Fyrishov is the largest arena in

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

and is Sweden's fourth most visited, specialising in

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

, sports events, meetings and recreation. The facility includes areas for indoor sports, summer sport and a waterpark with waterslides, 50-metre pool, training pool, relaxation area and an outdoor swimming pool. Fyrishov AB also operates the Gottsundabadet swimming pool with a 25-metre pool, a 10-metre children's pool and gym. Fyrishov is the home arena for Uppsala Basket in the Swedish basketball league (Swedish Basketligan). It also houses the an athletic club, the fencing club Upsala Fäktning, Sweden's oldest judo club Uppsala Judklubb, the volleyball team Uppsala volleyboll, the weightlifting club Upsala tyngdlyftningsklubb and Upsala Simsällskap, one of the world's oldest swimmingclubs. The sport that draws the most audience is floorball. Uppsala's two teams in the Swedish Super League, Storvreta IBK and IK Sirius IBK, play at Fyrishov. Fyrishov is owned by

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. It is planned to be renovated and rebuilt to a cost of 500 million SEK, developed by White arkitekter.

References

External links

Fyrishov's Official Website
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