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Outdoor Activities   Stockholm

Outdoor Activities, Stockholm

 17 Reviews  Sweden Bike is a bike rental shop in the centre of Stockholm. We rented a pair of bikes there, as well as a baby carrier for our infant son, to go on a biking trip to Drottningholm. Erik, the... 

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Football   Göteborg

Football, Göteborg

 21 Reviews  The Gamla Ullevi Stadium (Old Ullevi) is home to three Goteborg football clubs: IFK Goteborg, Orgryte IS and GAIS. The stadium was inaugurated in September 1916. It has a capacity of about 17.000,... 

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Football   Malmö

Football, Malmö

 7 Reviews  If your´e in Malmö between march/april to october/november you should go to see the local Soccer Team Malmö FF at the newly built Swedbank Stadium. Malmö FF is the most succesful soccer team in Sweden... 

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Globen   Stockholm

Globen, Stockholm

 8 Reviews  Saw Djurgårdens play MODO in Oct 04, during NHL strike when most Swedish players came back home to play. Impressive venue. 13k spectators on a Tuesday night! Peter Forsberg was expected to play for... 

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Running   Göteborg

Running, Göteborg

 3 Reviews  The last 28 years Göteborgsvarvet, a half marathon, has been ran in Gothenburg in May. In 2007 there were 40 000 runners who ran the 21,5 kilometers through the center of the city. This is a huge... 

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Skating   Malmö

Skating, Malmö

 1 Review  Rent a pair of skates and have fun with your friends either in an atmospheric old square or in the Folkets Park (where you might have to have your own skates). The Lilla Torg rink is open December... 

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Winter Sports   Stockholm

Winter Sports, Stockholm

 4 Reviews  From mid November to end of February, you can skate in Kungsträdgården in the city centre and it is open most days. There are also skating rinks elsewhere in the city when proper winter comes and some... 

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Sailing   Göteborg

Sailing, Göteborg

 1 Review  This is definately one of the sailing centres in Scandinavia and it shows. Stinking rich people have huge yachts in Långedrag along tram line 11 where the Royal Yacht Club is, and the not so stinking... 

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Equestrianism   Malmö

Equestrianism, Malmö

 2 Reviews  Famous international horse show in July every year with mainly show jumping (a Nations Cup amongst other things) and showing of young Swedish warmbloods. Great setting in the village of Falsterbo,... 

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Horses   Göteborg

Horses, Göteborg

 1 Review  Göteborg is the place where World Cup showjumping first started thanks to some entrepreneur equestrians who talked Volvo into helping them. Since the 70s, the Scandinavium arena has been packed with... 

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Canal pedalling   Malmö

Canal pedalling, Malmö

 1 Review  If the official canal tour doesn't appeal and the (older) children are restless, why not rent a boat and pedal around the canals for an hour. They can be found at Amiralsbron, a bridge behind... 

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Horse racing   Malmö

Horse racing, Malmö

 1 Review  Along with the French, Italians and Germans, Finns, Danes, Norwegians and Americans us Swedes love trotting (horse and sulky cart) more than most other nations and Malmö has what I consider the best... 

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Trotting

by Sjalen

Trotting is a huge sport in Sweden (otherwise mainly found in the USA, France, Germany, Italy and the other Nordic countries). There are courses in the tree biggest cities and several others. See where on the website below. There are several ways to bet both in individual races (winner, 1-3rd place) and in various meeting combinations such as the "Daily double" where you pick the winners in two races, V75 where you select some horses you think might win the 7 classiest races, and so on) and it's also fun to go there just to see a typical day out for many Swedes who bring their own chairs and picnic. Solvalla in Stockholm is the biggest course in the country, but can be a bit too big for the genuine atmosphere. For that I would recommend small town courses like Kalmar or Axevalla (Skara) where you get close to both people and horses and where some even have camp sites and people stay for...

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Enchanting Tiveden hikes

by Trekki

Tiveden Nationalpark is one of the smaller Swedish parks but maybe one of the most enchanting ones, one who makes you realise why trolls and elves are a firm part in Nordic sagas. In the leaflet I have read that the idea is to leave the forest “growing back” to a primeval forest and given the humidity due to the many trees and location between the two big lakes it sure will be one at a point in time. Provided that visitors will not leave the paths that is. But it is not only the trees but also the rocks which dominate the park areal. Approximately one million years ago, when the lakes arose, the granite surface partly broke into pieces. That’s why big parts of the park have cliff walls and huge or small rocks, alone or in amazing formations. Many are overgrown with moss and maybe the best time to come for some hikes are early morning or even in autumn, when the mist hangs in the trees...

