The last match of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 – being at the St. Louis Blues in their Enterprise Center was definitely special. This Day 8 of my trip was the very first time I visited St. Louis…
Visiting Storhamar Hockey at CC Amfi (Hamar, Norway)
CC Amfi is an ice hockey arena in Hamar, Innlandet, Norway. Sports fans know it as Hamar Olympic Amfitheatre. During the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games, the 7,500 people arena hosted short track (speed skating) as well as figure skating…
Ryman Auditorium Self-Guided Tour
Even though there is the new Grand Ole Opry building (which I, for example, visited on 18 March 2022), the Ryman Auditorium is without a doubt the most classic and magical concert venue in Nashville. Music City hosts so many…
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2022 at Helsinki Ice Hall
In mid May 2022, my wife and I went to Helsinki for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships. The organizers were quite heavily hit by the Russian attack on the Ukraine as they had to change the Helsinki venue some…
A Nashville Predators Match at the Bridgestone Arena
Apart from visiting Pittsburgh itself, seeing a match at the Bridgestone Arena was likely the highlight of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022. Nashville is obviously a very special place to me – and so I was really nervous…
Watching the New York Islanders at UBS Arena
Already right on the very first day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022, I visited the new home venue of the New York Islanders, the UBS Arena in Queens. The match on 10th March 2022 has originally been…
Floorball Final4 Semifinals at Max-Schmeling-Halle Berlin
As I have been in Berlin but could not and did not really want to do a full coverage of the German Floorball Final4 for various reasons, I at least attended the event as a spectator. A nice reason to…
VfL Gummersbach (Handball) at SCHWALBE arena
Even though it is a some 50 kilometer drive from Cologne to Gummersbach, the VfL Gummersbach is not only the sports pride of the area around Gummersbach, but also the number #1 team for handball in the million people city…