Night Skates in the Netherlands

Amersfoort - Friday Skate (FSA)
  Friday night skate which is organized every last Friday of the month (summer only). The skate starts at 20.00 hrs and the meeting point is the Amersfoortse IJsvereniging at the Bisschopsweg. A friendly nightskate always with quite a few participants. Website is rated +++.
Amersfoort - Sunday Stadsring Skating (SSS)
  Sunday night skate which is organized once a month (summer only). The skate starts at 14.00 hrs and the meeting point is the Amersfoortse IJsvereniging at the Bisschopsweg. Since it is a slower skate, kids are welcome too. Website is rated +++.
Amsterdam - Friday Night Skate (FNS)
  Friday night skate which is organized every week (all year round). The skate starts at 20.30 hrs and the meeting point is in the Vondelpark: the bench at the Roemer Visserstraat entrance. The FNS is the no 1 night skate in Holland. It has a `Amsterdam weather` service via SMS. Or check the weather on a webcam close to the Vondelpark. Website is rated ++.
Arnhem - Arnhem Night Skate (ANS)
  Friday night skate which is organized every week (all year round). The skate starts at 20.00 hrs and the meeting point is in front of Café Dudok, next to the Eusebius church. Only started in 2004 and already a year-round skate. Different routes through Arnhem and the beautiful area around it. Website is rated +++.
Den Haag - Royal Skate Night (RSN)
  Tuesday night skate which is organized every week (all year round). The skate starts at 20.30 hrs and the meeting point is the famous Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 1. A smaller nightskate and not for beginners. Website is rated ++++.
Den Haag - Skatetôg (SDH)
  Sunday night skate which is organized once a month (summer only). The skate starts at 14:30 hrs and the meeting point is the Zuiderpark, in front of BowlingWorld Zuiderpark. Always relaxed skating in The Hague, thanks to the great organization! Website is rated +++.
Eindhoven - Rol-later (RLE)
  Tuesday night skate which is organized every week (all year round). The skate starts at 19.30 hrs and the meeting point is Café Wilhelmina. A small group skate since 2001, discovered deep down the south only in 2004. Website is rated +++.
Enschede - Night Skate Twente (NST)
  Friday night skate which is organized twice a month (summer only). The skate starts at 20.15 hrs and the meeting point is the `H.J. van Heekplein`. A new organization revived this skate in the very east of Holland in 2003. Website is rated ++++.
Geleen - Saturday Night Skate (SNSG)
  Saturday night skate which is organized once (every year :-). The skate starts at 20.00 hrs and the meeting point is the parking place Glanerbrook (Kummenaedestraat). Once a year, somewhere around the longest day Geleen is a skating city too. Website is rated +++.
Gorinchem - Wednesday Night Skate (WNS)
  Wednesday night skate which is organized every week in summer & every two weeks in winter (indeed, all year round). The skate starts at 19.00 hrs and the meeting point is the firm of `de Groot & Visser`, Marconiweg 1, Gorinchem-Oost. This rather short night skate goes on all year, but in winter it`s even more like a skate around the block. Website is rated +++.
Groningen - Friday Fun Skate (FFS)
  Friday night skate which is organized every week (summer only). The skate starts at 20.00 hrs and the meeting point is the `Noorder Plantsoen`. The guys & girls up north are around for a while and know how to organize a nightskate. It's worth the hours long drive. Website is rated ++++.
Haarlem - Haarlem Night Skate (HNS)
  Wednesday night skate which is organized once a month (summer only). The skate starts at 20.00 hrs and the meeting point is the entrance of ice skating rink at the N208 (`Westelijke Randweg`). The HNS is the no. 5 night skate of Holland with a friendly atmosphere. Website is rated ++++.
Heerhugowaard - Night Skate Heerhugowaard (NSH)
  Monday night skate which is organized every week (summer only). The skate starts at 19.30 hrs and the meeting point is the parking place before "basisschool: De Fonkelsteen", Middenweg 30a Heerhugowaard. All types of skaters are welcome, but the skate is a bit faster and has only a few stops. Website is rated +++.
Leiden - Skateology (SL)
  Tuesday night skate which is organized every week (all year round). The skate starts at 20.00 hrs and the meeting point is de Beestenmarkt. Skateology is group of skating friends which welcome other skaters on their Tuesday skate. Website is rated ++++.
Rotterdam - Rotterdam on Wednesday (ROW)
  Wednesday night skate which is organized every week (all year round). The skate starts at 20.30 hrs and the meeting point is Plan C, Slepervest 1, 3011 MK Rotterdam (station side). A small night skate with some real skate diehards that sometimes like to go fast. Website is rated ++++.
Rotterdam - Wednesday Night Skate (WNS)
  Wednesday night skate which is organized for about five weeks (summer only). The skate starts at 19.30 hrs and the meeting point is the Binnenrotte (the market). The no. 2 night skate of holland is by far the biggest one with over 10.000 skaters. Website is rated ++++.
Tilburg - Friday Early Evening Skate (FEEST)
  Friday night skate which is organized every week (summer only). The skate starts at 20.00 hrs and the meeting point is the Café `t Vaticaan` at the `Korte Heuvel`. This the no. 4 nightskate of Holland, with good apres skate possibilities. Website is rated ++++.
Tilburg - Wednesday Night Skate Reeshof (WNSR)
  Wednesday night skate which is organized every week (all year round). The skate starts at 19:45 hrs and the meeting point is Winkelcentrum Heyhoef in the Reeshof next to restaurant "Melati Dua". Twenty to fifty skaters meet all summer long for a skate and a drink afterwards. Website is rated +++.
Utrecht - Utrecht Skate Parade (USP)
  Friday night skate which is organized every week (summer only). The skate starts at 20.00 hrs and the meeting point is at the Jaarbeursplein next to the `Beatrixtheater`. The skateparade is the no. 3 nightskate of Holland and famous for their van with great music. Website is rated ++++.


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