🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 EURO 2024 - CITY INFORMATION 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇩🇪 (2 mins reading time) 👏 The following is the work of Association of Tartan Army Clubs (ATAC) & I've had permission from their chair, Martin, to share the information 📊 They've visited the three German cities Scotland play at & produced a presentation for their AGM with some information - useful for those in Germany with or without tickets ____ 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 MUNICH 📅 Friday 14th k.o 9pm (local), stadium capacity 66,000 🔑 Key areas: 🪭 Olympic Park: Fanzone opens at 1pm with a 31,000 capacity. Free to enter but once full - it's full 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hirschgarten: Scotland fans meeting point & beer garden with a 7,000 capacity & shuttle buses to ground from 17:30 🍻 Marienplatz: City centre with all the famous bars & beer halls 🏟️ Getting to the stadium (Fröttmaning Station): ⭕️ From City Centre: 🚆 U6 line from Marienplatz (33 mins) or Odeonsplatz (32 mins) 🏞️ From Olympic Park Fan zone: 🚆 U3 Olympiazentrum to Münchner Freiheit then U6 to Fröttmaning 🚶‍♂️ Fröttmaning Station to Ground is 15 min walk 🚌 Shuttle services will be laid on for ticket holders from the Olympic Park Fan Zone and from the PNA Meeting Point at Hirschgarten ----- ----- _____ 🇨🇭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 COLOGNE 📅 Wednesday 19th k.o 9pm (local), stadium capacity 43,000 🔑 Key areas: 🪭 Tanzbrunnen: Fanzone opens at 12pm with a 12,500 capacity. Free to enter but once full - it's full 🪭 Heumarkt: Fanzone opens at 11am with a 7,500 capacity. Free to enter but once full - it's full 📺 Promenande am Rhein TV viewing: Additional TV viewing area with 6-8 screens 🍻 Alter Markt & Old Town: Bars, beer halls & grassy areas for carry out 🏟️ Getting to the stadium (RheinEnergieStadion station): ⭕️ From City Centre: 🚶‍♂️🚋 5-10 min walk to Heumarkt Tram stop – Tram is 25-28 mins or a 15-20 min walk to Neumarkt tram loop Tram will take 22-25 mins (additional trams and capacity from here). Trams will be very busy 🚆 From Hbf - S12 or S19 to Weiden West (12-13 minutes) and then take tram 1 to the stadium (10 minutes) ----- ----- _____ 👮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCOTLAND v 🇨🇭FAN MARCH 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👮 ✅ There will be an official, organised, police cordoned fan march for the Scotland V Switzerland game ONLY 👮 Police have agreed & will close the roads 🥁 Fan march will be led by 30 pipers. Please message Bob Bell through “Pipes & Drums of the Tartan Army” facebook group if you are a piper or drummer 🚆 Get the 9 minute train from Cologne central to Technologiepark 🍻 Walk starts from Josef-Lammerting-Allee near the station - bring your carryout 🕓 This area will be closed off from 16:00 for us to gather – there will be food, toilets & bins at the fan meeting point 🕡 March departs at approx 18:30, is 1.7km and takes 25 mins (21:00 kick off) ----- ----- _____ 🇭🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 STUTTGART 📅 Sunday 23rd k.o 9pm (local), stadium capacity 54,000 🔑 Key areas: 🪭 Schlossplatz: Fanzone opens at 12pm with a 30,000 capacity. Free to enter but once full - it's full ❗️ IMPORTANT: As this is the final group game, it kicks off at the same time as the other group game (Germany) & so the fanzone will show Germany game. Plans are being worked on for a public viewing area for ticketless Scotland fans 🪭 Stadtgarten: Park area for fans to gather. Food, drink, toilets & Scottish pipers 🍻 Rathaus: Bars, beer halls & restaurants Getting to the stadium (Bad Cannstatt station): ⭕️From City Centre: 🚃 U-Bahn U11 &U19 (light rail) will run regularly to Neckerpark Stadion (20-25 mins) - then 5 min walk to the stadium from here 🚆 Train is also an option, however it's the most direct route to Neckarpark Train Station which will serve Hungary fans – likely to be busier 🚆 S-Bahn S1 &S2 to Bad Cannstatt (get off here for the Scotland end, 25 mins walk) ----- ----- 🔗 Link to their two presentations in full to view all their pictures including turnstiles & stadium concourses: associationoftartanarmyclubs… associationoftartanarmyclubs… 📩 Press requesting permission to share ATAC content: associationoftartanarmyclubs…