Olympiastadion (Berlin)
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| Full name | Olympiastadion Berlin |
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| Former names | Deutsches Stadion[citation needed] |
| Location | Westend, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany |
| Public transit | Olympia-Stadion (U-Bahn) Olympiastadion (S-Bahn) |
| Owner | Government of Berlin |
| Operator | Olympiastadion Berlin GmbH |
| Executive suites | 65[citation needed] |
| Capacity | 74,475[1] |
| Field size | 105 × 68 m[citation needed] |
| Surface | Grass[citation needed] |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1934–1936[citation needed] |
| Opened | 1 August 1936[citation needed] |
| Renovated | 1974 (reconfiguration)[citation needed] 2000–2004 (World Cup)[citation needed] |
| Construction cost | 43 million ℛ︁ℳ︁ (1936)[citation needed] €297 million (2016)[citation needed] |
| Architect | Werner March/Albert Speer (1936)[citation needed] Friedrich Wilhelm Krahe (1974)[citation needed] |
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| Hertha BSC (1963–1986, 1988–present) 1. FC Union Berlin (2021, 2023) Germany national football team (selected matches) SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin (1965–1966) Tennis Borussia Berlin (1974–1975, 1976–1977) Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin (1984–1990) Berlin Thunder (2003–2007) | |
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The Olympiastadion (German pronunciation: [oˈlʏmpi̯aˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn] ; English: Olympic Stadium) is a sports stadium at Olympiapark Berlin in Berlin, Germany. It was originally built by Werner March for the 1936 Summer Olympics. During the Olympics, the record attendance was thought to be over 100,000. Today the stadium is part of the Olympiapark Berlin.
Since renovations in 2004, the Olympiastadion has a permanent capacity of 74,475 seats and is the largest stadium in Germany for international football matches. The Olympiastadion is a UEFA category four stadium.
Besides its use as an athletics stadium, the arena has built a footballing tradition. Since 1963, it has been the home of the Hertha BSC. It hosted three matches in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. It was renovated for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, when it hosted six matches, including the final. The DFB-Pokal final match is held each year at the venue. The Olympiastadion Berlin served as a host for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final.
It will host six games in UEFA Euro 2024, including the final.[2]
History
1916–1934: Deutsches Stadion
During the 1912 Summer Olympics, the city of Berlin was designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 1916 Summer Olympics. Germany's proposed stadium for this event was to be located in Charlottenburg, in the Grunewald Forest, to the west of Berlin—thus the stadium was also known as Grunewaldstadion. A horse racing-course already existed there which belonged to the Berliner Rennverein, and even today the old ticket booths survive on Jesse-Owens-Allee.[citation needed] The government of Germany decided not to build in the nearby Grunewald forest, or to renovate buildings that already existed. Because of this desire, they hired the same architect who originally had built the "Rennverein", Otto March.
March decided to bury the stadium in the ground ("Erdstadion", in German).[vague] However, the 1916 Olympic Games were cancelled due to World War I. In the 1920s the first buildings of a school, the "Deutsches Sportforum" (German Sport Forum), dedicated to the teaching of professors of physical education and the study of sport science were built northeast of the stadium site. From 1926 to 1929, Otto March's sons (Werner and Walter) were assigned to build an annex for these institutions, though the finalization was delayed until 1936.
1936–1945: Olympiastadion
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In 1931, the International Olympic Committee selected Berlin to host the 11th Summer Olympics. Originally, the German government decided merely to restore the earlier Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium) of 1916, with Werner March again retained to do this.
When the Nazi Party won the election in Germany in 1933, they decided to use the Olympic Games to build a new stadium and Olympic Complex for Berlin in 1936. Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler ordered the construction of a great sports complex in Grunewald named the "Reichssportfeld" with a new Olympiastadion.[citation needed] Architect Werner March remained in charge of the project, assisted by his brother Walter. When the complex was built it was owned by the Hohenzollern Royal Family (Constitutional Monarchy of Germany), who retained ownership after the games.
