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The World Cup at the Waldbühne
What you see above is the 'Waldbühne', a 20,000 capacity amphitheatre built as part of the Olympic Stadium complex in Berlin, just a javelin's throw from the back of the stadium itself. Our Berlin contacts tell us it's by far the best open-air venue in the city, and this summer they're screening the World Cup games at the Waldbühne on an enormous 100 square metre screen, which they claim will be the biggest in Berlin!
Click here for a Google satellite view of the Waldbühne - the fan-shaped structure in the trees just to the left of the Olympic Stadium! |
Waldbühne public viewing
So why not hedge your bets? Where else would you want to be on the weekend of the World Cup Final other than in Berlin? But, hey you might not get a ticket for the game. Why not buy a ticket for the Waldbühne just in case - that way you can hang around the stadium in the hour or so before the game (if for any reason you want to do that ... can't think why you might!), and then, if you can't get into the ground, hop across to the ampitheatre and watch the game there ... within earshot of the cheers from the stadium itself! Of course, if in the interim you manage to get a ticket for the stadium, you can always give / sell your Waldbühne ticket to somebody else! |
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World Cup Final for 31 euros
Tickets for the World Cup screenings at the Waldbühne can be bought in advance, costing € 20.30 for earlier games and € 31.80 for the final. These can be bought online from Kartenhaus.de, a subsidiary of the UK ticketing company Ticketmaster. The website is partially in English and the purchase procedure is largely a matter of following pretty standard symbols. Below are a few tips:
Buying Waldbühne tickets online
Click here to go direct to the page for the World Cup Final
Enter the number of tickets you want on row B, 'Fanblock II'
Click the cart symbol; at the next screen click 'Check out'
Register your details; at next screen click continue
Edit delivery details and/or click continue
Choose delivery option and click 'Weiter'
Enter card details and click 'Weiter'
You'll get an e-mail confirming that you have signed up, and in a few days your tickets will arrive. It should be a great place to be ... if you can't get into the Olympic Stadium itself! |
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| The 'alternative' World Cup Final ticket! The next best thing to being in the ground? |
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For a full list of the games being shown at the Waldbühne and at the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt go to the Kartenhaus website homepage and click the Fussballfest link.
