Spring break: Winter sports with skating lessons in your own city
Do you have winter sports jitters but don't feel like long journeys to the snow? Then book a spring course and enjoy the ultimate winter sports feeling in Amsterdam Oost!
During the school vacations, come for 5 days of lessons in a winter environment and enjoy the true winter sports feeling at the Jaap Eden Ice Rink in Watergraafsmeer.
- Spring course: 5 days 2 hours per day lessons
- With or without skate rental
- For young and old, absolute beginners to advanced
- Take a lesson with a groups of peers / of the same level
Vacation Courses at Jaap Eden
You can take a vacation course every school vacation from October through March. The next course is the spring break course!
Entrance to the grounds
Unlike other courses, for the vacation course you will be sent a QR code which you can use during the course week to enter the grounds.
The QR code can be found in the confirmation email after booking the course.
Parents/Supervisors
If you register for a youth course, in addition to the entrance QR code you will receive a QR code intended for the parents or supervisors of the student. The parent/supervisor QR code gives a parent 2 x access per day on course days, 1x for bringing and 1x for picking up. This QR code does not give access to the ice. If you would like to skate yourself, you can purchase individual admission tickets (if available).
Lesson Dates
Spring Break:
Monday, Feb. 19, to Friday, Feb. 23, 2024
Start times 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Prices
Spring course for youth: € 155.60
Spring course for adults: € 175.50
Ages
Vacation courses are available for youth (ages 4 and up) and adults (ages 16 and up).
Skating Levels
Youth classes are taught at any level.
Adult classes are only at 09:00 for absolute beginners. Classes at 11:30 are from level 3 up. Press the button above the times below to see what that means.
Wearing a helmet
Wearing a helmet is mandatory during youth lessons starting this winter. Adults we recommend wearing a helmet on the ice. Wearing a helmet significantly reduces the number of unpleasant accidents. Ice is hard and falls are in a small corner, no matter how much skating experience you have. Be wise, use a helmet on the ice.
Skate Rental
If you enroll in a youth course, it is possible to rent skates with it. You will receive an email 1 week prior to the course about skate rental. skate rental costs €5.50 per day and can only be purchased for the entire course period.
The deposit for the rental skates is €70. This will be charged immediately upon your registration. You will get the deposit back when you return the skates.
Youth (spring break)
The courses below are for youth ages 4 through 15. Click on one of the buttons to sign up through the web shop.
- 5 consecutive days of 2-hour classes
- The best youth instructors in Amsterdam
- Lots of fun in the fresh outdoors!
Wearing a helmet is mandatory during youth lessons starting this season.
Don't have your own helmet yet? No problem! After your registration you will receive an e-mail with a discount code, which allows you to buy a youth helmet already from €28.
Adults (spring break)
The courses below are for adults 16 and older. Click on one of the buttons to sign up through the web shop.
- 10 hours of group instruction at your own level
- The best preparation for natural ice
- Lessons at the oldest ice rink in the world!
Beginners (at 09:00 only)
1. Absolute beginner: able to stand on skates but need an aid such as boarding or rack
2. Can stand independently on skates and can maintain balance, but still has great difficulty in gaining momentum through successive push-offs.
Intermediate and advanced level (09:00, 11:30 and 14:00)
3. Can dismount left and right continuously for at least 20 meters in the skating position and can pass through the turn using a stepping motion with the right leg.
4. Can "paw over" several separate times in the skating position in the turn.
5. Keep skating in the skating position for an entire lap and "leg over" in the turn at least four times in a row.
6. Being able to skate for an extended period of time (at least 5 rounds), skating completely "leg over" the turn.
7. Being able to skate at a higher speed for a longer period of time, attuned not only to one's own rhythm but also to others.