Active rest (especially after a busy working week or day) is always a favorable and creative way to shift attention to something abstract, to be filled with new energy. One such option for psychological and physical unloading is ice skating. This can be done both in the daytime and at night. Capital skating rinks provide such services.
Indoor Night Rollers
In Moscow, there are about 100 ice rinks that provide an opportunity for residents and visitors to skate en masse. This number includes indoor, outdoor and night skating rinks. The latter make up about 50% of the total.
Here are some of them:
- Krylatskoye is a speed skating center, which is one of the largest night skating rinks in the capital. Located at 16 Krylatskaya Street (the nearest metro stations are Molodezhnaya, Krylatskoye). Opening hours of the night rink: from midnight to 05.00 on weekends. Here you can visit the cafe during your stay on the ice to warm yourself with tea or coffee, and relax a bit. The cost of the entire session is 600 rubles. Payment is possible by cash or bank transfer.
- "Magic Land" - a skating rink, which is located on the 7th floor of the SEC Evropeisky (district of Kiev Station). Open Fridays and Saturdays until 06.00. It is distinguished by the original design of the ice stadium (fabulous scenery, stars). There is a restaurant that can be visited right during the session.
- “Ice Palace CSKA” - a platform for ice skating, which is located on Leningradsky Prospekt, 39-V. Open from 22.00 to 05.00 on Friday and Saturday. Here is such a feature: all night skiing is divided into 2 stages: 22.00-01.00 and 02.00-05.00, each of which costs 450 and 350 rubles, respectively (there are discounts for students).
- Sokolniki is an ice palace located on 1-B Sokolniki Val Street. Opening hours of the night rink: Friday - from 20.00 to 01.00, Sunday - from 19.00 to 01.00. The average cost of sessions is 500 rubles. There is a cafe, an ATM.
- "Morozovo" is an ice palace located on Novoostapovskaya street, 5, building 2. There is a night ice rink in Moscow on Saturdays from 22.00 to 05.00. There are 2 ice arenas (for professionals and amateurs). The average cost of a session is 500 rubles.
More information about the Morozovo ice rink
The night skating rink in Moscow is one of the most popular in the capital, although it only works on Saturdays.
Due to the presence of two ice platforms where you can not only skate, but also play, arrange flash mobs. This is the only place in Moscow where they play during mass skating. Another ice field is for calm ice skating.
There is a comfortable locker room, a left-luggage office for valuables, and parking.
As for pricing, the total ticket price is 500 rubles, preferential - 350 rubles (for schoolchildren, students, senior citizens). Skate rental for the entire night session - 300 rubles.
The stay at the rink is from 22.00 to 05.00.
Sokolniki
Another popular night skating rink in Moscow, on Sokolniki Val, 1-B (near the Sokolniki station).
Also, the skating rink is famous for the fact that hockey teams and figure skating artists regularly train and perform here. Comfortable stands are located around the perimeter.
The main characteristics of the ice field:
- size 30 x 60 meters;
- regular cleaning and restoration of the roller surface;
- high-quality ice rink;
- changing rooms and showers are available for vacationers and practitioners.
On the territory of the rink there is a cafe where you can warm up with tea or coffee during the session. There is a guarded parking lot near the building.
There is a night skating rink every Friday (from 20.00 to 01.00) and Sunday (from 19.00 to 01.00).
The cost of the session is 500 rubles.
Weekly night skating rinks
In Moscow in the evening and at night you can also ride in the middle of the week. Only the sessions in this case are not until the morning, but only until midnight.
The most popular among them:
- The ice rink in Gorky Park is open ice rinks located in the park (Krymsky Val, 9). There are ice rinks for children and adults. Known for animations and installation. The cost of the session (morning or evening) is up to 550 rubles. Open until 23.00 - from Tuesday to Sunday.
- The stadium “Young Pioneers” is an open-air skating rink located in the vicinity of the Dynamo metro station (Leningradsky Prospekt 31). Opening hours - until midnight (weekdays, weekends). A large platform, music, the absence of a significant crowd.
- The ice rink on Dmitrovka is a covered area with high-quality ice, located on 80 Dmitrovskoye Shosse (the area of the Petrovsko-Razumovskaya metro station) - near the Yerevan cinema. Open weekdays and weekends until midnight.
- The ice rink near the Crystal Casino is an open ice rink where you can not only ride, but also learn some of the techniques of real figure skating under the guidance of master instructors. It is open daily from 12.00 to 23.00. Located on Marxistskaya street, 38 (the area of the metro station "Proletarskaya").
- The skating rink in the Pryamikov Children's Park is an excellent ice field, which is open daily until 22.30. Also on weekends there is an ice disco. Address: Taganskaya street, 13-A (Taganskaya metro station area).
Ice skating rink in Gorky Park
This site among the night skating rinks 2017-2018 (Moscow) is known for its huge area - 18 thousand square meters!
It has everything you need for an excellent holiday, both for adults and children: a children's skating rink, a playground; hockey field, a separate pavilion for visitors with their skates. There is also a figure skating school.
The design of the ice space is made with the latest technology and electronics: lighting, animation, installations and more.
This ice rink is considered one of the most modernized and high-quality (in terms of ice surface) in the capital.
There is parking.
It is open daily (but except Monday) from 10.00 to 15.00 and from 17.00 to 23.00.
Summary
Thus, there is a lot to choose from in Moscow for the night (weekend) or evening (weekday) ice skating. Everything is determined by individual preferences, proximity to the place of residence, cost, quality of services provided.