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EM 2008 - European Soccer Championship
in June 08
On June 7, a pretty large scale event will be kicked off. The
13th European Soccer Championship ('Fußball-Europameisterschaft')
will take place in Austria and in Switzerland. The Championship
will take place in 8 cities, namely Bern, Basel, Geneva and Zurich
in Switzerland and Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Salzburg and Vienna in
Austria. The European Championship takes third place in the run
for most important soccer event world wide. Number one being the
Olympic Games, number two the Soccer World Championship.
The final game will take place in Vienna's
legendary Ernst-Happel-Stadion on June 29th, 2008! All
in all 7 games will be kicked off at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion. No
other arena, no other city will host more games or welcome more
fans. To be prepared, Vienna has enlarged and polished its stadia
and extended its tube network. The U2 now takes you directly to
the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna's leisure paradise, the Prater!
Fanmile
Public viewing is all the rage. You can join your friends in a
pub of your choice that broadcasts the games or check out the Vienna
Fanmile! 9 video walls will be erected along the famous Ringstraße
and will allow all soccer fans to get the full experience! Traffic
is banded from the streets during play time and Vienna's marvellous
boulevard is turned into a large fan zone!
Soccer games with cultural impact
The days preceding the finals, cultural highlights will add even
more flair to this sports event. On June 27 Rolando Villazón
will join his colleagues Plácido Domingo and Anna
Netrebko for a concert in the Imperial park of Schoenbrunn
castle. On June 28 Chinese star pianist Lang Lang will play
together with the Vienna Philharmonic at the same location.
Soccer history
The 'Wien Museum', which is known for unearthing
Vienna's history from an intimate and original angle, offers an
overview of facts, stories and myths around Vienna's soccer clubs
Rapid, Sportclub, Admira and others..
The 'Technisches
Museum' puts together an interactive exhibition on soccer and
its fans. You can test your abilities as a soccer player or try
if you have fun when live commenting on a game!
The pub next door
Not only major cultural institutions will celebrate the spirit
of the EURO 2008. Pubs will definitely turn on their television
sets and allow fans to come together for watching the games. A Viennese
museum, the 'Künstlerhaus’ will dedicate an interactive
exhibition called „herz:rasen“ to the world of soccer.
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