Apparently pétanque is the go-to solution for corporate team activities in Stockholm.

This time we were at Boulebar Rådhuset, and we got the craziest pétanque court I’ve ever played on. The gravel layer was thin, and there was a hill in the middle of the court. So all our balls rolled off the hill in crazy, unpredictable directions. And when a ball landed on the hill, it was not with a thud but with a sharp crack, sometimes accompanied by sparks, and flew off in a random direction – as if it hit a large rock instead of gravel.

It was frustrating at first, but then we gave up all pretensions to skill and serious play, rechristened our activity to chaos pétanque and just went with the flow.