The City Park Ice Rink opens on Friday

On Friday the City Park Ice Rink will be held the season-opening event with concerts and many surprises.

The City Park Ice Rink (Városligeti Műjégpálya) is a public ice rink located between the Heroes’ Square and the Vajdahunyad Castle. Opened in 1870, it is the largest and one of the oldest ice rinks in Europe. In summer months the area is filled up with water to create a pond, which is primarily used for boating, but also hosted several special events, such as the snowball fight world record attempt in 2009 or the Art on Lake exhibition in 2011.

It went through a complete renovation between 2009 and 2011, in which the main building was restored to its 19th-century look. The skating area was expanded to 12,000 square metres (130,000 sq ft) and a standard ice hockey rink was set up as well. The skating rink re-opened on 16 December 2011 and it was the home of the 2012 European Allround Speed Skating Championships.

On Friday children’s programs will be in the morning and free skating untill 3PM.
Evening programs:
Synchronized ice skating show (16:00)
Appril Project (16:15)
4 For Dance (17:00)
Serbán Attila (17:30)

Photo: www.jegkorongblog.hu

Source: http://www.mujegpalya.hu/