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, a neighborhood of eastern

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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

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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"
Amsterdam.nl, 7 November 2005 When the Jaap Eden baan opened in December 1961, it was the first artificial 400-meter ice rink in the Netherlands"Jaap Edenbaan viert 50-jarig jubileum"
,

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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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