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Germany

Standing terraces, three-euro beer

The best matchday product in world football and it isn't close. Safe standing, cheap tickets, huge crowds and clubs that are majority fan-owned by law. Even the second division outdraws most of Europe's top flights.

Top places to travel

  • HamburgSt. Pauli's Millerntor sits in the middle of the Reeperbahn.
  • DortmundThe Yellow Wall, 25,000 standing on one terrace.
  • BerlinUnion's forest ground in Köpenick, then the whole of Berlin afterwards.
  • FreiburgBlack Forest on the doorstep, solar-powered stadium, best weather in Germany.
  • CologneKölsch in small glasses, replaced until you put the mat on top.

Did you know?

Trivia for the pub

Fact 01

Union Berlin

Fans built the stadium themselves with 140,000 volunteer hours.

Fact 02

Borussia Dortmund

The Südtribüne is the largest terrace in world football.

Fact 03

Bayern Munich

Founded by a group who walked out of a gymnastics club meeting in 1900.

Fact 04

Schalke 04

Kept a pit-shaft cage in the stadium as a nod to the club's coal-mining roots.

Every club we hold

38 clubs · 2 divisions