Eriksdalsbadet

Infobox Swimming venue

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caption="Eriksdalsbadet" in Stockholm, summer 2006
name=Eriksdalsbadet
fullname=Eriksdalsbadet
city=Stockholm, Sweden
home clubs=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.

External links

*http://www.eriksdalsbadet.se/