Levan from Tbilisi

About me Hello, I am Levan, a guy born in 1994 from Tbilisi, Georgia. I am a mathematician, but there are way more things I'm interested in. I have been working since my sophomore year at university, when I was 19 years old, and I've been challenging myself in different fields. I started as a private teacher of math and worked as a sports reporter at the most famous...

Apr 17, 2025

Ice Skating Tbilisi

Rink in Tbilisi

"The ice skating rink in Tbilisi has so many memories for me... It still has my internal sense of freedom!"

I was 5 when my parents first introduced me to ice skating or so they thought. At that time nothing in Georgia was properly functioning. I guess the whole country had PSTSD (Post-Soviet Traumatic Stress Disorder), if this kind of thing exists. Electricity was fairly on and off and most of the time I was finding myself playing with wax next to the candle.

No permanent energy was meant no permanent ice on the rink. So, we patiently waited for better conditions, for a new power importer into Georgia or maybe for an expensive generator (I don't know, I was 5).

So I had these "ice skating classes" without the ice, meaning: most of the time we concentrated on body strength, stretching and better balance - in short, I was doing fitness and yoga before it was cool.

Finally, our forbearance paid off and I was able to experience the real freedom, the call of my destiny, the '90s kid's nirvana - real ice, real boots and blades...

The moment I stepped on the ice, I realized I was born for that!

...but, you know, then you grow up, you change your mind a million times and end up with a career you never imagined.

Even so, I'm happy that this place still exists and I can still can go there, trying to reach that dream, unleash my inner child, remember my bittersweet memories and just be free.

Relaxing

About this spot

75a Merab Kostava St

45 min. skating:

GEL

322386500

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