Fyrishov is a sporting facility in Uppsala, Sweden. It is Sweden's fourth most visited[ citation needed ] arena for swimming, sports events, meetings and recreation. The facilities include 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.
The facility is the home of Uppsala Basket (in the Swedish national basketball league), [1] an athletic club[ who? ], the fencing club Upsala Fäktning, Uppsala Judklubb (Sweden's oldest judo club), the Uppsala volleyball team, the Upsala tyngdlyftningsklubb weightlifting club and Upsala Simsällskap (one of the world's oldest[ citation needed ] swimming clubs). The facility is also home to Uppsala's two floorball teams in the Swedish Super League: Storvreta IBK (men's) and IK Sirius IBK (women's). [2]
Fyrishov is owned by the local government, Uppsala Municipality. [3] A plan for a 500 million SEK renovation was announced in December 2020. [4] The architecture company White Arkitekter was contracted to design the renovation. [5]
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