IJsseizoen, maand voor maand over de hele wereld

IJsgrotten, bevroren watervallen, schaatsen op de gracht, hondensleeën en ijswegen — de weken dat de kou de attractie is.

48 bestemmingen op SeasonMap, binnen elke maand gerangschikt op de comfortscore — want het gaat er niet alleen om waar het seizoen speelt, maar of het weer de reis ondertussen waard is.

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Wanneer het speelt

Aantal bestemmingen waar het ijsseizoen die maand speelt. De periodes schuiven elk jaar een beetje.

IJsseizoen in januari

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapanZao snow monsters · 1 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.57
  2. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JapanCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 jan – 5 feb (meestal)Carvers from around Japan work through a late-January weekend in the castle park, and the finished ice sculptures are lit up in front of the keep on the Sunday morning before they soften.57
  3. Balatonmeer 🇭🇺 HongarijeLake ice · 5 jan – 28 feb (meestal)In a cold winter the lake freezes right across and people walk, skate and sail iceboats on it; in a mild one it barely crusts at the reedy edges.51
  4. Peking 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSkating on Houhai · 20 dec – 15 feb (meestal)Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance.48
  5. Takayama 🇯🇵 JapanShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 jan – 20 feb (meestal)The thatched village an hour west is lit on a handful of winter evenings only, and both the parking and the viewpoint run on an advance ballot.44
  6. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mrt (meestal)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.43
  7. Hallstatt 🇦🇹 OostenrijkIce rink at Echerntal · 15 dec – 28 feb (meestal)When cold snaps hold, a small outdoor rink opens in the Echern Valley behind the village, with skate hire in town, one of the few organised things to do in Hallstatt's quiet winter weeks.42
  8. Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 jan – 10 feb (meestal)A month of holes cut in the Odaecheon for ice fishing, plus the bare-handed catching pool that is the reason most people come.41
  9. Chicago 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mrt (meestal)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.40
  10. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.40
  11. Detroit 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov – 25 feb (meestal)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.39
  12. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.38
  13. Kars 🇹🇷 TurkijeCildir lake ice season · 1 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The lake an hour north freezes hard enough to stand on, and the Golden Horse Crystal Ice Festival runs horse-drawn sleighs, cirit and ice fishing on the ice each February.38
  14. Madison 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenLake Mendota ice season · 20 dec – 5 apr (meestal)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.37
  15. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RuslandAmur Bay ice · 20 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.36
  16. Breckenridge 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 jan – 5 feb (meestal)Teams carve twenty-five-ton blocks by hand over five days, then the finished pieces stand on Main Street for a week until they slump.36
  17. Stockholm 🇸🇪 ZwedenSkating on natural ice · 20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
  18. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaIce on Whyte · 24 jan – 8 feb (meestal)International ice carvers compete along Whyte Avenue with an ice bar and fire pits outside, an Old Strathcona tradition since 2003 recently rebranded as Chiseled.34
  19. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlowakijeTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (meestal)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.34
  20. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.33
  21. Indiana Dunes National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenShelf ice on the shore · 1 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters.33
  22. Harbin 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaIce and Snow World · 20 dec – 28 feb (meestal)The ice city is cut from the Songhua and rebuilt every winter, with exhibits open from around the third week of December through late February.32
  23. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RuslandIce Fantasy sculpture festival · 1–31 jan (meestal)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
  24. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
  25. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenOversnow winter season · 15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31

…en nog 19 in januari.

