Hertha Berlin

Hello. I shall be visiting Berlin next weekend and am considering going to see Hertha v. Bochum.

Would it be safe for a small group of (3 or 4) English football fans to go to the game?

If yes, where would be the best place to sit?

How easy is it to book tickets online, via the club, for the game?

Thanks.

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%26gt; Would it be safe for a small group of (3 or 4) English football fans to go to the game?

Yes.

%26gt; If yes, where would be the best place to sit?

No idea.

%26gt; How easy is it to book tickets online, via the club, for the game?

How good is your German?

http://www.herthabsc.de/index.php?id=247

There are not that many tickets left for this match. 87% sold according to eventim.

Another method:

www.eventim.de/cgi-bin/tickets.html…

search for %26quot;Hertha Bochum%26quot;

While the direct result is mainly in German, if you proceed this way the actual booking process is in English.

You can talk with the place you stay in Berlin if it%26#39;s OK to ship the tickets there for you. Than you can select

shipment: Express (Germany)

This will be a lot cheaper than to the UK. And for the latter the time is also running out.

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Thanks.

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I went to see Hertha play werder Bremen with my teenage son in April. We got our tickets from the fanshop in the Europa Centre at €25 for the main stand (near the away support - the lad supports Werder). Even though the crowd was 68000 tickets were still available at the ground on the day of the match. The atmosphere at the game was unbelievable. Both sets of fans were mixing at the beer and food stalls before and after. One thing to beware of is they charge a deposit of €2 for the plastic tumblers if you buy beer in the ground - you then top them up and drink in your seat - very civilised. Enjoy Berlin and try and take in the game

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Thanks for the info, Rorycake. I have managed to buy tickets on line, however, some of my colleagues haven%26#39;t got tickets yet. I shall let them know that you got tickets on the day.

The pre-match beer with both sets of supporters mingling sounds good.

Thanks once again.

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I%26#39;m on one of my bi-annual trips to Berlin the week after you which as ever will take in a Hertha game. (nervously checks fixtures to make sure they at home ... phew! home to Shalke)

I%26#39;ve seen Hertha about half a dozen times in the last couple of years and it is 100% safe and definitely worth doing even if you are not football mad.

Ticket wise I%26#39;ve always just rolled up on the day and bought a ticket from one of the ticket office cabin things outside the ground. (I seem to remember they open about an hour or so before kick off). Compared to the Premier League tickets are dirt cheap.

Where to sit... buying tickets on the day I%26#39;ve always ended up at the Hertha end, on the right as you approach the stadium (you wont get tickets %26quot;in%26quot; the Hertha end just to the right of the half way line... but to be honest anywhere is good and you will spend half the game watching the Hertha fans - there is nothing remotely similar in to this experience in the UK - singing for 90 minutes.

Drinks wise I%26#39;ve never noticed pubs as such in the area as you get off the train although there are stalls that sell beer/food outside the ground. Once inside you can buy beer and take it to your seat.

Personally I would say to people get there at least an hour early to allow time to have a good look round, outside the ground and then inside to wander round the outside of the stadium to see the olympic stuff. Getting there I find it easier to exit the station at the rear and walk up to the ground from there (get a ticket/drink/food).

If you are a hardcore football fan - you can always make a quick exit at the end to beat the other 50,000 heading to the station and catch a train back towards alexadraplatz. Get off at Hackescher Markt the station before, and catch the late kickoff Premiership game in the Irish Pub below the station

Bottom line - go to the game - you wont regret it.

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Is it safe to take my fiancee to a game ?

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Thanks for the info, Wibble101. I%26#39;m certainly looking forward to tomorrow%26#39;s game.

Enjoy your trip next week.

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Leonardo. It%26#39;s perfectly safe, there were a large number of females at the game all enjoying themselves.

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Did you have a good time

Did berlin win?

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yeah, they did - 2-0!