Airports equal waiting time and we all know the best way to spend waiting time is by searching for geocaches so now you can have fun while waiting at Arlanda Airport.
This virtual can be solved in 2 ways, one before the security check and one after security in Terminal 5. The first step where the virtual icon is placed on the geocaching map is needed for both versions. To log this cache you need to have solved it in one of the ways but feel free to solve it both ways if you have lots of waiting time. In order to solve this cache you need to find information in different places and use the answers to figure out what where to send an e-mail to. If you got it all right you will get a reply e-mail within a minute confirming that you can log this cache as found.
Before security in SkyCity and Terminal 5
One of the first things you see as you approach Arlanda airport by car, buss or plane is the flight control tower. The artwork on the tower is designed by artist Silja Rantanen and has texts written by Antoine de Saint-Exupérys (author of The Little Prince) on the stripes of the black and white "trunks". A good viewing point where you can read the text on the tower are the coordinates of this virtual cache (where the ghost is placed on the map). At the top of the double trunk are two pods or decks. XXXXX = What colour is the top one?
AA = Total number of metal water nozzles on the 4 sides of the earth made by Ernst Billgren
B = Number of sails you can see in SkyCity
CCCC = First name of the artist who created this group of sculptures.
Find the sculpture of a plane made by artist Anders Åberg. D = the number of houses on the same wing as the windmill
EEEE = the year the sculpture Nya Vingar was given to the airport
FFF = number of students in Väringaskolan who helped make the worlds largets bead mosaic in 2015.
Send an e-mail to XXXXXAABCCCCDEEEEFFF@gmail.com, write your geocaching username in the subject line. If you got all the answers right you will get a response e-mail within about a minute confirming that you may log this cache as found.
After security in Terminal 5
Due to ongoing construction and renovations in terminal 5 several of these points have been removed or changed. When they are done with construction I will update and remake this option properly for kow you will just get the correct answer for thw parts that are missing.
One of the first things you see as you approach Arlanda airport by car, buss or plane is the flight control tower. The artwork on the tower is designed by artist Silja Rantanen and has texts written by Antoine de Saint-Exupérys (author of The Little Prince) on the stripes of the black and white "trunks". A good viewing point where you can read the text on the tower are the coordinates of this virtual cache (where the ghost is placed on the map). At the top of the double trunk are two pods or decks. XXXXX = What colour is the top one?
G = What floor is the SAS lounge located on?
HHHH = background colour on the 2 outer portaits hanging by the french and spanish text about being a world citizen.
JJJJJ = name of the yellow money exchange place you pass by after security and before passport controll when going towards gates F58-F69. There are also several ATMs with the same name and colours.
KK = number of pillars along the hallway that goes between the D and E gates.
L = number of passport controll stations that can be opened at once for passengers who are going to Gate D17-24. Note that they are grouped 2 by 2.
Send an e-mail to XXXXXGHHHHJJJJJKKL@gmail.com, write your geocaching username in the subject line. If you got all the answers right you will get a response e-mail within about a minute confirming that you may log this cache as found.
This cache was last updated on October 4th 2023 with changes made due to renovations at the airport after security.
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.