Wat er in januari wereldwijd speelt →

IJsseizoen in februari

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapanZao snow monsters · 1 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
  2. Balatonmeer 🇭🇺 HongarijeLake ice · 5 jan – 28 feb (meestal)In a cold winter the lake freezes right across and people walk, skate and sail iceboats on it; in a mild one it barely crusts at the reedy edges.62
  3. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JapanCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 jan – 5 feb (meestal)Carvers from around Japan work through a late-January weekend in the castle park, and the finished ice sculptures are lit up in front of the keep on the Sunday morning before they soften.62
  4. Peking 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSkating on Houhai · 20 dec – 15 feb (meestal)Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance.59
  5. Hallstatt 🇦🇹 OostenrijkIce rink at Echerntal · 15 dec – 28 feb (meestal)When cold snaps hold, a small outdoor rink opens in the Echern Valley behind the village, with skate hire in town, one of the few organised things to do in Hallstatt's quiet winter weeks.57
  6. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mrt (meestal)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.52
  7. Takayama 🇯🇵 JapanShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 jan – 20 feb (meestal)The thatched village an hour west is lit on a handful of winter evenings only, and both the parking and the viewpoint run on an advance ballot.51
  8. Chicago 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mrt (meestal)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.49
  9. Detroit 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov – 25 feb (meestal)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.49
  10. Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 jan – 10 feb (meestal)A month of holes cut in the Odaecheon for ice fishing, plus the bare-handed catching pool that is the reason most people come.48
  11. Kars 🇹🇷 TurkijeCildir lake ice season · 1 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The lake an hour north freezes hard enough to stand on, and the Golden Horse Crystal Ice Festival runs horse-drawn sleighs, cirit and ice fishing on the ice each February.46
  12. Stockholm 🇸🇪 ZwedenSkating on natural ice · 20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
  13. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.45
  14. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.44
  15. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RuslandAmur Bay ice · 20 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.44
  16. Madison 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenLake Mendota ice season · 20 dec – 5 apr (meestal)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.44
  17. Riga 🇱🇻 LetlandJelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 1–16 feb (meestal)Sculptors from several countries carve on the island in Jelgava, a short train ride south-west of Riga, over a weekend in early February.42
  18. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlowakijeTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (meestal)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.41
  19. Breckenridge 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 jan – 5 feb (meestal)Teams carve twenty-five-ton blocks by hand over five days, then the finished pieces stand on Main Street for a week until they slump.40
  20. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaIce on Whyte · 24 jan – 8 feb (meestal)International ice carvers compete along Whyte Avenue with an ice bar and fire pits outside, an Old Strathcona tradition since 2003 recently rebranded as Chiseled.39
  21. Minsk 🇧🇾 Wit-RuslandIce season · 10 dec – 5 mrt (meestal)Outdoor rinks go up in the parks and on Victory Square, and the Minsk Sea reservoir north of the city gets its ice fishing huts.39
  22. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
  23. Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinlandSea ice and winter swimming · 1 jan – 20 mrt (meestal)The avanto — a hole cut in the ice beside a sauna — is what a Helsinki winter is actually for, and the public places are busiest now.38
  24. Indiana Dunes National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenShelf ice on the shore · 1 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters.38
  25. Jekaterinenburg 🇷🇺 RuslandIce sculpture season · 20 dec – 25 feb (meestal)Blocks cut from the ponds go up as a temporary town in the centre and stay solid until the thaw takes them, which is usually late February.38

…en nog 21 in februari.

