Skien Isstadion is an outdoor
ice skating rink
An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water or an artificial sheet of ice where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The growth and increasing popularity of ...
with artificial ice in
Skien
Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...
, Norway.
It is part of
Skien Fritidspark at Klosterskogen.
The ice rink is used mostly by schools and families with small children. It is also used for
speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skat ...
practice. The outdoor season starts in mid-October and lasts until Easter. The ice skating rink was opened in 1985 and is equipped with
floodlights
A floodlight is a broad-beamed, gas discharge lamp#High-intensity discharge lamps, high-intensity artificial light. It can provide functional area lighting for travel-ways, parking, entrances, work areas, and sporting venues to enable visibil ...
.
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Skien as a city hosted the Norwegian championships:
* men's allround in 1938, 1953, 1970 and 2002
* women's allround in 1955 and 2002
* men's and women's sprints in 1976 and 1990
See also
*
Klosterskogen Travbane
References
External links
Skien Isstadion official websiteSkien fritidspark official website
Speed skating venues in Norway
Bandy venues in Norway
Sports venues in Skien
1985 establishments in Norway
Sports venues completed in 1985
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