Eriksdalsbadet is the biggest swimming centre in
Stockholm,
Sweden The outdoor pool was built for the
1962 European Aquatics Championships
The 1962 European Aquatics Championships were held in Leipzig, East Germany from 18 to 25 August 1962. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the ...
. The new ''Eriksdalsbadet'' was built 1999 and was designed by architect Björn Thynberger.
Facilities
It has:
*25 m 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
The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course () swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. Launched in 1988, the FINA Swimming World Cup gathers world-class swimmers in a series of two-d ...
and
Arena Diving Champions Cup
An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectator ...
annually.
*50 m pool (
Olympic size swimming pool
An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions that are large enough for international competition. This type of swimming pool is used in the Olympic Games, where the race course is in length, typically referred to as "long cour ...
) with a depth of 2.20 m at the edges and 2.60 m in the middle of the pool
*50 m outdoor pool
*bubble pools
*learning pool
*"Lilla bassängen", the small pool, also with a raisable floor, most commonly 90 cm deep
*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
SK Neptun, ''Simklubben Neptun'', Swedish swim team from Stockholm founded October 12, 1906 by members from Stockholms KK. Home pool is Eriksdalsbadet in Stockholm. The club practises swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and ...
,
Stockholmspolisens IF,
SoIK Hellas,
Stockholms KK and
Spårvägens SF all use Eriksdalsbadet for training.
Security issues
After an increase of
sexual harassment, the direction chose to institute gender segregated jacuzzi in 2016. That measure was found insufficient to stop the incidents as a group of boys harassed girls in the adventure bath and therefore extra security guards were hired and security cameras were installed. The sales of the annual memberships decreased 11% between February 2015 and February 2016. The local municipality stated that "the debate about sexual harassment at the premises", rather than the harassment itself, had decreased sales.
In 2016, reports of possible sexual abuse in pools used by both men and women prompted officials at the Eriksdalsbadet to separate the pools by gender on certain occasions, with one for women and one for men.
According to unit manager Sara Franzén Shilwan, Eriksdalsbadet takes all reports of abuse seriously, and "all incidents are reported to the police."
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References
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Sports venues in Stockholm
Swimming venues in Sweden