Wat er in februari wereldwijd speelt →

IJsseizoen in maart

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JapanZao snow monsters · 1 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
  2. Chicago 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mrt (meestal)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.64
  3. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mrt (meestal)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.64
  4. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.61
  5. Madison 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenLake Mendota ice season · 20 dec – 5 apr (meestal)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.60
  6. Stockholm 🇸🇪 ZwedenSkating on natural ice · 20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
  7. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RuslandAmur Bay ice · 20 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.59
  8. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlowakijeTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (meestal)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.56
  9. Minsk 🇧🇾 Wit-RuslandIce season · 10 dec – 5 mrt (meestal)Outdoor rinks go up in the parks and on Victory Square, and the Minsk Sea reservoir north of the city gets its ice fishing huts.55
  10. Irkoetsk 🇷🇺 RuslandBaikal ice season · 15 jan – 15 apr (meestal)The lake an hour away freezes solid from about mid-January to mid-April, a metre or more thick and clear enough in places to see straight down.54
  11. Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinlandSea ice and winter swimming · 1 jan – 20 mrt (meestal)The avanto — a hole cut in the ice beside a sauna — is what a Helsinki winter is actually for, and the public places are busiest now.52
  12. Nizjni Novgorod 🇷🇺 RuslandVolga and Oka freeze · 5 dec – 25 mrt (meestal)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
  13. Moskou 🇷🇺 RuslandOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 nov – 10 mrt (meestal)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
  14. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.50
  15. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RuslandAmur frozen over · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.50
  16. Winnipeg 🇨🇦 CanadaFrozen river trail · 5 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)The Assiniboine and the Red are ploughed into a skating trail from The Forks, several kilometres long in a good freeze, with warming huts commissioned from architects each year.50
  17. Indiana Dunes National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenShelf ice on the shore · 1 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters.49
  18. Kazan 🇷🇺 RuslandFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)The rivers set hard enough to walk on and the city moves onto them: ice fishing huts off the Kazanka, skates, and the Kremlin walls lit above a white plain.49
  19. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.48
  20. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
  21. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 dec – 5 apr (meestal)The safaris need a frozen base, so the season runs roughly from mid-December to early April rather than the whole cold half of the year.47
  22. Kiruna 🇸🇪 ZwedenIcehotel season · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it.47
  23. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 feb – 5 apr (meestal)Carvers from a dozen countries work blocks quarried out of a local pond, and the finished park stays lit and open into early April because it is cold enough to.47
  24. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RuslandOb Sea ice · 25 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.46
  25. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenOversnow winter season · 15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44

…en nog 10 in maart.

Wat er in maart wereldwijd speelt →

IJsseizoen in april

  1. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RuslandOb Sea ice · 25 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.71
  2. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RuslandAmur frozen over · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.71
  3. Irkoetsk 🇷🇺 RuslandBaikal ice season · 15 jan – 15 apr (meestal)The lake an hour away freezes solid from about mid-January to mid-April, a metre or more thick and clear enough in places to see straight down.71
  4. Madison 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenLake Mendota ice season · 20 dec – 5 apr (meestal)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.70
  5. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 feb – 5 apr (meestal)Carvers from a dozen countries work blocks quarried out of a local pond, and the finished park stays lit and open into early April because it is cold enough to.68
  6. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlowakijeTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (meestal)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.66
  7. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 dec – 5 apr (meestal)The safaris need a frozen base, so the season runs roughly from mid-December to early April rather than the whole cold half of the year.64
  8. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
  9. Jakoetsk 🇷🇺 RuslandLena ice road · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)There is no bridge over the Lena anywhere in Sakha, so once the ice is thick enough the river becomes the road and the trucks run supplies out over it.59
  10. Kiruna 🇸🇪 ZwedenIcehotel season · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it.57
  11. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandDog sledding season · 5 jan – 15 apr (meestal)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
  12. Magadan 🇷🇺 RuslandSea of Okhotsk frozen · 15 dec – 20 apr (meestal)The bay freezes over for a third of the year and people simply walk out onto it; icebreakers keep a lane open for the port.53
  13. Crater Lake National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDeep winter · 1 nov – 30 aprOne of the snowiest places in the country: the north entrance and Rim Drive shut, the west and south roads are ploughed, and rangers run snowshoe walks from Rim Village.49
  14. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Spitsbergen en Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 mrt – 16 meiLight, snow cover and frozen fjords all at once: this is the window for the long snowmobile runs to the east coast and the ice caves, and for dog sledding on real snow rather than gravel.48

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IJsseizoen in mei

  1. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenNenana Ice Classic breakup · 20 apr – 15 mei (meestal)An hour down the road a tripod stands on the frozen Tanana and the whole state bets on the minute it moves; the record runs unbroken since 1917.85
  2. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Spitsbergen en Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 mrt – 16 meiLight, snow cover and frozen fjords all at once: this is the window for the long snowmobile runs to the east coast and the ice caves, and for dog sledding on real snow rather than gravel.57

