lodowisko Orbita is the ice rink in the smaller hall of Hala Orbita, a sports and events arena run by Spartan. Public sessions are sold by the hour, and the rink rents skates with a free helmet, plus seal and bear skating aids that beginners push across the ice.
Instructors run group courses for a parent and child together, kids on their own, or adults, plus private lessons.
A roofed, open-sided ice rink run by the WCT Spartan sports center, which also has a roller-skating track on site. Rental skates come with a free helmet, and beginners can rent a seal or bear skating aid to push across the ice.
Saturday evenings turn into an ice disco, and instructors give private lessons for kids and adults.
