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Amsterdam Winter Paradise in Amsterdam
Amsterdam Winter Paradise transforms Museumplein, in front of the Rijksmuseum, into a large outdoor ice-skating rink and winter market each December into January. The seasonal attraction combines skating with food and drink stalls, seating areas and holiday lighting, giving the museum-district square a festive winter identity through the darkest weeks of the year.
Each winter, as the days shorten toward the darkest point of the year, Museumplein, the grand square fronting Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, sheds its usual identity as a museum forecourt and open lawn and becomes Amsterdam Winter Paradise, an outdoor ice rink and winter market that runs from early December into mid-January.