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. The rink is named after the famous Dutch ice skater

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. It contains a 400-meter lane and Jaap Edenhal. The hall is the home of the Amsterdam Tigers of the

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. There is also a rink for children and beginners beside the course proper, and a climbing wall.Ulli Fischer
"Typisch Amsterdams - Jaap Edenbaan: IJspret voor generaties Amsterdammers"
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, 9 December 2011 and the third in the world. The ice is created by spraying water on concrete that rests on a framework of some 269 tubes filled with evaporating

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. Built on an existing athletic track, it was originally intended to be dismantled every summer, but the process required so much work that it was only done once.

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