Inzell Speed Skating Stadium, Behnisch Architekten, Inzell, Germany

By Alanna Malone

Since the early 1950s, the Bavarian town of Inzell, located about 60 miles southeast of Munich, has hosted hundreds of speed skating competitions—first on the ice that formed over Lake Frillensee, then on an outdoor rink constructed in 1965. More than 80 world records have been broken here, so Inzell was an obvious choice to host the March 2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships.