Showing posts with label City Euro Cup 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label City Euro Cup 2008. Show all posts
Switzerland’s largest city, with 367,000 inhabitants, lies at the northern end of Lake Zurich. The Limmat and Sihl rivers flow through the city. Zurich, home to FC Zurich andGrasshopper-Club, is famous as a global banking and financial centre and for Europe’s best known shopping street, Bahnhofstrasse. A wide range of cultural activities, lively nightlife and numerous events also make Zurich an exciting, funloving city. Three group matches will be played in the newly constructed Letzigrund stadium (completion date: September 2007). Stadium capacity: 30,000.
The Austrian capital was once the stronghold of the Habsburgs. Emperor Franz Joseph had the city walls torn down andreplaced with a ring road 130 years ago. Vienna was the home of great composers such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven,Schubert, Mahler and Schönberg. With a population of 1.5 million, the city lies at the foot of the Wienerwald, the most northeasterly foothills of the Alps. The Danube (which is up to 285 m wide) flows through the city. Vienna’s Ernst-Happel stadium, home to FK Austria Vienna and SK Rapid Vienna, will host more EURO 2008 matches than any other city (seven), the highlight being the final at 8.45 p.m. on 29 June. Stadium capacity: 50,000.
This city is famous not only as part of the world’s cultural heritage with its historic old town, but also as a lively international cultural centre with Easter and Summer Festivals. The city’s most famous son is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born there on 27 January 1756. Salzburg is surrounded by a fantastic landscape of lakes and mountains, which also formed the set for the film “The Sound of Music.” In recent years, the city, which has a population of 150,000, has made a name for itself as the venue of major international sports events. Three group matches will be staged at Salzburg’s Wals-Siezenheim stadium, home to SC Austria Salzburg (capacity: 30,000).
With a population of 92,000, Klagenfurt is the southernmost regional capital of Austria. The city, home of FC Kärnten, lies directly on the warmest European Alpine lake, the Wörthersee. It is the regular venue of the Beach Volleyball Grand Slam, which attracts more than 100,000 visitors each year, the Ironman Austria competition, in which over 2,000 competitors take part, and the Snowboarding Big Air World Cup. The Wörthersee stadium is being rebuilt for UEFA EURO2008™. It will include a youth football academy, a ball sports skills centre and a sports park. Stadium capacity: 30,000.
The former home city of Emperor Maximilian I has twice hosted the Olympic Winter Games (1964 and 1976) and has a population of around 130,000, including 20,000 or so students. Innsbruck, the capital city of Tyrol, lies exactly 575 metres above sea level and is located between the Nordkette (2334 m) and the Patscherkofel (2247 m) mountains.The city’s emblem is the Golden Roof, a magnificent balcony covered with 2,657 gold-plated copper tiles (commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I). Three group matches will be held in Innsbruck's Tivoli NEU stadium, home to FC Wacker Tirol, which can hold 30,000 spectators.
Meeting place for people and ideas, culture, finance and sport, Geneva is the home of the European headquarters of the United Nations. The Canton of Geneva has a total of 450,000 inhabitants and lies at the heart of a dynamic region on the shores of Western Europe’s largest lake. The city’s history, dating back more than 2,000 years, provides a rich cultural heritage. Today, Geneva is not only an important financial centre and a well-known congress and exhibition venue, it is also a city of watches, industry, science and gastronomy, with a famous winegrowing area on its doorstep. Geneva, home of FC Servette, also stands for a high quality of life and is described as the “smallest of metropolises” on account of its manageable size. The football stadium can hold 30,000 spectators and will host three group matches.
Founded in 1191, capital city of Switzerland and home of the Swiss Parliament since 1848. Its Wankdorf stadium was the venue of the 1954 World Cup final, where the socalled miracle of Berne took place. Berne has 127,000 inhabitants and is on the Aar river, nestling between the Jura and the world-renowned Jungfrau region. The ancient city centre has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1983. The Young Boys Berne football club is one of Switzerland’s oldest sports clubs. Berne’s ice hockey club, the SCB, boasts Europe’s highest average attendance of around 16,000 spectators per match. Three UEFA EURO 2008™ group matches will be held in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, which has a capacity of 30,000.
The Basle region is where Germany, France and Switzerland all meet. The city of Basle, with an official population of 166,000, is a small, distinguished European city. Not least because of its geographical location in the heart of Europe, it has developed over the centuries into a cosmopolitan, innovative economic, cultural and research centre. Thanks to Baselworld, the world watch and jewellery show, as well as Art Basel, the world’s leading art fair, it is also Switzerland’s most important exhibition and conference city. The adjacent Baselbiet provides a scenic contrast to the city. Numerous historical sites, such as the Roman town of Augusta Raurica, are well worth a visit. Basle’s St Jakob Park stadium, home to FC Basel 1893, will host six matches, including the opening match, two quarter-finals and one semi-final.
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