(CNN) — Shorts and flip-flops on the deck. Drinks chilling in the cooler. Ice clinking in your margarita glass.

Then winter hits.

Fear not -- there's another use for large blocks of ice, as you can discover for yourself at some of the world's most dramatic water-walking spots:

1. Tower of London Ice Rink, London

2. Banff Lake Louise, Banff, Canada

3. Eiffel Tower Ice Rink, Paris

4. Evergreen Lake, Colorado

Evergreen Lake ; December 17, 2016 to March 5, 2017 (weather permitting)

5. Red Square Rink, Moscow

Red Square Rink ; November 30, 2016 to March 15, 2017

6. Rideau Canal Skateway, Ottawa

Rideau Canal Skateway ; January to early March (weather permitting)

7. Rockefeller Center, New York

8. Shichahai Lake, Beijing

Shichahai Lake, opposite Beihai Park's North Gate, Di'anmen West Street, Xicheng District; opens late winter

9. Somerset House, London

Skate at Somerset House ; November 17, 2016 to January 15, 2017

10. Vienna Ice Dream, Vienna, Austria

Wiener Eistraum ; December 27, 2016 to March 12, 2017