Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
The Ericsson Globe Stadium, the world's biggest circular structure, built in 1989 and is the home of the Swedish national hockey team. Sweden won the world hockey championships in 2013, the European handball championships in 2002, Nelson Mandela delivered a speech in 1990, and worldwide singers performed concerts on the arena of this covered stadium. Originally named as the Stockholm Globe Arena, it is now more often known as Globen among Swedes (The Globe). The Stockholm Arena Globe naming rights were formally bought and renamed Ericsson Globe by the Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson on February 2, 2009. It took two and a half years to build, and the big white sphere has a circumference of 110m, an internal height of 85m, and a volume of 605,000m3.
The stadium is a symbol for both Stockholm and Sweden, and it has held nearly all significant events in the country during the previous few decades. It is situated in the Johanneshov neighborhood of the Swedish capital. The structure depicts the Sun in Sweden's Solar System, the world's biggest scale model of the Solar System.
The architects built a new attraction for the Globe in 2009, two glass sphere gondolas that hoist tourists 130m along the building's façade. Each has a diameter of 4.5 meters, weighs 7,000kgs, and can carry up to 16 passengers. They travel at a pace of around 1 meter per second along parallel lines outside the planet's south pole. This Skyview is an inclined outside elevator that takes guests to the top of the clock, where they may enjoy an almost unrestricted view of the city.
Location: Globentorget 2, Stockholm
