Wednesday 21 September 2011

Ericsson Globe, Sweden

The Ericsson Globe is the national indoor arena of Sweden, located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm (Stockholm Globe City) it is formerly known as the Stockholm Globe Arena, also in Swedish nicknamed Globen, ’The Globe’. The Ericsson Globe is currently the largest hemispherical building in the world. It took two and a half years to build. Its shape is like a large golf ball. It has a diameter of 110 meters and an inner height of 85 meters. The volume of the building is 605,000 cubic meters. It has seating capacity for 16,000 spectators for shows and concerts, and 13,850 for ice hockey. It represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.

Image of Ericsson Globe
Image of Ericsson Globe
Image of Ericsson Globe
Image of Ericsson Globe
Image of Globen
Image of Stockholm Globe Arena


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