EURO 2024 Festival
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Dortmund is ready to welcome hundreds of thousands passionate football fans from around the globe! 🎉
With the Fan Zone Friedensplatz and the Public Viewing Westfalenpark, Dortmund offers not one but two prime central Festival locations featuring a diverse array of programmes for everyone. In addition to numerous other activities, both locations feature a soccer and an activity area and, on certain days, live music.
🎉 Fan Zone Friedensplatz
Step into the heart of football excitement at the Fan Zone Friedensplatz. This will be buzzing with fun for the whole family – think football activities and mini-tournaments, music, gaming, screenings of all EURO 2024 matches and much more. Plenty of shaded areas and seats mean it’s the perfect place to drop in for a quick visit or to settle in for the afternoon.
📍 Location
Friedensplatz, Dortmund
📅 Opening days
14 June – 14 July, daily
Knockout stage:
15:00 – approx. 30 minutes after the last match
Rest days:
15:00 – 21:00*
*different opening hours on June 27, June 28, July 4, July 11, July 13
🎟️ Entry
Free entry, no ticket required!
🥳 Key activities
⚽ Various football activities, such as mini-tournaments and foosball tables
🎤 Music & entertainment program
😋 Variety of culinary offerings
📺 Screening of all EURO 2024 matches
Become part of the UEFA campaign, spearheaded by Ruud Gullit and backed by Manuel Neuer, Ana Maria Marković and Gareth Bale, and learn how to save a life! 🦺
Visit the 'Get trained, save lives' booth in Fan Zone Friedensplatz daily between 13:00 and 23:30!
The campaign is a joint initiative from UEFA and the ERC to raise awareness on the topic of sudden cardiac arrest and the importance of bystander CPR.
Take part in the CPR-race or visit the online-module where you will be trained by Erling Haaland and Thierry Henry.
🌭Food and beverage
You can look forward to a wide range of food and drink at the Fan Zone Friedensplatz. There’s something for every taste, from traditional German delicacies to local specialities and international dishes, including vegetarian and vegan options as well as a wide selection of beverages!
💳 Payment methods
You can pay by cash or card at the Fan Zone Friedensplatz.
Travel
🚶♂️: approx. 15 minutes on foot from the central station. Follow the green carpet.
Fan Zone FAQs
There are security checks, including bag and body searches, at the Fan Zone entrance.
The Fan Zone Friedensplatz is designed to hold up to 6,500 people. When the capacity limit has been reached, fans will no longer be allowed in and the “one in, one out” principle will apply, whereby one person is allowed to enter for every fan who leaves the Fan Zone. This can lead to waiting times.
House rules apply during operating times. Only bags and backpacks up to 3l in volume or DIN A4 (297 x 210 x 100mm) in size are permitted.
Glass and bottles of any kind are forbidden (except PET bottles up to 500ml in size).
📺 Public Viewing Westfalenpark
If you want an electric atmosphere, watching EURO 2024 with thousands of football fans in an iconic Dortmund setting, the Public Viewing in Westfalenpark is the place to go. Catch the live screening of selected matches, including all six matches played in Dortmund, every Germany game and the final.
The action continues even on days without match screenings, with concerts on 12 and 13 July and other top events.
📍 Location
Westfalenpark, Dortmund
📅 Opening days
Knockout stage:
Matches in Dortmund
All matches on Germany matchdays
Final
Opening hours:
15:00 until approx. 30 minutes after the day’s last match
🎟️ Entry
Free entry from 1pm, no ticket required!
🚈Travel
🚶♂️: approx. 50 minutes via the green carpet
or
📍Station: Central Station
🚈Line: U-Bahn line U49 (towards Hacheney)
➡️Get off at Westfalenpark
🚶♂️: approx. 2 minutes to the main entrance of Westfalenpark
⚠️: Please note that the Westfalenpark station will not be approached after matches in Dortmund until approx. 90 minutes after the final whistle.
Public Viewing FAQs
Security checks, including bag and body searches, will be carried out at the entrance.
The Public Viewing Westfalenpark can hold up to 25.000 people. When the capacity limit has been reached, fans will no longer be allowed in and the “one in, one out” principle will apply, whereby one person is allowed to enter for every fan who leaves the Fan Zone. This can lead to waiting times.
Only bags and backpacks up to 3l in volume or A4 (297 x 210 x 100mm) in size are permitted.
Glass and bottles of any kind are forbidden (except PET bottles up to 500ml in size).
Two-wheeled vehicles, skateboards, go-karts, roller skates/inline skates, e-scooters and similar means of transport are not permitted at Westfalenpark.
🎡 Spectacular
Dortmund is rolling out the “Green Carpet” for fans at EURO 2024. For the duration of the tournament, this 3.6km artificial lawn guides supporters from Dortmund Central Station to the stadium or the Public Viewing via Fan Zone Friedensplatz.
🎉 EURO 2024 Festival accessibility
You can find all information on Festival site accessibility on our dedicated accessibility page.
At EURO 2024, Dortmund will offer a wide range of tournament-specific events to truly capture the spirit of football across the entire city! For more information and an overview of what’s in store in Dortmund, visit the dedicated websites:
🔍 Fan Zone & Bar Finder
Where to watch the matches in Dortmund:
In Dortmund without a match ticket? Discover places near you screening EURO 2024 matches live with the Fan Zone & Bar Finder.
Simply enter your location to find your nearest EURO 2024 Fan Zone or to see the local bars screening matches.
In 2014, Dortmund was named the “Most Sustainable City in Germany”. The city has maintained a high standard ever since and sees UEFA EURO 2024 as a great opportunity to highlight the issue of sustainability, raise awareness and encourage its national and international guests to think ecologically. The aim is to make UEFA EURO 2024 as green as possible!