Olympiastadion Berlin Tickets

Stadium facts

Olympiastadion Berlin key facts

Home teams

Hertha BSC, Germany

Capacity

73,779

Opened

1936

Owner

State of Berlin; operated by Olympiastadion Berlin GmbH

Record attendance

88,075 — Hertha BSC 1–0 1. FC Köln, Bundesliga, 26 September 1969 (before the 2000–2004 rebuild)

Pitch size

105 × 68 m

Postcode

14053

• Hertha’s 88,075 crowd against Köln in 1969 was the highest at a Bundesliga match up to that time.
• Usain Bolt set his 100 m and 200 m world records on the stadium’s track at the 2009 World Athletics Championships.
• The bell tower beside the stadium was blown up by British engineers in 1947 and rebuilt in 1960–62.
• Union Berlin played their 2021–22 Conference League and 2023–24 Champions League home matches here.
• The stadium’s chapel, opened for the 2006 World Cup, sits between the players’ lounge and the tunnel.

History

About Olympiastadion Berlin

Werner March designed the stadium for the 1936 Summer Olympics on the site of the earlier Deutsches Stadion, with the lower half sunk 12 metres below ground, and it opened on 1 August 1936. After the Second World War the surrounding Reichssportfeld became the headquarters of the British forces in Berlin. The stadium was partly roofed for the 1974 World Cup. It was rebuilt between 2000 and 2004 by gmp for the 2006 World Cup, keeping about 70 per cent of the historic structure and adding a roof over every seat. It has hosted the 2006 World Cup final, the 2015 Champions League final and the Euro 2024 final.

Seating layout

Olympiastadion Berlin seating plan & capacity

Every seat is covered, with 37,483 in the lower tier and 36,296 in the upper tier. A blue eight-lane athletics track runs around the hybrid-grass pitch, so the stands are further from play than at a football-only ground.

• Ostkurve

  The east curve, the home end of Hertha BSC’s supporters.

• Marathontor

  The Marathon Gate at the west end, where the upper and lower rings are broken; a temporary stand is built over it for the DFB-Pokal final.

Getting there

How to get to Olympiastadion Berlin

Olympiastadion Berlin is at 14053, Berlin, Germany.

Tube

U-Bahn line U2 runs to Olympia-Stadion station, about 500 m from the East Gate and 870 m from the South Gate.

Train

S-Bahn lines S3 and S9 run to Olympiastadion station. The South Gate is about 200 m from the Flatowallee exit (event days only) and the East Gate about 250 m from the Trakehner Allee exit. Extra trains run on event days.

Bus

Buses M49 and 218 stop at Flatowallee; buses 143 and 349 run to Neu-Westend U-Bahn station.

Parking

Public car parks PO3 (Olympischer Platz), PO4 and PO5 serve the stadium, with a 2.8-tonne vehicle limit; fees may apply on event days and the operator recommends public transport.

FAQ

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