Nové Město – biathlon complex Vysočina arena and the history of winter sports

Nové Město na Moravě is located in the northern part of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, on the southern edge of the Žďárské vrchy. We were on vacation nearby and we went to see the Vysočina arena during our trip.
The city itself is at an altitude of 600 meters, the surrounding hills are 700 meters above sea level and higher. The winters here used to be completely unpredictable. Sometimes it was freezing cold, but there was not much snow, other times there was so much that the village...