Construction took place from 1934 to 1936. When the Reichssportfeld was finished, it was 132 hectares (330 acres).[citation needed] It consisted of (east to west): the Olympiastadion, the Maifeld (Mayfield, capacity of 50,000) and the Waldbühne amphitheatre (capacity of 25,000), in addition to various places, buildings and facilities for different sports (such as football, swimming, equestrian events, and field hockey) in the northern part.
Werner March built the new Olympiastadion on the foundation of the original Deutsches Stadion, once again with the lower half of the structure recessed 12 metres (40 feet) below ground level.
The capacity of the Olympiastadion reached 110,000 spectators. It also possessed a special stand for Adolf Hitler and his political associates.[citation needed] At its end, aligned with the symmetrically designed layout of the buildings of the Olympischer Platz and toward the Maifeld, was the Marathon Gate with a big receptacle for the Olympic Flame.
Maifeld
The Maifeld (Mayfield) was created as a huge lawn (11.2 hectares, 28 acres) for gymnastic demonstrations, specifically annual May Day celebrations by the government.[citation needed] The area was surrounded by 19 metres of land elevation (62 ft), even though the Olympiastadion (to the east) was only 17 metres (55 ft) high.[citation needed] The total capacity was 250,000 people, with 60,000 in the large stands that extended at the west end.
Also located there were the Langemarck-Halle (below) and the Bell Tower (rising high). The walls were built with sturdy stone from the area of the Lower Alps, and also feature equine sculptures (work of Josef Wackerle).[citation needed] This consisted of huge halls built under the stands of the Maifeld. Pillars were raised on which hung flags and shields commemorating all the forces that participated in a battle fought in Langemark (West Flanders, Belgium) on 10 November 1914, during the First World War.[citation needed] Since 2006, the ground floor is home to a public exhibit providing historical information on the area of the former Reichssportfeld.
During the 1936 Olympics, the Maifeld was used for polo and equestrian dressage events.
After the Second World War, the occupying forces of the British Army (Berlin Infantry Brigade) annually celebrated the King's or Queen's Official Birthday on the Maifeld and used it for a variety of sporting activities including cricket. Starting in 2012, Maifeld became home to the cricket clubs of Berlin.[3]
Bell Tower
The Bell Tower crowned the western end of the Reichssportfeld planted amid the tiers of the Maifeld stands. It was 77 metres (247 ft) high.[citation needed] From its peak could be observed the whole city of Berlin.[citation needed] During the games, it was used as an observation post by administrators, police officials, doctors, and the media.
In the tower was the Olympic Bell. On its surface were the Olympic Rings with an eagle, the year 1936, the Brandenburg Gate, the date 1–16 August and a motto between two swastikas: I call the youth of the world[4] and 11. Olympic Games Berlin – although the games were the 10th (Summer) Olympics, they were the Games of the XI Olympiad.
The Bell Tower was the only part of the Reichssportfeld that was destroyed in the war.[citation needed] The Third Reich used the tower's structure to store archives (such as films).[citation needed] The Soviet troops set its contents on fire, turning the tower into a makeshift chimney.[citation needed] The structure emerged from the fire severely damaged and weakened.
In 1947, the British engineers demolished the tower; however, it was reconstructed accurately in 1962.[citation needed] The Olympic Bell (which had survived the fire and remained in its place in the tower) fell 77 metres and cracked and has been incapable of sounding since then.[citation needed] In 1956, the bell was rescued, only to be used as a practice target for shooting with anti-tank ammunition.[citation needed] The damaged old bell survives and serves as a memorial.
The recreation of the tower was carried out from 1960 to 1962, once again by the architect Werner March, following the original blueprints.[citation needed] The present tower became an important tourist destination offering a panorama of Berlin, Spandau, the Havel Valley, Potsdam, Nauen and Hennigsdorf.
The most significant battle[according to whom?] around the Olympiastadion was in April 1945 when the Soviet army fought to capture it.[citation needed] This was during the final battle of the Second World War in Europe, with the total invasion of Berlin as the Allies' target.[citation needed] The Olympiastadion survived the war almost untouched; it only suffered the impact of machine gun shots.
