Cheburashka on Red Square
This year the theme of the skating rink next to the GUM department store is Soviet cartoons produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio: Cheburashka, his friend Gena the Crocodile, Winnie the Pooh, Matroskin the Cat and other characters loved by Russian boys and girls. The small venue (площадка) will be open until Feb. 28 and welcome skaters from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Tickets are for an hour-long session. The first four morning sessions on work days and the first one over the weekend is free, except during the New Year holidays (Dec. 29 – Jan. 8). Otherwise a ticket costs 400 rubles during work days, 500 rubles over the weekend and 600 rubles during the long holidays. Rentals (аренда) are 300 rubles.
Red Square/GUM. Metro Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii. gum.ru
