Skyview, Glass gondola attraction at Avicii Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.
Skyview is a glass gondola system on the exterior of the spherical Avicii Arena that carries visitors 130 meters above the ground. Two transparent cabins hold up to twelve passengers each and travel slowly around the building's curved surface.
The Avicii Arena opened in 1989 originally as the Globe and was renamed in 2021 to honor Swedish musician Tim Bergling. The gondola system was added later as a visitor attraction to showcase the distinctive building from a new angle.
Passengers can access multilingual information about Stockholm's landmarks through QR codes during the ride. This allows visitors to learn about the city's growth while enjoying views from above.
The journey takes about twenty minutes and is fairly easy to access from ground level. Visitors should note that operations vary by day and may be affected by severe weather conditions.
Swedish engineers from Östersund designed this external gondola system, and it remains the only one of its kind installed on a spherical building anywhere in the world. This engineering achievement makes it a rare feat in cable transportation technology.
Location: Stockholm Municipality
Inception: January 1, 2010
Length: 100 m
Part of: Avicii Arena, Stockholm Globe City
Website: http://globearenas.se/skyview/om-skyview
GPS coordinates: 59.29351,18.08238
Latest update: December 6, 2025 17:43
Stockholm has over 70 museums and cultural institutions spread between its medieval city center and its islands accessible within a few minutes by tram. The city has preserved its original buildings while developing modern exhibition spaces that cover a thousand years of Scandinavian history. Visitors can spend a day walking from the cobbled streets of Gamla Stan, lined with 17th-century merchant houses, to the contemporary galleries of Fotografiska housed in former port warehouses. The permanent collections cover diverse fields. The Vasa Museum displays a 69-meter (226 feet) warship recovered intact after three centuries underwater. The Royal Palace opens its state apartments and treasury to the public. Djurgården Island features several major sites, including Skansen open-air museum with 150 historic buildings from across Sweden, the Modern Art Museum with works by Dalí and Picasso, and ABBA The Museum dedicated to the band that sold 400 million records. The Nobel Museum chronicles the history of the Nobel Prize since 1901 with objects belonging to over 900 laureates.
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