1945–1990: West Berlin era
After the war, the former Reichssportfeld became the headquarters of the British military occupation forces.[citation needed] The administration settled in the northeastern buildings designed by the March brothers in the 1920s, which the Third Reich had used for official sport organisations such as the Reich Academy of Physical Training and extended by 1936, adding the "Haus des deutschen Sports" (House of German Sports) and other buildings (which belong since 1994 to the Olympiapark Berlin, a central sporting facility of the City of Berlin).[citation needed] Soon, the British forces renovated war-damaged buildings but also converted interiors to their specific needs (one gymnasium was converted into a dining hall, another into a garage).[citation needed] From 1951 to 2005, the Olympischer Platz had a giant antenna transmitting for all the portable radios in Berlin.
From then until 1994 and their departure, British forces held an annual celebration of the Queen's Official Birthday in the Maifeld with thousands of spectators from Berlin present.[citation needed] During the 1960s, American military and high school football teams introduced hundreds of thousands of Berliners to American football at the stadium in exhibition games.
During those years, Bundesliga football matches were played in the Olympiastadion, with Hertha BSC as the local team.[citation needed] In the Maifeld, several competitions of football, rugby and polo were staged too.[citation needed] In the summers, the Waldbühne resumed its classical music concerts, and playing movies.[citation needed] The theatre was also used as an improvised ring for boxing matches.
1990–2004: Reunified Berlin
In 1998, Berliners debated the destiny of the Olympiastadion in light of the legacy it represented for Germany.[citation needed] Some wanted to tear the stadium down and build a new one from scratch, while others favoured letting it slowly crumble "like the Colosseum in Rome".[citation needed] Finally, it was decided[by whom?] to renovate the Olympiastadion.
FIFA chose it as one of the venues of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[citation needed] The State of Berlin hired a consortium composed of Walter Bau AG and DYWIDAG that won the €45 million franchise.[citation needed] The consortium took charge of the operation of the facilities together with Hertha BSC and the Government of Berlin after the remodelling.[citation needed] On 3 July 2000, the renovation began with a ceremony presided over by the Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, accompanied by Eberhard Diepgen (Mayor of Berlin), Franz Beckenbauer and Prof. Dr. Ignaz Walter.
2004–present: Multi-purpose arena
The re-inauguration celebrations of the new Olympic Stadium were carried out on 31 July 2004, and 1 August 2004.[citation needed] On that day, Saturday, the party began with performances from Pink, Nena and Daniel Barenboim.[citation needed] It culminated at night with the opening ceremony.[citation needed] On day two, friendly matches were played between different categories of the club Hertha BSC and visiting teams.[citation needed] On 8 September 2004, Brazil played Germany.
From 2003 to 2007, the stadium was home to the Berlin Thunder.[citation needed]
In 2011, the venue hosted the World Culture Festival organized by the Art of Living where 70,000 people meditated for peace.[5]
In 2018, the venue hosted the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
Renovation
With the intention of creating a more intimate atmosphere for football games, the playing field was lowered by 2.65 metres (8.7 ft).[citation needed] Approximately 90,000 cubic metres (3,200,000 cu ft) of sand was excavated.[citation needed] The lower tier of seating in the stadium was demolished and rebuilt at a completely different angle of inclination.
The roof was extended to cover a total of 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft), with 20 roof-supporting columns carrying a weight of 3,500 tonnes (3,900 short tons) of steel.[citation needed] The roof rises 68 metres (223 ft) over the seats and is made up of transparent panels that allow sunlight to stream in during the day.[citation needed] The western portion (on the Marathon Arch) is open to reveal the Bell Tower to the spectators.
The conservation factor of the Olympiastadion as a historical monument was also considered,[by whom?] especially with respect to the preservation of the natural stone blocks. After criticisms,[by whom?] the colour of the athletics track around the game field was changed from red to blue, reflecting the colours of Hertha BSC.
The renovations used 70,000 cubic metres (2,500,000 cu ft) of concrete and 20,000 cubic metres (710,000 cu ft) of pre-cast reinforced concrete elements.[citation needed] Some 12,000 cubic metres (420,000 cu ft) of concrete was demolished and removed and 30,000 cubic metres (1,100,000 cu ft) of natural stone was refurbished.
