Not a thread to discuss the actual footer, but more for folk who are going/thinking of going/general Germany travel chat.
I’m flying out on the 16th for a week. Staying in Essen and catching three matches while I am out there:
16 June Serbia vs England - Gelsenkirchen
20 June Spain vs Italy - Gelsenkirchen
21 June Slovakia vs Ukraine - Dusseldorf
Outside of that, will probably be hitting the fan parks and also grubbing around for any spare tickets for other matches. Maybe…even seeing some sights 
Just downloaded the official fan pass, which gives you free or discounted train travel around the host cities on match days which seems cool. Not actually sussed out how it works in practice just yet.
Let’s goooooooooo…
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I am travelling to Euro 2024…
Flying out the 15th. Staying in Dusseldorf and going to:
England V Serbia - 16th. Say hello if you spot a skinny guy with glasses.
and
Turkey v Georgia - 18th in Dortmund.
Might try and get tickets to France v Austria on the 17th or might just have a few beers in Dusseldorf and watch the match at a fan park or something.
Any recommendations for Dusseldorf welcome!
Only really got 3 days there so a flying visit!
Will do! Also say hello if you spot, err, a skinny guy with glasses…
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Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund are both rubbish cities, luckily Koln and Dusseldorf are both nearby and great.
@Billa_Clack the altbier brewery pubs in Dusseldorf are a must imo, 5 pubs round the city that each do their own altbier, all have great and different atmospheres and makes an awesome pub crawl
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Feel like I’ve defended Dortmund on here previously. Used to go there periodically and think that actually it’s perfectly fine - good for beer, football, science stuff plus excellent zoo and nice city centre park.
Only been through Gelsenkirchen on the train. Football stadium looks big…
The stadium is great, part of a big complex but it’s a tram ride from the city. We just drank at the station then got the tram out I think (not been to either in a decade so my opinions may well be out of date)
Think we’re staying just about walking distance from Schalke’s stadium (maybe a couple of miles) 
Booked my accommodation a year ago, like a pro 
In that case…good luck I guess 
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What happened to Leipzig-Halle?
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Me and a mate are going Round of 16 with the high risk high reward intention that Scotland finally manage to get out of our group. We will be based in Köln and just yesterday managed to pick up tickets to the game there that weekend (its worth keeping an eye on the official site/app as there are tickets coming and going quite regularly based yesterday, but be quick as they disappear almost immediately!) which is one of Scotland’s routes should we finish 3rd though obviously the priority is to be wherever they are playing (other options are Dortmund if we win the group, Berlin second and Frankfurt or Munich as well as Köln for third) but otherwise plan to go around the NRW area for games and see if we can get tickets and if not just go to fan zones etc.
Very excited, viel spaß alles!
Nice is there a map of these? It seems like there’s a lot of options for Altbier!
Looks good. Do they just serve Altbier. Bit concerned that everyone will just serve Altbier and it will be a brown ale type beer. Doesn’t sound that good for summer drinking.
Yes but dont be put off, despite the ale yeast (like Kölsch in Köln but thats golden) and colour it is brewed and conditioned as if its a lager, so it is still very refreshing. Also both city’s style of local beers are served in a stange, which is a small thin glass thats somewhere between a half and two thirds, partly to keep it cheap but also fresh, rather then charge you by round they will offer to top you up and keep tabs by marking your coaster, and when you’re done put your coaster on top of your glass and they’ll know youre finished and to charge you.
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This sounds dangerous but brilliantly simple
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Think the big 5 are Uerige, Schlussel, Schumacher, Kurzer & Fuchschen
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Yeah ok fair, theres a direct train from Berlin-Brandenburg right which isnt even that far, I just thought from the way you worded that Leipzig-Halle had closed or something. I flew from there once and it was a total ghost town lol
