Travel Reference
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For the ultimate Scandi sport experience, head to an ice-hockey game. Contact
Globen
for details; matches take place at Hovet, the arena inside the Globen complex, up to three
times a week from September to April. There are regular football fixtures, too.
Impromptu public ice-skating areas spring up during the winter at Kungsträdgården in
Norrmalm and at Medborgarplatsen in Södermalm. Skate-rental booths next to the rinks
hire out equipment (per hour adult/child around Skr50/30).
Globen arena, Stockholm Stockholm skyline at dusk.
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Zinkensdamms Idrottsplats
SPECTATOR SPORT
Zinkens-
damm)
Watching a bandy match is great fun. The sport, a precursor to ice hockey but with more
players (11 to a side) and less fighting, has grown massively popular since the rise of the
Hammarby team in the late '90s. The season lasts from November to March; you can buy
tickets at the gate.