The Olympiastadion was equipped with the latest technology in artificial illumination and sound equipment. It has 113 VIP stands, a set of restaurants, and two underground garages (for 630 cars).[citation needed] The total cost of the remodelling and amplification was €242 million.[citation needed]
Capacity
The new Olympic Stadium has the highest all-seated capacity in Germany. It has a permanent capacity of 74,475 seats.[1] The upper tier has 31 seating rows at an average slope of 23° and houses 36,455 seats, of which 36,032 are regular seats, 290 are seats on the press stand and 133 are seats in skyboxes.[citation needed] The lower tier has 42 seating rows at an average angle of 25,4° and houses 38,020 seats, of which 32,310 are regular seats, 560 are box seats, 563 are lounge seats (expandable to 743), 4,413 are business seats and 174 are wheelchair spaces.[1]
For certain football matches, such as those between Hertha BSC and FC Bayern München, the capacity can be temporarily expanded. This is made by the addition of mobile grandstand over the Marathon Arch. The extended capacity reached 76,197 seats in 2014.[6][7]
The only stadiums in Germany that have higher total capacities are the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund and the Allianz Arena in Munich.[citation needed] However, the Signal Iduna Park and the Allianz Arena have both seating and standing areas, and their all-seated capacities are lower than that of the Olympiastadion.[citation needed] The total capacity of the Allianz Arena is also lower than the extended capacity of the Olympiastadion.
Tenant
The stadium has been used as the home venue for the 2. Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin since 1963.[citation needed] In 1963, the Bundesliga was formed, and Hertha BSC participated by direct invitation, leaving its old stadium (the "Plumpe") to use the Olympiastadion.[citation needed] On 24 August, it played the first local match against 1. FC Nürnberg, with the final score 1–1.[citation needed] However, in 1965, the German Football Association found Hertha BSC guilty of bribery and relegated them to the Regionalliga Berlin.
In 1968, Hertha returned to the first division, and to the Olympiastadion, and in 1971 sold the "Plumpe".[citation needed] The second half of the 1970s was quite successful[according to whom?] for Hertha BSC. In 1979, it reached the semifinals of the UEFA Cup, but was defeated by Red Star Belgrade.[citation needed] Hertha reached the finals of the German Cup twice (1977 and 1979).[citation needed] In the 1980s, Hertha had a declining role in the Bundesliga, and fell into[vague] the Amateur-Oberliga Berlin in 1986.[citation needed] They moved to the smaller Poststadion.[citation needed] Hertha recovered, and joined the 2. Bundesliga for the 1988–1989 season, and returned to the Olympic Stadium.[citation needed] Other teams have also used the Olympic Stadium, like Tasmania, Tennis Borussia and Blau-Weiß 90 when they played in the Bundesliga.[citation needed] 1. FC Union Berlin played four home matches during the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League at the Olympic Stadium.[citation needed] Union Berlin will be also using the stadium willingly[vague] in the UEFA Champions League in 2023/24 season due to the High demand of tickets being sold[vague] and wanting the fans to experience Union's first outing in the UEFA Champions League, selling out 40,000 tickets for each group stage home game in 1 day.[vague] This meant that the Stadion An der Alten Försterei would not be able to cope with the high demand.[8]
When the Olympic Stadium was not picked to host matches for the UEFA Euro 1988 because of West Berlin's controversial status, the stadium held a Four Nations Tournament instead, and the DFB-Pokal final was awarded to Berlin for five years.[citation needed] It has been held there permanently since 1985.[citation needed] The stadium also hosted the women's DFB-Pokal finals from 1985 to 2009.
With the demolition of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, a spontaneous feeling of sympathy between Hertha and 1. FC Union Berlin from East Berlin arose,[according to whom?] which culminated in a friendly match at the Olympiastadion with 50,000 spectators (27 January 1990).[citation needed] In 1990, Hertha returned to the Bundesliga, although they fell again to the 2. Bundesliga from 1991 until 1997.
Since 1997, the club has improved,[according to whom?] climbing up the Bundesliga table and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, with matches against top[according to whom?] European teams like Chelsea and AC Milan.
Notable events
The Olympiastadion held the world record for the attendance of a baseball game during the 1936 Olympics thought to be over 100,000.
