Clubs close to Cologne
Cologne is home to one club with a big tradition. But located in the heartland of German football, there are a clutch of other clubs you could easily visit nearby.With the well-connected train station...
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Bremen: travel
Bremen is now on the budget airlines map. Ryanair flies to the city airport from London Stansted, Manchester and Edinburgh airports as of October 2012. Bremen Airport is small but fairly plush and in...
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Bremen: the city
For Guinness think Dublin. For Heineken think Amsterdam. For Beck's, think Bremen. Yep, Bremen in Germany is written across every single one of the green bottles it produces. More than seven...
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Borussia Monchengladbach
Who are yer? Borussia Monchengladbach The legendary Borussia Monchengladbach - ye of the long name who were one on the giants of European football back in the 1970s. Indeed, they were so good they...
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Borussia Dortmund
Who are yer? Borussia Dortmund The biggest club in Germany. Yes, of course, those chaps from Munich may technically have won more Bundesligas. And more European Cups. and more DFB Pokal Cups. But on...
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Bayern Munich
Who are yer? The club Well, there are two actually but i'll work on the theory you aren't in town specifically to watch 1860 Munich, the city's other team. However, they share the Allianz Arena...
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Bayer Leverkusen
Who are yer? Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen is renowned for the pharmaceutical firm based there - so it's no surprise it was that which formed the club in 1904.Success was limited for many years but...
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Alemannia Aachen
Who are yer? Alemannia Aachen, the first football team you'll reach on the train into western Germany. And these days they are as regular a fixture in the second flight as Barnsley, Reading and Watford...
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Aachen: travel
The best way to reach Aachen, from the south east of England at the very least, is by train. Aachen is wonderfully placed on the main route from Brussels to Cologne, so it's a speedy Eurostar...
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Aachen: the city
Aachen is your first port of call when you get to Germany on the train. It sits slap bang on the Belgian border, and as such does have a very European feel and outlook to it.If you've been to Cologne,...
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