At least for North American, St. Louis is some sort of unofficial capital for a very special sports: chess. The Saint Louis Chess Club is a driver of the popularity of chess and for example hosts the U.S. Championships since…
Sports Museum of Finland (Helsinki)
Paavo Nurmi, Matti Nykänen, Mika Häkkinen or the Floorball National Team – there have been various globally well-known Finnish athletes, who wrote sports history. They are honored in the Urheilumuseo – or: Sports Museum of Finland. As I am a…
Rafa Nadal Museum XPerience
The Big Three of Tennis – Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal – dominate their sports since ages. Hard to imagine how the sports will be without them – I did a posting about their exceptional position in tennis…
Bud Spencer Museum Berlin
If you know the name Carlo Pedersoli by heart, then you are likely ready to head to Berlin since 27th June 2021. He is most famous as Bud Spencer acting in Italo-Western movies, often side by side with Mario Girotti –…
Visiting Indianapolis Motor Speedway
You are free to mention the Colts (see my review of the Lucas Oil Stadium Tour), but finally, if you think about Indianapolis as a sports fan (and are not fully motor sports ignorant), you think of the Indy 500.…
Singapore Sports Museum
The 2010 Youth Olympic Games boosted the focus on Singapore as a sports nation. The small nation is producing world class athletes in select sports like Badminton. There is a significant Paralympic community as well. Thus, I was very interested…
Mascot Hall of Fame (Whiting, IN)
Halls of Fame are very popular in the United States. Finally, there are likely Halls of Fame for almost every topic. When I drove from Indianapolis to Chicago in late August 2019, I passed an advertisement on the Interstate for…
International Tennis Hall of Fame & Hall of Fame Open 2019
On the fourth day of my Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis trip in July 2019, I visited the Tennis Hall of Fame Open 2019, the only grass court major tournament on the ATP men tennis professional tour in the…