Hautes Bruyères nursing home lets its residents slide… on the ice. After a successful first test, residents will be able to skate every week at the Oasis de Cléon.

“It's good for the body and morale. The benefits of cold have been recognized for a long time,” explains the director of the site, Alan Lenormand, who welcomes schools, businesses and medical-educational institutes to join them. “I'm 96 years old and I haven't been back on the Ice for almost 70 years”