Adventurous Maite: Sweden 3 (23th June 2011)

23th June (Thursday)

Lunch

I would like to live in a quiet place like this

The culture of recycling is fully consolidated in Sweden for a long time

I envy these clean streets... Valencia (my city) is full of shit

Visiting the ABB Arena Syd, a multi-purpose and bandy arena of Rocklunda sports park in Västerås. Mainly used for bandy, but also for concerts and exhibitions

Swedbank Park Stadium. Club: Västerås SK Fotboll. Capacity: 7.044.

Address: Rocklunda IP, Västerås

We did a tour for the stadium facilities

Training

The only spectator xD

ABB Arena Syd is the biggest permanent indoor arena for bandy in Sweden (Friends Arena, where the Swedish Championship Finals are played, is bigger). ABB Arena Syd is the home arena for Västerås SK Bandy and has a capacity of 9,000 spectators at bandy matches. We had the opportunity to visit the facilities too

ABB Arena Syd was the main arena at the Bandy World Championship 2009.

The Federation of International Bandy (FIB) have arranged training camps for developing bandy countries here

Ice hockey is one of my favorite sports :-) I felt lucky being there.

ABB Arena Syd is a fantastic indoor bandy arena and offers some unique opportunities for large productions, competitions, trade fairs and exhibitions of all sizes

Sign of support

Time to show my ability playing hockey

Don't mess with me!

The man who wears a black jacket is part of the team and he was son kind with us

Doubts, questions... We took advantage and we asked him some questions about the stadium, the team, the game, etc.

It was my best day in Västerås. I liked the visit to the ABB Arena Syd and the Swedbank Park stadium because I love sports such as football and ice hockey! But above all I love animals, so we decided to visit part of the Vallby Friluftsmuseum

Visit to the idyllic Vallby Open Air Museum to see the animals.

Vallby Open Air Museum's animals are a part of the museum´s effort to preserve Sweden's biological heritage - a kind of live exhibit that includes rural animal breeds

Mata inte djuren means: don't feed the animals

Swedish Goats. Goats from the Swedish province of Jämtland are unbred indigenous goats that have adapted to grazing in mountain pastures and to Sweden’s northern climate

Horses

Linderöd pig. Linderöd pigs, from the parish of Linderöd, are Sweden’s only endangered indigenous pig. Linderöd pigs are well-adapted to Sweden’s climate and are, therefore, suitable as outdoor pigs

Unique Swedish mountain cattle are the original strain of today’s crossbred Swedish mountain cattle. Unique Swedish mountain cattle are small and mainly white with black or brown patches. They are hornless. In the past, people kept cows mostly for milk. But they did not drink milk as we do today. They instead used milk for butter and cheese, among other things. Older breeds give less milk, but their milk has more fat than that of today’s crossbred cows

The breed today is critically endangered. At the museum, Unique Swedish mountain cattle help keep the landscape open. Most of their milk is consumed by calves

Gestrike sheeps. Gestrike sheep are an old strain of rustic sheep that originated in the Swedish province of Gästrikland. The ewes are small and light in weight. The color of Gestrike sheep may vary. Some are black, and others are brown or white or patched.

Both rams and ewes may be horned or unhorned. They are ordinarily very tame and affectionate. They are usually very good for controlling undergrowth. The breed today is critically endangered