Wat er in mei wereldwijd speelt →

IJsseizoen in november

  1. Chicago 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mrt (meestal)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.62
  2. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mrt (meestal)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.62
  3. Detroit 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov – 25 feb (meestal)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.60
  4. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.52
  5. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlowakijeTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (meestal)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.48
  6. Moskou 🇷🇺 RuslandOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 nov – 10 mrt (meestal)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
  7. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RuslandAmur frozen over · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.40
  8. Crater Lake National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDeep winter · 1 nov – 30 aprOne of the snowiest places in the country: the north entrance and Rim Drive shut, the west and south roads are ploughed, and rangers run snowshoe walks from Rim Village.39
  9. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IJslandIce cave season · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Most of Iceland's natural ice caves are only safe in the cold half of the year; the one under Myrdalsjokull up the road runs longer but closes at short notice for weather and glacier movement.35
  10. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RuslandOb Sea ice · 25 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.32

Wat er in november wereldwijd speelt →

IJsseizoen in december

  1. Peking 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaSkating on Houhai · 20 dec – 15 feb (meestal)Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance.50
  2. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mrt (meestal)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.49
  3. Chicago 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mrt (meestal)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.46
  4. Detroit 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov – 25 feb (meestal)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.46
  5. Hallstatt 🇦🇹 OostenrijkIce rink at Echerntal · 15 dec – 28 feb (meestal)When cold snaps hold, a small outdoor rink opens in the Echern Valley behind the village, with skate hire in town, one of the few organised things to do in Hallstatt's quiet winter weeks.45
  6. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.42
  7. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.42
  8. Madison 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenLake Mendota ice season · 20 dec – 5 apr (meestal)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.41
  9. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RuslandAmur Bay ice · 20 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.39
  10. Stockholm 🇸🇪 ZwedenSkating on natural ice · 20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
  11. Leh 🇮🇳 IndiaPangong and the lakes freeze · 20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal)The high lakes set solid from about the turn of the year, and the road out to Pangong runs on cleared snow when it runs at all.34
  12. Minsk 🇧🇾 Wit-RuslandIce season · 10 dec – 5 mrt (meestal)Outdoor rinks go up in the parks and on Victory Square, and the Minsk Sea reservoir north of the city gets its ice fishing huts.33
  13. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlowakijeTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (meestal)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.32
  14. Moskou 🇷🇺 RuslandOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 nov – 10 mrt (meestal)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
  15. Nizjni Novgorod 🇷🇺 RuslandVolga and Oka freeze · 5 dec – 25 mrt (meestal)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.30
  16. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
  17. Harbin 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaIce and Snow World · 20 dec – 28 feb (meestal)The ice city is cut from the Songhua and rebuilt every winter, with exhibits open from around the third week of December through late February.29
  18. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RuslandAmur frozen over · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.29
  19. Jekaterinenburg 🇷🇺 RuslandIce sculpture season · 20 dec – 25 feb (meestal)Blocks cut from the ponds go up as a temporary town in the centre and stay solid until the thaw takes them, which is usually late February.29
  20. Kazan 🇷🇺 RuslandFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)The rivers set hard enough to walk on and the city moves onto them: ice fishing huts off the Kazanka, skates, and the Kremlin walls lit above a white plain.29
  21. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenOversnow winter season · 15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
  22. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 dec – 5 apr (meestal)The safaris need a frozen base, so the season runs roughly from mid-December to early April rather than the whole cold half of the year.28
  23. Kiruna 🇸🇪 ZwedenIcehotel season · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it.27
  24. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IJslandIce cave season · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Most of Iceland's natural ice caves are only safe in the cold half of the year; the one under Myrdalsjokull up the road runs longer but closes at short notice for weather and glacier movement.26
  25. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RuslandOb Sea ice · 25 nov – 10 apr (meestal)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.25

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