Euro 2008

[Guest Sabre]

A few of my friends are planning on a road trip to Switzerland to enjoy the footie, especially now that England aren't in it!

 

Is anyone else planning a similar sort of trip? I'm trying to book campsites and things but my German is a bit rusty! Can anyone recommend campsites?

 

Cheers

[goodrobotusses]

I was hoping to catch a game in Klagenfurt in Austria (Croatia v. Germany being the most attractive) because my girlfriend's mum owns a guesthouse in a village an hour or two down the road from there. Unfortunately, I have no idea about procuring tickets after UEFA already did their ballot thing.

[Guest Sabre]

Friends of mine say that tickets will be quite readily available at the grounds

[goodrobotusses]

Ah, cool. Think it might be worth being in that neck of the woods for the atmosphere anyhoo. Hmm.

[Guest RedIsMyColour]

I was thinking of going with some mates but with no England I cannot be arsed

[Guest Kaizer]

Friends of mine say that tickets will be quite readily available at the grounds

 

How do they figure that one out, its not like they have the biggest stadiums in Austria and Switzerland?

 

Austria:

Vienna- 50000

Klagenfurth- 30000

Salzburg- 30000

Innsbruck- 30000

 

Switzerland:

Zurich- 30000

Basel- 42500

Bern- 32000

Geneva- 30000

 

Most stadiums have just been upgraded to meet the minimum criteria from UEFA for the Euros.

 

Then it depends what teams you want to see and when you are going to travel.

 

Here are the fixtures and venues.

 

07/06/08 Grp A Switzerland 18:00 Czech Republic

St. Jakob-Park, Basel, (SUI)

07/06/08 Grp A Portugal 20:45 Turkey

Stade de Genève, Geneva, (SUI)

08/06/08 Grp B Austria 18:00 Croatia

Ernst Happel, Vienna, (AUT)

08/06/08 Grp B Germany 20:45 Poland

Wörthersee, Klagenfurt, (AUT)

09/06/08 Grp C Romania 18:00 France

Letzigrund, Zurich, (SUI)

09/06/08 Grp C Netherlands 20:45 Italy

Stade de Suisse, Berne, (SUI)

10/06/08 Grp D Spain 18:00 Russia

Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck, (AUT)

10/06/08 Grp D Greece 20:45 Sweden

EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg, (AUT)

11/06/08 Grp A Czech Republic 18:00 Portugal

Stade de Genève, Geneva, (SUI)

11/06/08 Grp A Switzerland 20:45 Turkey

St. Jakob-Park, Basel, (SUI)

12/06/08 Grp B Croatia 18:00 Germany

Wörthersee, Klagenfurt, (AUT)

12/06/08 Grp B Austria 20:45 Poland

Ernst Happel, Vienna, (AUT)

13/06/08 Grp C Italy 18:00 Romania

Letzigrund, Zurich, (SUI)

13/06/08 Grp C Netherlands 20:45 France

Stade de Suisse, Berne, (SUI)

14/06/08 Grp D Sweden 18:00 Spain

Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck, (AUT)

14/06/08 Grp D Greece 20:45 Russia

EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg, (AUT)

15/06/08 Grp A Switzerland 20:45 Portugal

St. Jakob-Park, Basel, (SUI)

15/06/08 Grp A Turkey 20:45 Czech Republic

Stade de Genève, Geneva, (SUI)

16/06/08 Grp B Poland 20:45 Croatia

Wörthersee, Klagenfurt, (AUT)

16/06/08 Grp B Austria 20:45 Germany

Ernst Happel, Vienna, (AUT)

17/06/08 Grp C Netherlands 20:45 Romania

Stade de Suisse, Berne, (SUI)

17/06/08 Grp C France 20:45 Italy

Letzigrund, Zurich, (SUI)

18/06/08 Grp D Greece 20:45 Spain

EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg, (AUT)

18/06/08 Grp D Russia 20:45 Sweden

Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck, (AUT)

[Guest Sabre]

Ah, cool. Think it might be worth being in that neck of the woods for the atmosphere anyhoo. Hmm.

 

That's why we're going. Will be in the right place for Switzerland Turkey and Netherlands France

[John am Rhein]

Since England aren't there, it should be a great tournament. I'll probably spin down the Autobahn for a game or two. How to get tickets seems to be a mystery, however.

[SteveT]

A few of my friends are planning on a road trip to Switzerland to enjoy the footie, especially now that England aren't in it!

 

Is anyone else planning a similar sort of trip? I'm trying to book campsites and things but my German is a bit rusty! Can anyone recommend campsites?

 

Cheers

 

Austrian camp sites

 

Swiss camp sites

 

Try these links. They're both in English as well, just in case your German is too rusty...

[goodrobotusses]

Since England aren't there, it should be a great tournament.

 

Yep. Good football (hopefully!), and no endless media "Ingerland will definitely definitely definitely win it" b******s. The only downside might be having to deal with tv pundits probably jabbering on about how every team there would have been no match for England had they qualified, etc.

[Bo Benn]

I have friend in Innsbruck and incidentally Sweden are playing two of their group games there

But it all depends on me getting tickets from the lottery at the Swedish FA. I will still be a student this summer and would not afford buying black market tickets.

[Raj]

My brother was out in Portugal for Euro 2004.

He went to the France v Greece QF game and bought a ticket for £10 less than face value.

Black market tickets are pretty easy to get for a good price, as long as the hosts and England are not involved

[John am Rhein]

Yep. Good football (hopefully!), and no endless media "Ingerland will definitely definitely definitely win it" b******s. The only downside might be having to deal with tv pundits probably jabbering on about how every team there would have been no match for England had they qualified, etc.

 

With Capello in charge it might actually be true

 

Thank god for seventy-seventh-choice-Steve

[scoose]

easyjet flights to basel are cheap still awell

[Bo Benn]

My brother was out in Portugal for Euro 2004.

He went to the France v Greece QF game and bought a ticket for £10 less than face value.

Black market tickets are pretty easy to get for a good price, as long as the hosts and England are not involved

 

You think? In a 30k capacity stadium for Sweden-Spain? I fear that's a tough one...

[Raj]

You think? In a 30k capacity stadium for Sweden-Spain? I fear that's a tough one...

 

The France v Greece game was a QF at Sporting Lisbon's stadium.

Loads of tickets left and the touts were practically giving them away before kick off.

Sportings stadium is about 45-50k capacity.

 

Spain v Sweden will be tougher, for sure.

[The Invisible Man]

I got tickets for the Quarters in Vienna. Anyone been there before?

[matty]

The only downside might be having to deal with tv pundits probably jabbering on about how every team there would have been no match for England had they qualified, etc.

 

How long have you owned a television?