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I never knew that ice skating was hip until my hip banker boyfriend took me skating with a group of his hip banker friends. And then my uber-hip members club invited me to their birthday party (on ice) at Somerset House.
But how could I have known? My experience was on ice rings in the middle of a mall in Florida, where ice is plentiful - in your freezer. For your cocktail. On the beach. I learned how to skate backwards with the best of them, before hitting the The Limited for another pair of stirrup pants.
Just remember, when planning your ice skating outing, book ahead (and we mean now), and schedule the gluhwein guzzle for AFTER you've removed your blades.
Our top picks:
Tower of London
24 Nov-14 Jan
Click to book tickets
Another opportunity to get in the moat (gotta take them when they come).
Canary Wharf
18 Nov-17 Feb
Click to book tickets
Here you can skate at Christmas, New Year's AND Valentine's Day!
The Natural History Museum
8 Nov-20 Jan
Click to book tickets
This rink opens early (along with the Christmas Market), so you could even have a practise session before heading to...
Somerset House
21 Nov-27 Jan
Click to book tickets
The granddaddy of London's rinks has tickets available for the upcoming season (but won't for long).
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
1 Dec-6 Jan
Click to book tickets
Hyde Park offers a full experience, with a toboggan slide, German Market and 50m observation wheel.
It's your own personal Blades of Glory. How could you not go?
Just remember, when planning your ice skating outing, book ahead (and we mean now), and schedule the gluhwein guzzle for AFTER you've removed your blades.
Our top picks:
Tower of London
24 Nov-14 Jan
Click to book tickets
Another opportunity to get in the moat (gotta take them when they come).
Canary Wharf
18 Nov-17 Feb
Click to book tickets
Here you can skate at Christmas, New Year's AND Valentine's Day!
The Natural History Museum
8 Nov-20 Jan
Click to book tickets
This rink opens early (along with the Christmas Market), so you could even have a practise session before heading to...
Somerset House
21 Nov-27 Jan
Click to book tickets
The granddaddy of London's rinks has tickets available for the upcoming season (but won't for long).
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
1 Dec-6 Jan
Click to book tickets
Hyde Park offers a full experience, with a toboggan slide, German Market and 50m observation wheel.
It's your own personal Blades of Glory. How could you not go?
Here Is The Writer : Sarah Western Balzer
Sarah Western Balzer is the managing director of HITC Life and is always on the lookout for reader-writers, so if you'd like to be one, make yourself known (sarah.western@hereisthecity.com). Sarah moved to London six years ago from New York but is originally from Florida, and still suntans like it's 1989. She is so grateful to the banker who introduced her to Here Is The City that she married him, and they live in Wapping with their son.
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