Winter Olympics 2026: Schedule, Locations, and How to Watch

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - The 2026 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXV Olympic Winter Games or Milano Cortina 2026, will soon be held in Italy.

This international sporting event will be held in two main cities, Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, making it the third Winter Olympics hosted by Italy and the first co-hosted by two cities.

The event will take place at various locations in Lombardy and Northeastern Italy, with Milan serving as the main hub for ice skating events.

Cortina d'Ampezzo previously hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956.

Milano Cortina 2026 will feature 116 medal events across 16 winter sports, including the debut of ski mountaineering as an Olympic sport.

A spectacular opening ceremony will be held at the San Siro Stadium in Milan on February 6, 2026.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina will take place from February 6 to 22, 2026, with some preliminary events starting earlier on February 4, 2026.

A grand opening ceremony is scheduled for Friday, February 6, 2026, at the San Siro Stadium in Milan.

The competitions and medal events will captivate spectators from February 7 to 21, 2026.

The entire event will conclude with a closing ceremony scheduled for Sunday, February 22, 2026, at the Arena di Verona.

Following the Winter Olympics, the Paralympic Winter Games will follow from March 6 to 15, 2026.

The 2026 Winter Olympics will utilize a cluster of locations across Lombardy and Northeastern Italy, with Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo as the primary host cities.

The Milan cluster will host most of the ice events, including ice hockey, speed skating, and figure skating.

The San Siro Stadium in Milan will host the opening ceremony.

Meanwhile, Cortina d'Ampezzo will host women's alpine skiing, biathlon, curling, as well as bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton.

The Valtellina cluster will feature the Stelvio Ski Centre in Bormio for men's alpine skiing and ski mountaineering, and the Livigno Snow Park for snowboarding and freestyle skiing.

The Val di Fiemme cluster will host ski jumping, Nordic combined, and cross-country skiing.

The closing ceremony will take place at the Arena di Verona.

Milano Cortina 2026 will feature 116 medal events across 16 winter sports disciplines.

One major highlight is the debut of ski mountaineering as a Winter Olympic event, having previously appeared at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne.

Other sports to be contested include Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Cross-Country Skiing, Curling, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Ice Hockey, Luge, Nordic Combined, Short Track Speed ​​Skating, Skeleton, Ski Jumping, Snowboard, and Speed ​​Skating.

In the United States, NBC and its streaming platform Peacock will broadcast the Games comprehensively, with Peacock being the only place to watch all 116 medal events live.

Cable TV channels such as NBC, USA Network, and CNBC will also air highlights.

Premium streaming services like YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, and Direct TV Stream will broadcast the Olympics because they carry the NBC network.

Sling TV Blue is also an option, but is only available in certain major cities.

For international viewers, the Olympics can be watched through the official media rights holders in their respective territories.

For those who want to access the broadcast from a different location or are looking for a free option, using a streaming-friendly VPN like ExpressVPN or NordVPN can be a solution to connect to a server in a location with free broadcast access.