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Ice Skating Around the World

As winter hits, our gallery of the world's 10 most enticing ice rinks.

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Ich bin ein…skater? In Berlin, Germany, quick skaters bypass a Ferris wheel in favor of the ice.

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Sparkling trees surround the Millennium Park Ice Rink in Chicago, Illinois—the site of Obama’s celebratory acceptance speech.

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This unique indoor rink in St. George’s Hall in Liverpool can only accommodate 50 skaters at a time. Impatient skaters can wander the halls while waiting their turn.

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Fiber optic lights glow through the ice at the Ecliptic/Rosa Parks Circle rink in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The patterns mirror the sky, lending a technological twist to the old favorite activity.

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Moats actually are useful—this rink is formed in a dry one every year around the famous Tower of London. One question: Where’s the drawbridge?

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Half the population of Seoul, South Korea, is Christian, and to prep for the upcoming holidays, an outdoor ice rink provides plenty of celebration.

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These Santa hats are a far cry from those donned in military parades in the past. The rink in Red Square is overshadowed by the State Department Store in Moscow, Russia.

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No place does the holidays better than New York. The setting for countless scenes in films (John Cusack sat in the empty rink in 'Serendipity'), Wollman Rink in Central Park is best experienced in person, surrounded by hordes of people.

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The 18th-century setting at Somerset House in London, England, is all class and romance. DJ nights twice a month prove, however, that Londoners can party on and off the ice.

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That tree! Those lights! The crowds! New York’s Rockefeller Center has long been a destination stop for tourists and its transformation each winter makes it impossible to miss.

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The fat lady may sing, but how is she on a pair of skates? The Old Opera in Frankfurt, Germany, provides a towering backdrop behind this rink.

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