Nathan Phillips Square

18 January 2010By Zhu 13 Comments

In Ottawa, we have the Rideau Canal. In Toronto, local polish their skating skills on Nathan Phillips Square, where the New Year celebrations took place.

Torontonians seemed to have a blast with friends and family as they were skating around the man-made ice rink that covers the square. I wanted to try it, but the queue at the skate rental was huge!

City Hall	Skating At Dusk
Getting Ready	All Skating!
Lost In The Crowd	Tying Up
Resting	Queuing To Rent Skates
In Motion	Skating

Having a Blast? Two Girls Giggling

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Seb said:

Cute picture of the girls! I am an awful ice skater. But it’s fun being awful. I really enjoy it. Although I haven’t ice skated in ages, and have never skated outside (only indoors), I would jump at the chance to ice skate outside.
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# 24 January 2010 at 1:22 pm

London Caller said:

Here in London, we also transfer some of our urban squares into temporary ice rinks.
Most of them are going to end soon…

It is getting milder already!!
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# 21 January 2010 at 10:59 am

Zhu (author) said:

@Shannon – I must admit there are quite a few broken arms around in Ottawa during the winter…!

@Bluefish – I learned to skate in France as a young teen actually. It was like going to disco for us, the music at the skating rink was awesome! But I haven’t skated since I came to Canada.

@Agnes – You have to try it!

@Tulsa Gentleman – Artificial rink are probably the best to learn to skate. The ice in Toronto didn’t look bad, but the one on the Rideau Canal is uneven and can be slushy.

@Seraphine – I’m the opposite. I tried skiing once long time ago and I didn’t like it at all. I feel more steady when I skate… although I haven’t done it in a long long time.

@Sidney – Yeah but when you learn, it’s fun for other people to watch