Stockholm for 2016!

Yes, it's true! The upcoming eurovision contest will be in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, at the Ericsson Globe. Why here? Because Sweden had won for the 6th time the Eurovision Song Contest!

The Ericsson Globe is situated in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm. The Ericsson Globe is currently the largest hemispherical building in the world and took two and a half years to build. Shaped like a large white ball, it has a diameter of 110 metres (361 feet) and an inner height of 85 metres (279 feet). The volume of the building is 605,000 cubic metres (21,188,800 cubic feet). It has a seating capacity of 16,000 spectators for shows and concerts, and 13,850 for ice hockey.

It represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.

On February 2, 2009, the naming rights to the Stockholm Globe Arena were officially acquired by Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson, and it became known as the Ericsson Globe.

The arena also hosted Eurovision Song Contest 1976, and 2000.

In 2015 Sweden won the contest with the song ''Heroes'' sang by Måns Zelmerlöw. Sweden is the first country winnig 2 times in the 20th century.

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