Valle Hovin
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Valle Hovin is both a speed skating rink in cold weather, and an outdoor stadium for concerts in warm weather, in Oslo, Norway.
Located in a residential area of Oslo, in amongst trees and a park, one finds Valle Hovin. It is reachable from the Lines 1, 2, 3, and 4 reaching the Helsfyr station of the Oslo T-bane metro system, and additionally via two bus lines as well as substantial parking for automobiles.
As a concert venue Valle Hovin can hold 40,000 people, many of whom stand on the concrete floor where the rink is laid in winter. Many internationally famous popular music acts have appeared there, including Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Guns N' Roses, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Metallica (July 2007) and U2. Prior to a June 1995 expansion, the concert capacity was 30,000. As a concert venue it is not always thought of as best, due to lack of seating and limited sightlines once well back in the crowd, but it offers larger capacity than the indoor Oslo Spektrum and is sometimes deeemed preferable to Ullevaal Stadion due to having a concrete floor that cannot be damaged by stage and moving equipment as can that football ground's more delicate turf.
[edit] External links
- Official website for speed skating rink (in Norweigan)
- IORR description of Rolling Stones concert there
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