EURO 2024 Germany-Venues! A Guide.
Don’t miss the chance to visit these irresistible locations and also enjoy the Euro 2024!
From the elite Allianz Arena, famous as Bayern’s fortress to the less-known Merkur-Spiel Arena in Düsseldorf.
MUNICH
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Club: Bayern Munich
Capacity: 75,000
One of the oldest cities in Germany, known for hosting the Oktoberfest annually. Home to beergardens, pretzels and Weisswurst. Tall tankards and high-tech cars, edgy art, and Lederhosen — Munich is where traditional and modern sit side by side like few places on earth. Allianz Arena will also be hosting the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League final
DORTMUND
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Capacity: 81,365
Dortmund is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the middle part of the state and is considered to be the administrative, commercial, and cultural center of the region.
BERLIN
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Club: Hertha Berlin
Capacity: 74,475
Berlin, Germany’s capital, dates to the 13th century. Reminders of the city’s turbulent 20th-century history include its Holocaust memorial and the Berlin Wall’s graffitied remains. Divided during the Cold War, its 18th-century Brandenburg Gate has become a symbol of reunification.
COLOGNE
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Club: Cologne
Capacity: 50,000
Cologne, a 2,000-year-old city spanning the Rhine River in western Germany, is the region’s cultural hub. A landmark of High Gothic architecture set amid reconstructed old town, the twin-spired Cologne Cathedral is also known for its gilded medieval reliquary and sweeping river views. The adjacent Museum Ludwig showcases 20th-century art, including many masterpieces by Picasso.
FRANKFURT
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Club: Eintracht Frankfurt
Capacity:51,500
Frankfurt, a central German city on the river Main, is a major financial hub that’s home to the European Central Bank. It’s the birthplace of famed writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose former home is now the Goethe House Museum. It is home to businesses, skyscrapers, and Europe’s third-largest airport — all of which are state-of-the-art. This may be why Frankfurt has a certain fondness for a wide array of museums. After all, the city is always a little ahead of its time but likes to keep records of it too.
HAMBURG
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Club: Hamburg
Capacity: 57,000
Hamburg, a major port city in northern Germany, is connected to the North Sea by the Elbe River. It’s crossed by hundreds of canals and also contains large areas of parkland. Hamburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and radiates an incomparable charm. Go on a discovery tour through the city by the Elbe and explore the most beautiful sights, attend unique events, or feast in the most delicious restaurants & cafés. The city’s scene & nightlife are known all over the world and Hamburg is also a great shopping metropolis. When are you coming?
GELSENKIRCHEN
Stadium: Veltins Arena
Club: Schalke
Capacity: 62,271
A city at the center of western Germany’s Ruhr region, the country’s industrial heartland, Gelsenkirchen is just a stone’s throw from Dusseldorf and Cologne. Gelsenkirchen could lay a legitimate claim to being the most important coal mining town in Europe, leading it to be given the nickname, “city of a thousand fires.”
LEIPZIG
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Club: RB Leipzig
Capacity: 47,069
Leipzig is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. The formerly industrial west of the city has developed into a hotspot for creative people.
STUTTGART
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Club: VfB Stuttgart
Capacity: 60,449
Stuttgart, the capital of southwest Germany’s Baden-Württemberg state, is known as a manufacturing hub. Mercedes-Benz and Porsche have headquarters and museums here. The city is filled with greenspaces, which wrap around its center.
DüSSELDORF
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Club: Fortuna Düsseldorf
Capacity: 54,600
Düsseldorf is a city in western Germany known for its fashion industry and art scene. It’s divided by the Rhine River, with its Altstadt (Old Town) on the east bank and modern commercial areas to the west. Königsallee is world-famous as a luxury-shopping street. The department stores in Schadowstrasse and the Altstadt (Old Town) boutiques are just a stone’s throw away. You can enjoy the “longest bar in the world” in the Altstadt (Old Town). There are more than 260 places to go, bars, and restaurants with something to suit every taste.
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