Euros accommodation

[pompey blue]

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Dusseldorf or Essien would be great for the Dortmund game .They have a great rail system and it's free if you have a matchday ticket and really cheap if not. Berlin has a fabulous rail network/trams and you could easily stay outside of berlin to keep the cost down.

[BLUETIT]

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This booking rooms malarkey, a lot of the fans get so pissed that they don’t make it to said rooms, but sleep on park benches :hehe:

[Cardiff-Cal]

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Are you going to watch England then?

I really can’t see a cardiff fan going to the Euros to watch England. Can you?
Certainly don’t think any cardiff fan of any note has done it before.

[Bobby Dandruff]

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We've booked Hamburg and Berlin city centre. Decided to go with Munster for the Dortmund game. Essen would be really interesting with its coal industry background but Munster looks prettier. Not that much to choose in terms of distance and train availability.

It can't possibly be worse transportwise than the 2016 competition when the ports were blockaded and thus a fuel crisis so we didn't know if we would be able to use our hire car and air traffic control were on strike so we didn't know until 24 hours before we were due to fly out if we would be able to get there. The trains and buses were on strike too. We had a hotel near Bordeaux airport which had a 24 shuttle service. Except it didn't so we had to pay for taxis as £50 a pop. Used to go to France every year but haven't been back since nor do I intend to.

I don’t remember any of that.

I went to every Wales game at the 2016 Euros flying to Toulouse and Bordeaux and driving to the rest and it was all fine apart from some bad delays on Eurotunnel meaning that I nearly missed the Belgium game :-o

[Robin Friday's Ghost]

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I don’t remember any of that.

I went to every Wales game at the 2016 Euros flying to Toulouse and Bordeaux and driving to the rest and it was all fine apart from some bad delays on Eurotunnel meaning that I nearly missed the Belgium game :-o

I got off lightly. We flew to and from Toulouse as we had a week in Carcassonne first. We had intended to take the train to nearby towns and features but couldn't as they were on strike. I was sitting next to a boy on the plane home who had had to pay £350 for a taxi from Bordeaux as there was literally no public transport running.

[Robin Friday's Ghost]

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Dusseldorf or Essien would be great for the Dortmund game .They have a great rail system and it's free if you have a matchday ticket and really cheap if not. Berlin has a fabulous rail network/trams and you could easily stay outside of berlin to keep the cost down.

I did consider Dusseldorf but as it's also hosting games decided against it.

[Swiss Peter]

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I got off lightly. We flew to and from Toulouse as we had a week in Carcassonne first. We had intended to take the train to nearby towns and features but couldn't as they were on strike. I was sitting next to a boy on the plane home who had had to pay £350 for a taxi from Bordeaux as there was literally no public transport running.

Talking of expensive, just reading about the price of tickets for Scotland's opening match with Germany. About 3,000 tickets at 50 euros, 3,435 tickets costing 195 euros, then 2,541 tickets at 400 euros and around 1,000 at 600 euros. Unless you got the 'cheaper' ones you'd think that would take a significant chunk out of most people's tournament budget after one match!

[Robin Friday's Ghost]

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Talking of expensive, just reading about the price of tickets for Scotland's opening match with Germany. About 3,000 tickets at 50 euros, 3,435 tickets costing 195 euros, then 2,541 tickets at 400 euros and around 1,000 at 600 euros. Unless you got the 'cheaper' ones you'd think that would take a significant chunk out of most people's tournament budget after one match!

Is that because it's Germany? Not like UEFA (and FIFA) to stitch up the fans is it?

[Swiss Peter]

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Is that because it's Germany? Not like UEFA (and FIFA) to stitch up the fans is it?

As I understand it, it is because it is the 'showcase' opening match?.

[Robin Friday's Ghost]

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As I understand it, it is because it is the 'showcase' opening match?.

That's fair enough I suppose.