The stadium hosted five American Bowls between 1990 and 1994. The stadium was also home to Berlin Thunder, an American football team in NFL Europe, from 2003 until the league's operator, the U.S. National Football League, closed down the money-losing competition in 2007.
The stadium also hosted The World Culture Festival. 2011 was to celebrate 30 years of service to humanity by Art of Living Foundation.
The stadium also hosts the annual Internationales Stadionfest since 1937, which served as an IAAF Golden League event until 2010.
The stadium hosted the 2009 World Championships in Athletics where Usain Bolt broke the 100 metres and 200 metres world records.
1936 Summer Olympics
On 1 August 1936, the Olympics were officially inaugurated by the head of state Adolf Hitler, and the Olympic cauldron was lit by athlete Fritz Schilgen.[citation needed] Four million tickets were sold for all the events of the 1936 Summer Olympics.[citation needed] This was also the first Olympics with television transmission (25 viewing spaces were scattered all over Berlin and Potsdam) and radio transmissions in 28 languages (with 20 radio vans and 300 microphones).
While the Olympic flame had been used for the first time in Amsterdam in 1928, in Berlin 1936 a marathon-like tour of the Olympic torch was introduced, from Olympia in Greece, crossing six frontiers with a journey of 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) to Berlin, through Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany.[citation needed] The original idea of this Olympic torch relay was Carl Diem's, who was a political advisor to Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, specialising in Olympic affairs.[citation needed] The Olympics were the subject of the propaganda film Olympia (1938) by Leni Riefenstahl.
Among the sport competitions, one of the most memorable events[according to whom?] was the performance of the African-American track and field athlete Jesse Owens, representing the United States of America. Owens won the gold medal in the 100, 200, long jump and 4 x 100 relay.[citation needed] One of the main streets outside the stadium is named Jesse Owens Allee in recognition of his performance.[citation needed] The stadium also hosted the equestrian jumping, football, and handball events.
1974 FIFA World Cup Group A
Three matches from Group A (West Germany, Chile, East Germany and Australia) were played in the Olympiastadion. The third match, Australia vs Chile, was played in torrential rain.[citation needed] The historic[according to whom?] match between the two German teams, however, was played in Hamburg.[citation needed] The hosts, West Germany, won the tournament.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 East Germany
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
 West Germany
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
 Chile
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
 Australia
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
| Date | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
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| 14 June 1974 | West Germany |
1–0 | Chile |
First Round, Group A | 81,100[9] |
| 18 June 1974 | East Germany |
1–1 | 28,300[10] | ||
| 22 June 1974 | Australia |
0–0 | 17,400[11] |
2006 FIFA World Cup
The following matches were played in Berlin, for the 2006 FIFA World Cup:
| Date | Time (CEST) | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Spectators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 June 2006 | 21:00 |
 Brazil |
1–0 |
 Croatia |
72,000 | |
| 15 June 2006 | 21:00 |
 Sweden |
1–0 |
 Paraguay |
72,000 | |
| 20 June 2006 | 16:00 |
 Ecuador |
0–3 |
Germany |
72,000 | |
| 23 June 2006 | 16:00 |
 Ukraine |
1–0 |
 Tunisia |
72,000 | |
| 30 June 2006 | 17:00 |
Germany |
1–1 (4–2 pen.) |
 Argentina |
72,000 | |
| 9 July 2006 | 20:00 |
 Italy |
1–1 (5–3 pen.) |
 France |
69,000[12] |
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
In 2011, the Olympiastadion hosted Germany's opening match in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. It was the only match in the tournament to be contested at the stadium.
| Date | Time (CEST) | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Spectators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2011 | 18:00 |
Germany |
2–1 |
 Canada |
73,680 |
2015 UEFA Champions League Final
In May 2013, the Olympiastadion was chosen as the venue for the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final.[13] FC Barcelona won their fifth title and completed a second treble.
