Anyone going to the WC?

therecklessone

I'm looking at various options to get to Germany, or at least get around Europe to watch games with the fans of some of my favourite teams (Sweden, Holland, Spain, France)

Think I'm gonna try to be in Frankfurt for the Holland-Argentina game on the 21st, before that Brazil-Australia in Munich on the 18th. I see they're still taking ticket applications up to 15 January.

Bard

Saw the thread title before I saw what board it was on and thought boards has stooped to a new low...

Anyway, no, I won't be going to the WC (World Cup). I would have been more likely to go had Ireland qualified.

therecklessone

Bard wrote:

Saw the thread title before I saw what board it was on and thought boards has stooped to a new low...

Now you mention it...modern technology, wireless internet...

p.pete

I'll be over for the quater finals, hamburg on the friday and frankfurt on the saturday. Those matchs should neatly avoid any england matchs and should brazil get that far then they'll be playing in either of those two cities (Spain and Italy too).

Fingers crossed for the ticket draw but flights and accomodation are booked.

therecklessone

p.pete wrote:

I'll be over for the quater finals, hamburg on the friday and frankfurt on the saturday. Those matchs should neatly avoid any england matchs and should brazil get that far then they'll be playing in either of those two cities (Spain and Italy too).

Fingers crossed for the ticket draw but flights and accomodation are booked.

What category tickets did you apply for pete? And do you think it matters, cos I presume there'll be most demand for the category 4 tickets towards the end.

Jivin Turkey

A few of us going using the money we forked out in April to purchase TST's for Irelands matches (unfortunately ).

It's still at the planning stage, but we are maybe looking about flying to Amsterdam for a night or two, and then getting a train to Cologne, and then maybe Frankfurt and Munich. About ten days in total. Camping all the way.

Havn't looked into what matches we would get, but the common consensus is we would like to see any of Ivory Coast, Togo, Costa Rica, Sweden, Holland, Australia, and then obviously Brazil or Argentina.

KdjaCL

Heading back to where i lived in Frankfurt dont care if i get tickets for any games, they all be on big screens in large parks etc:

Be a good few days drinking and decent cheap mini holiday.

kdjac

Jivin Turkey

KdjaC wrote:

Heading back to where i lived in Frankfurt dont care if i get tickets for any games, they all be on big screens in large parks etc:

Be a good few days drinking and decent cheap mini holiday.

Exactly.

Tickets should be easy to come by for some of the games, how often to you see WC matches with stadia only half full?

And with the amount of people there, the craic will be amazing. Great weather, without being too hot, camping would only cost you about €10-15 a night, and then you have the cheap efficient German beer

KdjaCL

Camping will free in a park about 5 minutes from Saxenhousen(frankfurts temple bar).
Theres also 2 breweries on the AM street leading up to with the ultimate in beer pitches (garden is too small a word). Both sponsoring WC in some way and have ginormous screens planned.

Stadium is 12 minutes train ride from from Saxenhousen too and really 12 minutes and on time every time

Oh and for security reasons the grounds area is only for fans with tickets so dont go to a ground with intentions of being outside it for the duration of the game.

kdjac

Hobart

Going over on a corporate junket to either one the the q/f or one of the s/f . Not sure yet. Might actually extend the gig and try to stay on for a while.

David19

Me and 3 friends are in the process of applying for 7 games. My friend is living just outside Stuttgart for the year and he has his car with him. Basically we're sorted for transport and accommodation. Here's hoping we're successful in the draw.

p.pete

therecklessone wrote:

What category tickets did you apply for pete? And do you think it matters, cos I presume there'll be most demand for the category 4 tickets towards the end.

Can't remember if category 4 is cheapes or most expensive? Cheapest tickets you can only apply for 2 for any given match, so had to give them a miss. The next 3 categories you apply for in a bundle, so we asked for the 2nd cheapest type of tickets but ticked the boxes to say that if we can't have them we'll take the 2nd most expensive and most expensive if they are available.