Eriksdalsbadet
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| Eriksdalsbadet | |
| Building information | |
| Full name: | Eriksdalsbadet |
| City: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Home club(s): | SoIK Hellas SK Neptun Spårvägens SF Stockholms KK Stockholmspolisens IF |
Eriksdalsbadet is the biggest swimming centre in Stockholm, Sweden The outdoor pool was built for the European LC Championships 1962 on the site of a former sewage treatment facility. The new Eriksdalsbadet was built 1999 and was designed by architect Björn Thynberger.
It has:
- a 25m swimming pool with a depth of mostly 2.5 m but it varies due to a specially-constructed raisable floor. Hosting FINA Swimming World Cup and Arena Diving Champions Cup annually.
- a 50m pool (Olympic size swimming pool) with a depth of 2.20 m at the edges and 2.60 m in the middle of the pool
- a 50m outdoor pool
- bubble pools
- a learning pool
- "Lilla bassängen", the small pool, also with a raisable floor, most commonly 90 cm deep
- a diving tower with 3.5 m and 10 m high platforms
- an adventure world for children
The water temperature is usually 27 degrees Celsius.
SK Neptun, Stockholmspolisens IF, SoIK Hellas, Stockholms KK and Spårvägens SF all use Eriksdalsbadet for training.
Source: [1]
