StreetMekka is a 2,200 square metre indoor venue for

street sports A street game or street sport is a sport or game that is played on city streets rather than a prepared field. Street games are usually simply play time activities for children in the most convenient venue. Some street games have risen to the le ...

and

street culture Street culture may refer to: * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities * Street market * Children's street culture * Street carnival * Block party * Street identity * Street food * Café culture * Several youth subculture or countercultu ...

in the

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district of

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. The activities include Street basketball, parkour, dance, street soccer, street art, beat production, and DJing. It is situated at Enghavevej 82 D, adjacent to

Copenhagen Skatepark Copenhagen Skatepark, also referred to as CPH Skatepark, is an indoor skateboarding venue located at Enghavevej in the Kongens Enghave district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Copenhagen Skatepark is also involved in the operation of a 4,500 square metre ...

. Founder and the idea of streetmekka came from Samir Bohammouch in year 2003 who plays Streetbasketball in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. The Idea was based from the need of having a free place for all people in all ages to come and play streetbasketball all year around, specially in the typical cold weather season in Denmark.

Operation

StreetMekka opened on 16 October 2010 in a former tram workshop. It is operated by the non-profit organization GAME and funded by

Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen Municipality ( da, Københavns Kommune), also known in English as the Municipality of Copenhagen, located in the Capital Region of Denmark, is the largest of the four municipalities that constitute the City of Copenhagen (), the other ...

in collaboration with ''locale- og anlægsfonden''. StreetMekka received a Special Prize from the

International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities The International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS, from its original German name, ''Internationaler Arbeitskreis Sportstättenbau'') is a non-profit organization devoted to sports buildings and leisure centres. The IAKS was fou ...

in 2013.

References

External links

Official website
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