Globen is a Arène covered located at Stockholm, in Sweden.

It is currently the largest spherical building of the world. It has a diameter of 110 meters and an interior height of 85 meters. Its volume is of 600  000 cubic meters.

It is first of all used to shelter matches of Hockey, of which those of the clubs of Djurgårdens IF and of AIK IK. It was inaugurated in 1989 and can accommodate 14  119 people for matches of hockey. It is also used as room of Concert and Football stadium. It is the property of the company FCA fastigheter . Seen outside, it resembles a giant ball of Golf.

The forty-fifth edition of the Eurovision Contest of the song there take place on May 13rd, 2000 in front of 14.000 spectators. In 2003 he was the host of matches of the championship of Europe of basketball. It also accommodated twice the championships of the world of hockey in 1989 (it had been built for) and in 1995, as well as the World cup of hockey in 1996 and 2004.

Globen also accommodated the pope Jean-Paul II in 2003, the Dalaï Lama or Nelson Mandela for meetings. Artists such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Luciano Pavarotti, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, U2, Metallica and well of others occurred there.

External bonds

• Official site of Globen Arena