Well it's a World Cup year, and that means a long summer of footie and beer for us all, whether on TV or Live at the Grounds. This years entertainment will be held at a number of venues in Germany, with the opening ceremony in the Allianz Arena - Munich and the Final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. There will be more Photo's to follow from the grounds or the bar, once the event as been kickstarted...

Well it kickstarted and ended without much excitement for the English. The only team to exceed their ability was the Germans, and the locals certainly entertained the visitors, as us in the know had expected. So the Italians won the World Cup, amazingly considering they had a fairly average team all in all, but there you are, the best team very rarely wins the big prizes these days...
 

The Hosts... Germany!

Munich World Cup Fan Park at the Olympia Zentrum

Screening

I think It would have be more interesting watching a game of footie on the Hill behind the screen than watching the England V Portugal encounter

Fan Park Village

There is a truly international buzz in Munich ahead of each staged game of the World Cup finals. Everywhere dotted about the crowds gathered in Marienplatz, the central square of Germany's third largest city, are the bright colours of football shirts. With this weekend mainly belonging to the Blue & White of Argentina, the all White of England, and of course the Black, Red and Gold flags of the hosts

Feeding again

Carousel

The 3 sq km (1 sq mi) large olympic site has now blended in with the city and is easily reachable via the U-bahn (underground). Situated close to the city center, it was built on a terrain used by the Bayern army until 1925 when it became part of the Munich airport. After the second world war in 1945, the rubble cleared from the city was moved here, forming the basis of the hilly landscape of the Olympiapark

Olympiaturm
For a good overview of the Olympic site, you can either walk to the top of the 60 meters (197ft) high hill in the Olympiapark, the Olympiaberg or you can go take the elevator to the 189 and 192 meter-high platforms on the Olympiaturm, a 290-meter (951ft) high television tower. If you find it too windy on the platform, you can also have a view on the city of Munich from the rather expensive revolving restaurant in the tower

Fanzone

Auf Wiedersehen

Where and When...

