Håkons Hall, sometimes anglicized as Håkon Hall and Haakons Hall, is an arena located at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, Norway. With a spectator capacity of 11,500 people, it is the largest handball and ice hockey venue in the country. Håkons Hall is regularly used for handball and ice hockey tournaments, concerts, exhibitions, conferences and banquets. The venue is owned by Lillehammer Municipality via the subsidiary Lillehammer Olympiapark, which owns all the Olympic venues in Lillehammer. The Norwegian Olympic Museum is located in the arena, which is located next to the smaller Eidsiva Arena.
The hall opened on 1 February 1993 having cost 238 million Norwegian krone. It was built to host the ice hockey tournament at the 1994 Winter Olympics, and has since hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Paralympics, the 1999 IIHF World Championship in ice hockey, the World Women's Handball Championship in 1993 and 1999, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004, the 2008…
until May 14, 2016:
Daily: 12 pm - 3 pm
May 15 - Sep 15, 2016:
Daily: 10 am - 4 pm
Closed: Mar 20 - 28, Apr 30, May 1, 13, 17, May 24 - Jun 9 (Bergen International Music Festival).
Guided tours of the Rosenkrantz Tower and Håkon’s Hall depart every hour.
Adults: NOK 80
Students: NOK 40
Children: free
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Håkons_Hall
Email bryggens.museum@bymuseet.no
Phone +47 97 95 77
Address Bergenhus festning, Postboks 4052, 5835 Bergen, Norway
Coordinates 60°23'58.863" N 5°19'2.718" E