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Spectacular canyon Skurugata

by Trekki

This canyon is amazing! I cannot stop to recommend this to anyone interested in hiking and spectacular landscapes. It is not big though, but that does not take the fun away once you are “inside” – you will stop many times and wonder how this all did form. No one really knows, that’s what the leaflet says. I imagined something like a crack due to water and ice expanding in this round rocky hill, but this is of couse bare any knowledge… It is approx. 800 m long, 7-24 m wide and the walls are up to 35 m high (again, says the leaflet). It is fascinating inside, almost as if it is a gigantic natural recycling spot. Trees and rocks once fell into the canyon and are lying there now. Of course no one will remove them, they will eventually find their “destiny”, rot and erode. That’s also why it is absolutely not a good idea to come here with sandals or street shoes. Moss is overgrowing the rocks...

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Handball.

by Dizzyhead

Handball in Sweden is not for the north of Sweden. All the best teams are from the middle of sweden and southwards. You find good teams in Mälardalen, Skåne, Göteborg and aslo in Stockholm region. The north is not represented with any good team at all. All the good teams come from the south of Sweden. Hand ball is only playes in the bigger cities in the north of Sweden. You just need a big smile and your own clothes. It can be good for the supporter to know the rules in handball when he goes to the stadium to watch a game.

Football in the south of Sweden.

by Dizzyhead

You have a better quality of weather during the spring, so the teams in the south have many advantages. They have the climate, the spring is much warmer in the south of Sweden and the fields are much better. You have teams in Malmö, Trelleborg, Helsingborg and Halmstad, and all of them play in the highest division in Sweden. Now we also have a good team in Sölvesborg in Blekinge. You dont need any equipment, but sometimes it can be good to bring an umbrella or a rain coat, if it will be a bad day with rain.

Icehockey in Sweden.

by Dizzyhead

The ice hockey teams in Sweden in the highest and best division Elitserien have teams from all over Sweden. You dont need any equipment, but bring warm clothes if it will be cold inside the icehockey stadium. No games in the highest divisions play outside on a rink, but in Göteborg they did it. Just one game, and it was a real success. So many spectators came to the icehockey game. That event will take place in Karlstad next season 2010/11.

Football in Göteborg.

by Dizzyhead

Well, if you like to watch a football game when you travel in Sweden. You have to visit my favourite team from Göteborg, called IFK Göteborg. That will be a great excitment for you. They play at the stadium called Ullevi and their colours are blue and white in stripes. When you are at the stadium, buy some souvenirs too, becasue the money goes to the a very old and good football club. And at the same time it is good to buy gifts for your kids or your girl friend as a memory of your visit and that you have seen a very good football match. Tell them that the weather is maybe the best on the west coast. It can rain in Göteborg, so you might need an umbrella and lots of good humour.

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Football in the north of Sweden.

by Dizzyhead

Well, in the north of Sweden there are usually never any good teams in football. Not further up then Gävle you will find a football team in the highest league Allsvenskan. Sundvall have had a team, but they usually come and go. So, the spectators in the north, go and watch ice hockey instead.

Playing mini golf in Uppsala

by hopang

One of the sports suitable to be played by every members of the family when you are having your vacation in Uppsala is mini golf (minaiture golf), an ideal and excellent sport promised to be lots of fun while on vacation! The golf facility is located at Uppsala Bangolfklubb (UBK or Uppsala Miniature Golf Club) just south of the Studenternas IP near Stadsträdgården on the west bank of the Fyris River. Entrance and playing fees are SEK 50.00 for adults and SEK 25.00 for children and pensioners per day. Opening hours are between 12.00 noon and 11.00 p.m. daily during the summer months. Closed during the winter months. Lots of parking spaces are available at Studenternas IP. You may borrow golf equipment from the clubhouse.

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Watching winter sports in Uppsala

by hopang

Studenternas IP (The Students' Athlectic Stadium) is located beside Stadsträdgården (City Park) along the bank of Fyris River in the heart of the city of Uppsala. If you visit the city of Uppsala during the winter months, you may be able to watch some interesting winter sports at the stadium. The stadium used to organise the final of the National Bandy Championships during the month of March every year. Of course you may watch local ice hockey league matches during the winter months at the stadium. We love to watch ice skating at the stadium during the winter months!

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Q:  Looking to put our rental car on a ferry from germany near sassnitz into sweden , trelleborg. Do ferry operators have problems... 

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