Viva Colonia: 50,000 Celebrate For Free
I just read an announcement by the City of Cologne that the public viewing areas for Friday's match Germany - Argentina will grow even bigger: Due to the high demand, Cologne had already set up an additional public viewing area "Deutzer Werft" for the England - Sweden match. Now this area is again too small to cope with the masses.
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On this square alone, 35,000 people followed the England - Sweden match as well as the match, when Germany played Sweden. For next Friday, the "Deutzer Werft" area will now be able to accomodate 50,000 supporters (WDR) when Germany plays Argentina in the first match of the quarter finals.
But not only the place gets bigger: a concert, originally planned for Monday, July 3rd, will be rescheduled and take place right before the match this Friday. The Cologne-based band "De Höhner" as well as "Brings" and "Basta" will perform. These bands are especially popular during the famous Cologne Carnival, so one can expect a great atmosphere. The best thing is the price: everything is for free, the concert originally was supposed to cost 30 euros entrance fee.
In addition to "Deutzer Werft", the "normal" public viewing areas "Roncalli Platz", "Heumarkt" and the square in front of the Chocolate Museum will be opened (and crowded) as well. The city's official website can be found here.
More photos here.