2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games
On 17 June 2023, the opening ceremony of the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games was held at the Olympic Stadium.[16]
UEFA Euro 2024
Olympiastadion will host six UEFA Euro 2024 matches, including a round of 16, a quarter-finals, and the final on 14 July 2024.[17]
| Date | Time (CEST) | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Spectators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2024 | 18:00 |
 Spain |
– |
Croatia |
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| 21 June 2024 | 18:00 |
 Poland |
– |
 Austria |
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| 25 June 2024 | 18:00 |
 Netherlands |
– |
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| 29 June 2024 | 18:00 |
Runner-up Group A | – |
Runner-up Group B | ||
| 6 July 2024 | 21:00 |
Winner Match 43 | – |
Winner Match 44 | ||
| 14 July 2024 | 21:00 |
Winner Match 49 | – |
Winner Match 50 |
Concerts
Cultural references
- The stadium was used as a location scene in the cinematic cold-war spy drama The Quiller Memorandum (1966).[citation needed]
- In 2016, the stadium fielded the finish line of the 27th season of MTV's reality-competition series The Challenge, titled The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines.[18]
Transport
U-Bahn
The underground train (U-Bahn) U2 takes visitors directly to the station Olympia-Stadion.[citation needed] It's a short walk from there to the stadium (East Gate entrance: 500m, South Gate entrance: 870m).[citation needed] Average travel time: 14 minutes from Zoologischer Garten, 24 minutes from Potsdamer Platz, 34 minutes from Alexanderplatz.
S-Bahn
The suburban rail (S-Bahn) S3 and S9 takes visitors directly to the station Olympiastadion.[citation needed] It's a short walk from there to the stadium (South Gate entrance via exit Flatowallee: 200 m, East Gate entrance via exit Trakehner Allee: 250m).[citation needed] Average travel time: 7 minutes from Spandau station, 14 minutes from Zoologischer Garten, 22 minutes from Friedrichstrasse, 26 minutes from Alexanderplatz.[citation needed] For events in the Olympiastadion (for example, Hertha BSC games or international football matches) and in the Olympic Park (for example, Lollapalooza Berlin), special trains are used that stop at four terminal island platforms of the S-Bahn station.
Bus
With the bus lines M49 and 218 visitors can reach the stop Flatowallee.[citation needed] It's a short walk from there to the stadium.[citation needed] With the bus line 143 visitors can reach the underground station Neu-Westend.[citation needed] From there it is a walk[vague] directly to the stadium.[citation needed] Visitors also can take the underground train and exit at the station Olympiastadion.
See also
Literature
- "Olympic Stadium Berlin" by Andreas Janowski. Published by Andreas Janowski Verlag under the label "sights-on-audio"
- 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 141–9, 154–62.
- Olympic Stadium: The Unity Derby. In: Sites of Unity (Haus der Geschichte), 2023.
References
- ^ a b c "Stadion". olympiastadion-berlin.de. Berlin: Olympiastadion Berlin GmbH. n.d. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Uefa EURO 2024 Final in the Olympiade stadion Berlin, Six Games in the Capital". 12 May 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ Muir, Fabian (12 May 2012). "The past was war, the future is cricket". Cricinfo Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Olympic Games Berlin 1936 – The emblem International Olympic Committee
- ^ Clearly, Lisa (5 July 2011). "Ravi Shankar's Mass Meditation for World Peace: 70,000 Gather at World Culture Festival". HuffingtonPost.com. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "76.197 Zuschauer gegen Bayern München". herthabsc.de. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Berliner Olympiastadion erhält 405 zusätzliche Sitze". Berliner Morgenpost. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Champions League in Olympiastadion". .fc-union-berlin.de. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ ""Match report – Germany FR – Chile"". FIFA.com. 14 June 1974. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ ""Match report – Germany DR – Chile"". FIFA.com. 18 June 1974. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ ""Match report – Australia – Chile"". FIFA.com. 22 June 1974. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Match report – Italy – France". FIFA.com. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Berlin to Host 2015 Final in Olympic Stadium". Der Spiegel. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Full Time Report" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "Çakır to referee UEFA Champions League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "Special Olympics World Games sind eröffnet". kicker (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Uefa EURO 2024 Final in the Olympiade stadion Berlin, Six Games in the Capital". 12 May 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ Goodman, Jessica (16 February 2016). "The Challenge: Bloodlines finale recap: Family Matters". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
External links
- Official Olympiastadion Site
- Picture galleries: An illustrative walk along the facilities of the Olympischer Platz.
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