4 Spring Activities for Anyone Longing for the Summer

During the summer it’s enjoyable and convenient to get out on your bike, scooter, drop top or whatever floats your boat for a day of wind in your hair and that sense of freedom you only get when you're out riding a bike or a nice car. Regardless if you go out on a proper track every other weekend or just ride a moped to school, once you’ve sampled the high octane lifestyle you quickly develop a fondness for it. 

Ever since Fryshuset relocated from Södra Hammarbyhamnen in 1997 only to end up further down town closer to Gullmarsplan the skatepark’s been a core part of the operations at the well-known youth center. Generations of skateboarders from Sweden in general and Stockholm in specific have more or less grown up inside the four wall of this giant indoor hall. It’s in a continuous state of renewal and is of utmost quality for novice as well as expert riders. Playing Skate in a shady in-door garage in your neighbourhood gets old and it gets old quick. When you absolute can’t take the withdrawals from mother nature hindering you from pushing your board down the street it’s great to have this place at your disposal. Skate or die!

Alright, this might not be something that will make you long for the summer, but gaming is something we have a whole-hearted passion for all year long regardless of the temperature. Hence, it feels reasonable to include Inferno Online on this list. In the year of 2010 their Odenplan location paid visit by the infamous Guinness Book of Records and consequently named the largest gaming center in the entire world. Let that sink in for a minute. In fact, with a total of 342 network connected state-of-the-art gaming stations, even the Swedish Gaming Commission gave them a call and concluded they need a gaming license to continue their operations. If you’re in the Swedish capital, this is gem definitely worth paying a visit to.

If you don’t have a strong penchant for sharks, think wetsuits aren’t very comfortable and despite involuntary gulps of salty water our last item on this list if worth looking into. Thanks to a bunch of creative people and technological advancements you no longer need to wait for the summer until you can let yourself go in a nice swell. I you travel to Pyttis in south Finland you can find a Flow Ride machine. One of few, if not the only one, in the Nordics. In an artificial manner, the machine create a picture-perfect wave ripe for your enjoyment and if you’re good enough, you can ride for the entirety of an hour for just 250 kr. Even with the absence of annoying saltwater and sharks, the Flow Ride machine has a tough time matching up against the real thing. But, if it’s a more than decent alternative for anyone that wants to figure out if surfing is their thing without forking out a grand on a ticket to Hawaii.