[96Squig]

Hi
I think it would be a good idea to create a guide about the sites of the upcoming World cup, with tips about the stadiums, restaurants, public transport, driving, sightseeing, shopping and day trips.
Best thing would be one thread about discussing it and two threads (one in the Germany forum, one in the World Cup forum) showing the results.

The threads should be there so people have a quickguide for planning a trip to the world cup.
I will start on Hanover later this afternoon ;-)

[nippeserbock]

sounds like a good idea. if you know the particular town well, give some inside information so that vivtors see more than the well-known tourist spots.

i know cologne very well and i'll through out one ore two spots not too many people know about:

Em Goldene Kappes- a traditional cologne restaurant in the outskirts. the menues are in cologne dialect which even most germans can't read. people will enjoy helping you get through it. huge tables make you join with others and you will get into conversation. its located at subway station "florastrasse" in nippes. a definate must see. there are other places like that in the city but they're full of tourists and the staff are very difficult.
if anybody wants more information on cologne, let me know...

[Dead Fingers]

Thought I would add some of the basic stuff from FIFA

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/

they also have it in Deutsch, Spanish and French

brief info on host cities, some travel info, and even some info onaccommodation services.

[Doc_Aeppler]

well, if anybody starts so i can see what kind of information you mean, I will do the same for Frankfurt (and maybe also Rhein/Main Area) in the next days...

[comme]

I hope I'm not spamming here or rehashing something already done to death (if so please provide a link), but I was interested in getting a German perspective on where would be a good base for people to stay during the World Cup.

If you were to go on a holiday with a group of young(ish), semi-cultured men, or about 5-10 days where would be ideal for it?

Please take into account the possible travel required for games etc (as yet unconfirmed).

Thanks

[96Squig]

It's about time that I start this, shouldn't have put a this afternoon in the 1st post. Anyway, thanks for digging it out ;-)

I thought that everybody in this thread can write basic information about any place he wants in Germany and we than put this sorted in another thread here and in the world cup forum.

I'll start with Hanover with some links on the city:
www.hannover.de official website of the city, in German, Spanish, French, English, Russian and other languages. Features information about hotels, nightlife and cultural events as well as a portal for other websites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover Wiki article on hanover, features a brief overview of the city.
www.efa.de website of the local mass transport system of lower saxony and Bremen. If you want to take the underground in Hanover, here you can get your connections, information about the system and stuff like that.

Some facts for the WC:
-local team: Hannover 96, 1st Bundesliga, as well as a few 4th level teams like Arminia Hanover.
-local stadium: AWD Arena, historical name Niedersachsenstadion, for the wc renamed into Fifa world cup arena Hannover
-German writting of the name: Hannover
-state: Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
-location: relatively in the central, a bit to the north, good connections to the Ruhr area, Bremen, Hamburg, Bremen and Frankfurt via Autobahn (A2/A7) or train
-pop: 500 000 in the city istelf, another 500 000 in the region.
-local childs of the city: Gerhard Schröder, Doris Dörrie, The Scorpions, Fury in the Slaughterhouse.
-posters in this forum: 96Squig, Hannover96girl (and a few others whose nicknames I tend to forget)

more to come, especially informations about day trips to Brunswick, Göttingen (Alex' part), Bremen (the Bremers' part), the Harz mountains, the Weser-mountainland, Celle and Hamelin, about the nightlife, shopping, sightseeing and living here.
Your thoughts?

[Alex_K]

Originally Posted by 96Squig

Hannover96girl

Where is she anyway? I'm starting to miss her .

[ForeverRed]

Originally Posted by nippeserbock

sounds like a good idea. if you know the particular town well, give some inside information so that vivtors see more than the well-known tourist spots.

i know cologne very well and i'll through out one ore two spots not too many people know about:

Em Goldene Kappes- a traditional cologne restaurant in the outskirts. the menues are in cologne dialect which even most germans can't read. people will enjoy helping you get through it. huge tables make you join with others and you will get into conversation. its located at subway station "florastrasse" in nippes. a definate must see. there are other places like that in the city but they're full of tourists and the staff are very difficult.
if anybody wants more information on cologne, let me know...

I'm going to be staying with my family in Koln come next year, fortunately, and won't have to find a hotel....I was wondering about a few things about the city actually. My german isn't exactly perfect, its been years since I've been to Austria, where I learned the language. Do a lot of people in Koln speak english? Also, would it be easy to get around from city to city, where the games are going to be held because I was thinking of traveling to watch the games on the giant screens since I won't be getting tickets. Thanks.

[ohk4]

Originally Posted by Alex_K

Where is she anyway? I'm starting to miss her .

moi aussi

[Alex_K]

Damn, my French sucks. I needed a dictionary for this.

Originally Posted by ForeverRed

My german isn't exactly perfect, its been years since I've been to Austria, where I learned the language.

Don't worry, if you learned it in Austria, nobody will expect that your German is perfect. (I'm kidding, i'm kidding...)

Originally Posted by ForeverRed

Also, would it be easy to get around from city to city, where the games are going to be held because I was thinking of traveling to watch the games on the giant screens since I won't be getting tickets. Thanks.

Should be easy if you go by train.