All roads lead to the Arena AufSchalke

Gelsenkirchen's location in Germany

Gelsenkirchen, home to the Arena AufSchalke, is a former coal-mining and steel town in Germany's Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr district).  It is one of three World Cup cities in relatively close proximity in the north west of the country - the other two being Dortmund, just over 20 miles away, and Cologne, 60-odd miles down the road.

Driving to and from Gelsenkirchen to several of the other venues will therefore be quite manageable, while the trip to cities in the east and south (e.g. Berlin, Leipzig, Nuremberg and Munich) will be a much longer trek.

The German autobahn network criss-crosses the Ruhr district and provides excellent links to the other venues.

From other World Cup venues to Gelsenkirchen:

World Cup City	Distance in km	Distance in miles	Main motorways en route
Berlin	507	317	A2
Cologne	99	62	A3
Dortmund	37	23	A2, A43
Frankfurt	266	166	A45, A5
Hamburg	346	216	A1
Hanover	240	150	A2
Kaiserslautern	331	207	A3, A565, A61, A63
Leipzig	486	304	A2, A14
Munich	626	391	A45, A3, A9
Nuremberg	474	296	A45, A3
Stuttgart	448	280	A3, A67, A6, A81

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