Innsbruck
Official UEFA football Euro 2008 website -
Innsbruck
Matches - Tuesday 10 June, 18.00 - Group D : Spain v Russia Saturday 14 June, 18.00 - Group D : Spain v Sweden Wednesday 18 June, 20.45 - Group D : Russia v Sweden
Tickets - Fair play if you've managed to bag yourself a ticket via the official UEFA ticketing website. For the rest of us it'll be the usual hanging around train stations, haggling with touts for overpriced, unwanted corporate cast-offs. The main train station - or Hauptbahnhof - is found between the Old Town and the stadium. Be on the lookout for scousers in tracksuits. Stadium - The soon-to-be 30,000 capacity Tivoli Neu, home of FC Wacker Tirol, will be hosting three matches at Euro 2008 and is a ten minute walk east of the Aldstadt, on the other side of the Hauptbahnhof. Ultra Culture - Wacker's hardcore plot up in the Tivoli Nord.
THE CITY
Overview - Surrounded by the colossal snow-capped mountains of the Northern Alps, the compact city of Innsbruck enjoys a location nothing short of stunning. And with the Old Town, stadium and nightlife all within a stones throw of the train station, you can't go far wrong. Airport & Transfers - Innsbruck Airport - 2 miles west of the city centre, linked by Bus F taking 20mins. Taxi's 10Euros. Nightlife - The cobbled streets of the compact Old Town (Aldstadt) brim with bars. After-hours head to the procession of late bars on Viaduktbogen in the railway arches behind the station. Shopping - The main shopping drag is Maria-Theresien-Strasse.
Further reading -
The Rough Guide to Austria (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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