Event		Date / Time		Venue		Availability
Germany vs Costa Rica		Friday June 09, 2006/18:00		Stadion München, München(Germany)		find Tickets
Poland vs Ecuador		Friday June 09, 2006/21:00		Arena Aufschalke, Gelsenkirchen (Germany)		find Tickets
England vs Paraguay		Saturday June 10, 2006/15:00		Waldstadion,Frankfurt (Germany)		find Tickets
Trinidad & Tobago vs Sweden		Saturday June 10, 2006/18:00		Westfalenhalle, Dortmund (Germany)		find Tickets
Argentina vs Ivory Coast		Saturday June 10, 2006/21:00		Stadion Hamburg,Hamburg (Germany)		find Tickets
Serbia Montenegro vs Netherlands		Sunday June 11, 2006/15:00		Zentralstadion, Leipzig (Germany)		find Tickets
Mexico vs Iran		Sunday June 11, 2006/18:00		Frankenstadion, Nürnberg (Germany)		find Tickets
Angola vs Portugal		Sunday June 11, 2006/21:00		Stadion Köln, Köln (Germany)		find Tickets
Australia vs Japan		Monday June 12, 2006/15:00		Olympiastadion, Berlin (Germany)		find Tickets
USA vs Czech Republic		Monday June 12, 2006/18:00		Arena Aufschalke, Gelsenkirchen (Germany)		find Tickets
Italy vs Ghana		Monday June 12, 2006/21:00		Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover (Germany)		find Tickets
Korea vs Togo		Tuesday June 13, 2006/15:00		Waldstadion, Frankfurt (Germany)		find Tickets
France vs Switzerland		Tuesday June 13, 2006/18:00		Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (Germany)		find Tickets
Brazil vs Croatia		Tuesday June 13, 2006/21:00		Olympiastadion, Berlin (Germany)		find Tickets
Spain vs Ukraine		Wednesday June 14, 2006/15:00		Zentralstadion, Leipzig (Germany)		find Tickets
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia		Wednesday June 14, 2006/18:00		Stadion München, München (Germany)		find Tickets
Germany vs Poland		Wednesday June 14, 2006/21:00		Westfalenhalle, Dortmund (Germany)		find Tickets
Ecuador vs Costa Rica		Thursday June 15, 2006/15:00		Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany)		find Tickets
England vs Trinidad and Tobago		Thursday June 15, 2006/18:00		Frankenstadion, Nürnberg (Germany)		find Tickets
Sweden vs Paraguay		Thursday June 15, 2006/21:00		Olympiastadion, Berlin (Germany)		find Tickets
Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro		Friday June 16, 2006/15:00		Arena Aufschalke, Gelsenkirchen (Germany)		find Tickets
Holland vs Ivory Coast		Friday June 16, 2006/18:00		Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (Germany)		find Tickets
Mexico vs Angola		Friday June 16, 2006/21:00		Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover (Germany)		find Tickets
Portugal vs Iran		Saturday June 17, 2006/15:00		Waldstadion, Frankfurt (Germany)		find Tickets
Czech Republic vs Ghana		Saturday June 17, 2006/18:00		Stadion Köln, Köln (Germany)		find Tickets
Italy vs USA		Saturday June 17, 2006/21:00		Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern (Germany)		find Tickets
Japan vs Croatia		Sunday June 18, 2006/15:00		Frankenstadion, Nürnberg (Germany)		find Tickets
Brazil vs Australia		Sunday June 18, 2006/18:00		Stadion München, München (Germany)		find Tickets
France vs Korea		Sunday June 18, 2006/21:00		Zentralstadion, Leipzig (Germany)		find Tickets
Togo vs Switzerland		Monday June 19, 2006/15:00		Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (Germany)		find Tickets
Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine		Monday June 19, 2006/18:00		Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany)		find Tickets
Spain vs Tunisia		Monday June 19, 2006/21:00		Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (Germany)		find Tickets
Germany vs Ecuador		Tuesday June 20, 2006/16:00		Olympiastadion, Berlin (Germany)		find Tickets
Costa Rica vs Poland		Tuesday June 20, 2006/16:01		Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover (Germany)		find Tickets
Paraguay vs Trinidad and Tobago		Tuesday June 20, 2006/21:00		Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern (Germany)		find Tickets
Sweden vs England		Tuesday June 20, 2006/21:01		Stadion Köln, Köln (Germany)		find Tickets
Ivory Coast vs Serbia & Montenegro		Wednesday June 21, 2006/00:00		Stadion München, München (Germany)		find Tickets
Iran vs Angola		Wednesday June 21, 2006/13:00		Zentralstadion, Leipzig (Germany)		find Tickets
Mexico vs Portugal		Wednesday June 21, 2006/16:01		Arena Aufschalke, Gelsenkirchen (Germany)		find Tickets
Holland vs Argentina		Wednesday June 21, 2006/21:00		Waldstadion, Frankfurt (Germany)		find Tickets
Czech Republic vs Italy		Thursday June 22, 2006/16:00		Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany)		find Tickets
Ghana vs USA		Thursday June 22, 2006/16:01		Frankenstadion, Nürnberg (Germany)		find Tickets
Brazil vs Japan		Thursday June 22, 2006/21:00		Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (Germany)		find Tickets
Croatia vs Australia		Thursday June 22, 2006/21:01		Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (Germany)		find Tickets
Ukraine vs Tunisia		Friday June 23, 2006/16:00		Olympiastadion, Berlin (Germany)		find Tickets
Saudi Arabia vs Spain		Friday June 23, 2006/16:01		Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern (Germany)		find Tickets
Togo vs France		Friday June 23, 2006/21:00		Stadion Köln, Köln (Germany)		find Tickets
Switzerland vs Korea		Friday June 23, 2006/21:01		Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover (Germany)		find Tickets
1A vs 2B(1)		Saturday June 24, 2006/17:00		Stadion München,München (Germany)		find Tickets
1C vs 2D(3)		Saturday June 24, 2006/21:00		Zentralstadion,Leipzig (Germany)		find Tickets
1B vs 2A(2)		Sunday June 25, 2006/17:00		Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion,Stuttgart (Germany)		find Tickets
1D vs 2C(4)		Sunday June 25, 2006/21:00		Frankenstadion,Nürnberg (Germany)		find Tickets
1E vs 2F(5)		Monday June 26, 2006/17:00		Fritz-Walter-Stadion,Kaiserslautern (Germany)		find Tickets
1G vs 2H(7)		Monday June 26, 2006/21:00		Stadion Köln,Köln (Germany)		find Tickets
1F vs 2E(6)		Tuesday June 27, 2006/17:00		Westfalenstadion,Dortmund (Germany)		find Tickets
1H vs 2G(8)		Tuesday June 27, 2006/21:00		Niedersachsenstadion,Hannover (Germany)		find Tickets
1 vs 3, Quater Final(A)		Friday June 30, 2006/17:00		Olympiastadion,Berlin (Germany)		find Tickets
5 vs 7, Quater Final(C)		Friday June 30, 2006/21:00		Stadion Hamburg,Hamburg (Germany)		find Tickets
2 vs 4, Quater Final(B)		Saturday July 01, 2006/17:00		Arena AufSchalke,Gelsenkirchen (Germany)		find Tickets
6 vs 8, Quater Final(D)		Saturday July 01, 2006/21:00		Waldstadion,Frankfurt (Germany)		find Tickets
A vs C, Semi Final(1)		Tuesday July 04, 2006/21:00		Westfalenstadion,Dortmund (Germany)		find Tickets
B vs D, Semi Final(2)		Wednesday July 05, 2006/21:01		Stadion München,München (Germany)		find Tickets
Loser1 vs Loser 2		Saturday July 08, 2006/21:00		Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion,Stuttgart (Germany)		find Tickets
World Cup Final 2006		Sunday July 09, 2006/20:00		Olympiastadion,Berlin (Germany)		find Tickets

And here are some of the wonderful scenes that we didn't see...

...Unfortunately!

All photographs were taken in Germany from the 9th June to 9th of July 2006.