Season brings increased area on the first floor and curling rinks – every Monday minus 50% on tickets with the advantage club in the online shop – every day minus 10% in the online shop
Vienna (OTS) – Ice skaters have been able to do their laps in the Christmas ambience of the town hall square since mid-November: the offer is still open until January 7, 2024 Ice cream dream at the Christmas market 3,000 square meters of space for young and old.
After a short renovation phase, from January 19, 2024 it will finally be “ice free!” It starts on this day Viennese ice dream in its 29th season, which will last until March 3rd. The icy fun will be open to visitors again on two levels for a total of 45 days. With the ice dream at the Christmas market, the 2023/24 ice skating season in front of the town hall lasts an impressive 103 days.
The popular winter sports event, which has taken place every year since 1996 on Vienna’s Rathausplatz, started out as the size of an ice hockey rink and has been continuously developed over the years. Recently, extensive measures were implemented to significantly reduce the event’s energy consumption. In view of the increase in prices, the city of Vienna is now presenting a measure to relieve the burden on visitors.
mayor Michael Ludwig:It is not without reason that the Vienna Ice Dream has enjoyed unbroken popularity for almost three decades, as it is one of the few outdoor sports options in the cold season that can be enjoyed by young and old alike. In addition to the free school and kindergarten campaign for children and young people, the City of Vienna guarantees with the 50% discount from the advantage club that the ice dream will continue to be affordable for all Viennese.
City Councilor for Economic Affairs Peter Hanke:
The Eistraum is a Viennese institution and a prime example of successful events that keep up with the times and constantly develop. With the Ice Dream, the city of Vienna offers hundreds of thousands of visitors an attractive, enjoyable and low-threshold exercise program in the heart of Vienna, which is not only very popular with Viennese people, but is also very popular with holidaymakers.
Minus 50% on all Mondays for advantage club members
All members of the City of Vienna’s Advantage Club can visit the impressive ice landscape in front of the town hall on all Mondays at minus 50%. To take advantage of the discount, all Advantage Club members can go to www.vorteilsclub.wien.at Request a code and redeem it in the Wiener Eistraum online shop. Membership in the advantage club is completely free; you can register online at any time www.vorteilsclub.wien.at be made. More than 140,000 Viennese are already members of the free world of benefits and can enjoy around 600 benefits in the areas of culture, family, lifestyle, gastronomy and sport in all 23 districts.
Minus 10% im Online-Shop
In addition to the Advantage Club Monday, visitors can save 10% every day on their admission tickets and all services – from skate rental to shoe sharpening – when they purchase their tickets via the online shop www.wienereistraum.com kaufen.
The online shop not only saves valuable money, but also time, because the tickets purchased there can be scanned from your cell phone directly at the ice cream turnstiles, which means you can avoid waiting time at the cash desk on site.
Numerous discounts, season tickets and free ice skating for schools
In addition to the individual tickets for adults, children and seniors, owners of a mobile pass can get on the ice at a reduced price. Families or groups of 10 or more people also benefit from numerous options Discounts.
Anyone who wants to ice skate regularly can go for one again for the first time since 2020 season pass look forward to: The card, which can be used at the Christmas market since the beginning of the ice dream, allows you to visit on a total of 103 days.
Every year, around 45,000 children and young people from Vienna’s schools, kindergartens and after-school groups visit the Vienna Ice Dream free of charge as part of a school or group association. The city of Vienna makes this possible School action On school days from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., including in the current season, there is a free opportunity to exercise outdoors. Young people can take advantage of this offer in a school or group setting.
Sky Rink once again enlarged
Since 2019, visitors have been able to do their rounds not only “on the ground floor” but also “on the first floor”. The one that opened at the time Sky Rink, which can be reached via a 110-meter-long ramp, made the Vienna Ice Dream the first two-level ice skating rink in the world. The popular second floor has already been expanded in recent years and will once again have a spectacular expansion in 2024:
The Sky Way The viewing platform in the town hall park will be connected to the long ramp to the south. This means guests can access the first floor ramp from two different points. This is made possible by merging the service areas, such as cash desks or ice skate rental, in the town hall park. The whole Sky Rink With this change, it now offers a total of 1,300 square meters of icy fun.
Free practice areas for children and beginners
In the southern half of the town hall park, which faces the parliament, there will once again be an almost 100 square meter park Children’s area which can be entered free of charge by the youngest guests of the Ice Dream and their accompanying persons. In 2024, the children’s area will move back to the southern part of the park, where ice skates, food and toilet facilities can be quickly reached.
There is an additional one in the northern half of the park for ice skating beginners of all ages practice area, which covers almost 550 square meters and can be entered free of charge by all guests. It is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends. The coveted practice area was not set up this January and will be part of the event concept again in 2024.
There are numerous ice skating aids available in both the children’s area and the practice area that guests can use for their first attempts on the ice.
Curling on nine lanes
For the first time since 2020, the free practice area will be transformed into a place for curling together on weekdays from 5 p.m. In total eight curling rinks are available side by side for practicing this traditional and enjoyable group sport.
Not far away, a single, ninth track is being built in the town hall park, which will be combined with a… Chalet for private parties and company incentives can be rented. All curling rinks must be available in the online shop in advance www.wienereistraum.com get booked.
Gastronomy at the highest level
If you get hungry from all that skating, you can fortify yourself on site and enjoy culinary diversity at the highest level. A big hut offers space for up to 170 people, who can order various dishes from Austrian and international cuisine as well as numerous snacks, cakes and drinks à la carte.
Directly next to the large ice rinks there are three other restaurateurs who offer all kinds of hearty and sweet dishes.
The gastronomy at the Wiener Eistraum is again certified organic this year: the food and drinks on offer are from here for the first time 100% organic quality.
Ecological pioneer
This is the second time the winter event has been awarded the title ÖkoEvent PLUS awarded and, in addition to the legal requirements of the Vienna Events Act, implements numerous other measures to ensure that operations are as environmentally friendly as possible.
This year, numerous steps were presented that could sustainably reduce the ice dream’s electricity consumption by twenty 20%. In addition to modern refrigeration system technology, the ice skate rental is heated with waste heat from the refrigeration machines or light-reflecting cooling hoses are used.
In 2024, the Vienna Ice Dream will go one step further and start a test operation with solar collectors.
29. Vienna Ice Dream
Rathausplatz, Vienna
January 19 – March 3, 2024
daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m
Ice cream dream at the Christmas market
Rathausplatz, Vienna
until January 7, 2024
daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m
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