A free skating rink will start operating at the Severny Rechnoy Vokzal on December 15.

A free ice rink will start operating at the Severny Rechnoy Vokzal on December 15. This was announced by Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry, on Monday, December 8.

He noted that the area of the ice complex will exceed 9 thousand square meters and will simultaneously accommodate up to one and a half thousand people.

Liksutov also said that this winter there will be free entertainment on the territory of the station for visitors of all ages. After the establishment of stable winter weather, it is planned to open two electric tubing tracks, and a carousel for the youngest guests will be placed on the central square, the Moscow City News agency reports.

December 4th 360.ru He wrote that as part of the governor's project, almost 800 ice rinks and over 160 ski trails will be opened for residents and guests of the region. In December, 50 artificial ice rinks will be the first to open, including five new ones in Dmitrov, Voskresensk, Zvezdny Gorodok, Vlasikha and Krasnoznamensk. Most of these sites will be in Krasnogorsk, Odintsovo and Lyubertsy. In total, 747 ice rinks with natural ice and 50 with artificial ice will be prepared in the Moscow region. Entrepreneurs who open cafes and equipment rental points there also contribute to creating an atmosphere of comfort in parks, RT clarifies.

On the same day, the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, said that the infrastructure for winter holidays had been created throughout Moscow. He said that 4,312 winter facilities will be opened for Muscovites and guests of the capital, including 1,295 ice rinks, including large venues at VDNKH, Kolomenskoye and a multimedia skating rink at Luzhniki. Hundreds of ski trails, ice slides, snow towns, ski resorts, bases and over two thousand universal winter playgrounds will also be available.

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