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{{short description|Sports park}}
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The '''Jaap Edenbaan''' (translated: Jaap Eden track) is an ice rink located in the [[Watergraafsmeer]], a neighborhood of eastern [[Amsterdam]]. The rink is named after the famous Dutch ice skater [[Jaap Eden]].

It contains a 400-meter lane and [[Jaap Edenhal]]. The hall is the home of the [[Amsterdam Tigers]] of the [[BeNe League (ice hockey)|BeNe League]]. There is also a rink for children and beginners beside the course proper, and a climbing wall.<ref name=Fischer>Ulli Fischer, [https://archive.today/20130703120425/http://www.amsterdam.nl/@9141/typisch_amsterdams_-_2a/ "Typisch Amsterdams - Jaap Edenbaan: IJspret voor generaties Amsterdammers"], Amsterdam.nl, 7 November 2005 {{in lang|nl}}{{dead link|date=December 2017}}</ref>

When the Jaap Eden baan opened in December 1961, it was the first artificial 400-meter ice rink in the Netherlands<ref>[http://www.rtvnh.nl/nieuws/69929/Jaap+Edenbaan+viert+50-jarig+jubileum "Jaap Edenbaan viert 50-jarig jubileum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530000639/http://www.rtvnh.nl/nieuws/69929/Jaap+Edenbaan+viert+50-jarig+jubileum |date=2016-05-30 }}, [[NH (media company)|RTV N-H]], 9 December 2011 {{in lang|nl}}</ref> and the third in the world.<ref name=Fischer/> The ice is created by spraying water on concrete that rests on a framework of some 269 tubes filled with evaporating [[ammonia]]. Built on an existing athletic track, it was originally intended to be dismantled every summer, but the process required so much work that it was only done once.<ref name=Fischer/>

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[[Category:Sports venues in Amsterdam]]
[[Category:Speed skating venues]]
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