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Olympiastadion Berlin: history, visits and match days
Few places in Berlin carry as much history as the Olympiastadion: built for the 1936 Games, host of a World Cup final, a Champions League final and the Euro 2024 final, and home of Hertha BSC. You can experience it on a match day or visit it on almost any other day. Here is what to expect and how to get there.
Seats around 74,000, all covered
Visit from 11 euros, children aged 6 to 14 pay 6 euros
Getting there S-Bahn Olympiastadion, then 7 minutes on foot
The classic
Spieltag mit Hertha
A home game is the easiest way to see professional football in Berlin, and tickets are usually on general sale.
Kieznah tip
Gipfelstürmer-Tour
A guided climb up into the stadium roof, 39 metres above the pitch.
The history
The stadium was built from 1934 to 1936 to plans by Werner March for the 1936 Olympic Games, which the Nazi regime used as a propaganda stage. It was here of all places that African American sprinter Jesse Owens won four gold medals. From 2000 to 2004 the listed stadium was rebuilt for the 2006 World Cup and fully roofed. The blue running track goes back to a request by Hertha BSC and picks up the club’s colour.
Big nights
- 2006: the World Cup final between Italy and France, the match with Zidane’s headbutt.
- 2009: at the World Athletics Championships, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres here in 9.58 seconds, still the world record.
- 2015: the Champions League final between FC Barcelona and Juventus.
- 2024: the Euro final between Spain and England.
- Every year: the German Cup final has been played here since 1985.
01 Self-guided visit · Westend
about 7 minutes on foot from Olympiastadion S-Bahn station to the visitor centre
Directions in Google Maps · Official site
Tickets are sold at the visitor centre at Olympischer Platz 3 or online. According to the operator, admission is 11 euros, 8 euros reduced, children aged 6 to 14 pay 6 euros, under-sixes go free, and the family ticket for two adults and three children costs 27 euros. For 4 euros more there is a multimedia guide, with which the round through the stadium and Olympic Park takes 75 to 100 minutes. It is usually open from 9 am to 7 pm; on match and event days other times apply, listed day by day by the operator.
02 Guided tours · Westend
Among other things, the operator offers a one-hour highlight tour, a two-hour premium tour including the historic Olympic Park, a 90-minute tour around Hertha BSC including the club grounds, and the summit tour up into the stadium roof. Before Hertha home games there is a 90-minute match-day tour that ends about half an hour before the stadium opens; the match ticket is not included. Times, languages and prices are on the stadium’s website.
03 Match day · Westend
about 15 minutes on foot from Olympia-Stadion U-Bahn station (U2)
Hertha BSC play in the 2. Bundesliga in 2026/27, and tickets are usually on general sale from the club. On 16 November 2026 the German national team also plays the Netherlands here in the Nations League. From early 2028, 1. FC Union will play its home games here too for about one and a half seasons while the Alte Försterei is expanded. More on both clubs and how to get tickets is in Football in Berlin for visitors.
Around the stadium
Right next door is the Waldbühne, an open-air stage in the woods that hosts concerts in summer. The bell tower on the Maifeld is currently listed as closed on berlin.de, so ask before you go. If you want to explore further, Ringbahn, part 4 covers the Radio Tower and Charlottenburg Palace, both easy to reach by S-Bahn.