Schalke 04 have a proud record as seven-times German Champions - albeit that the last of those championships came in 1958! Read more

All roads lead to the Arena AufSchalke - Gelsenkirchen, home to the Arena AufSchalke, is a former coal-mining and steel town in Germany’s Ruhrgebiet Read more

Gelsenkirchen does not have an airport of its own, but, as the map below shows, the region of North Rhine Westphalia has many others Read more

Gelsenkirchen main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) is served mainly by regional (RE/RB) trains Read more

Schalke 04 is one of the biggest club’s in German football - but much of their reputation comes from success many, many years ago Read more

Gelsenkirchen near Schalke
Schalke may only be one of the city’s many boroughs, but the name Schalke is far better known outside the immediate area than that of Gelsenkirchen Read more

Gelsenkirchen’s Veltins Arena is home to Schalke 04, one of the biggest names in German club football Read more

Directions by road
You can approach Gelsenkirchen on the either the A2 of A42 motorways Read more

Hi there! Thanks for browsing my site … I guess you’re looking for information about watching football in Germany. Well, this will shortly be the right place to look, but while I build up this site you might like to look instead at the site I produced a few years back in advance of the World Cup in Germany, which may have the information you’re after.

You’ll find it here: www.theworldcupingermany.com. It’s showing some signs of age now, but much of the information is still relevant.

Hope you find that useful… and come back here in due course when I’ve had time to get everything finished on this site.

Cheers,

Jon