Ice Rinks

A lighted hockey-and-general-skate rink with a warming house, one of nine free neighborhood rinks Bloomington floods each winter.

A hockey rink and an open-skate sheet a block off Lyndale in south Minneapolis, with a warming room. Free and city-flooded — one of the go-to neighborhood rinks.

Skate a groomed quarter-mile of winding canals across three ponds at Centennial Lakes in Edina — free with your own skates, with rentals and a warming pavilion.

One of the metro's few refrigerated outdoor rinks — a skating loop through Maple Grove's Central Park, free with your own skates and rentals on site.

Hockey and open skate near Highland, with a warming room. Free St. Paul neighborhood ice through the winter.

St. Paul's outdoor skating hub off St. Clair — five rinks (hockey, pond hockey, an oval, and open skating), a warming house, and free skate rentals seven days a week.

A full and a small hockey rink plus open skate in St. Anthony Park, with a warming room at the rec center. Free St. Paul neighborhood ice.

A hockey rink and an open-skate sheet in Linden Hills, with a warming room. Free neighborhood ice a few blocks from Bde Maka Ska.

A pleasure oval and two broomball rinks in Northeast, lit past ten for the leagues, with a warming room to thaw out. Free, flooded by the park board through mid-February.

Hockey, open skate, and broomball off Minnehaha in Longfellow, all with a warming room. Free city ice from December into February.

South St. Paul's marquee rink — a hockey sheet and open skating with a warming house, flooded free by the city each winter.

A hockey rink and a pleasure sheet in Seward, with a warming room off the rec center. Free neighborhood ice, flooded through the cold months.

Hockey and open skate at the North Side's big rec park, with a warming room. Free and park-board-flooded through the winter.

A refrigerated hockey sheet that outlasts the thaws, a second rink, and open skate in the North End, with a warming room. Free and city-flooded.

A refrigerated hockey rink and a general-skate sheet in the West End, with a warming room — the refrigeration keeps it going when the neighborhood rinks slush out. Free.

Two hockey rinks — one refrigerated, so it holds ice through a thaw — plus open skate by Lake Phalen, with a warming room. Free, city-flooded on the East Side.

Open skating in the Powderhorn basin, with a warming room up the hill — one of the prettier places to skate in south Minneapolis. Free and city-flooded.

Hockey, open skate, and broomball at the Southeast rec center near Como, all with a warming room. Free, park-board-flooded from December into February.

Pond skating in Camden with a historic warming house on the bank. Free, flooded by the park board through mid-February, weather permitting.

A free outdoor rink beside Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, lit up all winter — bring skates or rent a pair. Open the winter season.

Ice from mid-October to mid-March; the rest of the year the floor comes up dry for everything else. Open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Bloomington's indoor ice arena (BIG) — three sheets and regular public open-skate sessions through the season.

Edina's Braemar Arena — a big multi-sheet indoor rink with regular public open skate; the ice is in most of the year.

Two sheets at the Community Activity Center — 1,200 seats in Arena 1, 310 in Arena 2 — running about 6,700 hours of ice a year between them.

Two rinks on Civic Center Parkway. Open skate runs $8, or $6 if you are under 5 or over 61, with rentals and training aids at the counter.

The world's largest outdoor refrigerated skating surface, in Roseville — a 400-meter speed track wrapping a hockey sheet, lit and open November into March.

Woodbury's arena: two indoor sheets at full 200-by-85, eight locker rooms, and the ice the local high school teams play on.

The city's indoor rinks off Kenwood Parkway, with open skate year-round when the outdoor ice is gone — three sheets, cheap admission, skate rental on site.

St. Louis Park's Recreation Outdoor Center — a covered, refrigerated outdoor rink that opens in late fall and skates well past the thaw.

Running since 1971, with two full 200-by-85 sheets. Open skate is $7, or $56 for ten. The lobby is being rebuilt through 1 November and skating is paused while it is.

Eight sheets of ice at the National Sports Center in Blaine — the world's largest ice complex, with public open-skate hours. Admission per skater, year-round.

Two sheets, built in 2016. Open skate is included with a Community Center membership or a day pass; skate rental is $6 for residents, $9 otherwise.

The Wild's downtown St. Paul practice rink, open to the public for skating atop the Treasure Island Center. Open skate for a fee, year-round.

The city's second sheet, a few hundred yards up Hayes Road from the Sports Arena. Long known as Hayes Park Arena — Apple Valley is renaming it Wings Arena. Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.