La Patinoire: a 390 square metre covered ice rink in the Gros-de-Vaud, opened in 2025
Currently out of season The rink's home page gives the 2026/27 season as 28 October 2026 to 7 March 2027. Public skating then runs Wednesday to Sunday, school holidays included. Official schedule update
La Patinoire in Froideville is, in its own words, the essential ice-sports site of the Gros-de-Vaud, serving beginners and experienced skaters, with specific slots for leisure skating, figure skating and hockey. The covered rink has 390 square metres of ice, and its first season began with an inauguration on Saturday 8 November 2025, organised by the municipality.
The 2025/26 programme included an introduction to broomball with the Swiss Broomball Association on 23 November, an evening Eisstock tournament run by the volunteer firefighters' association and a fluorescent disco for a small New Year on 10 January. Eisstock, which the rink calls pétanque on ice, is a winter sport with points in common with curling.
Under the umbrella of the Froideville Nordic Centre, a figure-skating course is also offered to skaters from the age of eleven.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Entry is CHF 4 for adults and CHF 2 for children aged 6 to 16; the youngest children listed as 'Enfant' enter free. Season passes cost CHF 50 (adults) or CHF 30 (children 6 to 16) without skates, and CHF 100 or CHF 60 with skates.
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Skates can be hired for CHF 5 for adults and children aged 6 to 16; the youngest children's hire is listed as free.
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The rink is served by Lausanne bus line 60 (stop Laiterie) and by the CarPostal from Echallens (terminus Froideville); parking is at the school car park (rue du Bas de la Fin 2) and the Grande Salle car park (route de Lausanne 4).
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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.