Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund go nose to nose at Wembley Stadium at 7:45pm on Saturday 25th May 2013 in a mouth-watering all-German final of the UEFA Champions League. After stylishly seeing off the challenges of Spanish favourites Barcelona and Real Madrid within the semi-finals, both Bundesliga clubs do battle in the house of English football as Wembley hosts a record second European Cup final in three years.
With over 40,000 Germans living in London, the arriving of Germany’s two best football sides to the capital – with hoards of travelling fans in tow – might be pretty much as good occasion as any to have one big party. Fans who’ve missed out on tickets to a very powerful football fixture of the season needn’t despair – for London’s German bars and pubs have raised their game with quite a number football-themed parties and events. Travellers coming from outside London to wait the match at Wembley or to enjoy any of any other celebrations can book their accommodation on LondonTown.com, where there’s an outstanding collection of cheap London hotels.
For Bayern fans one destination stands proud: Octoberfest Pub on Fulham Road – the official Bayern Munich UK fan club since 2005. The massive venue has two massive screen projectors and 3 plasma TVs that show every Bayern game of the season. Ocbtoberfest Pub was featured on Sky Sports and could welcome two German film crews in the course of the big game and the after-party, and guarantees the fitting Bayern Munich atmosphere in London.
Making the foremost of its prime Thames-side location, Bierschenke in Aldwych is offering three different options for German football fans: free entry to the most bar to monitor the match on HD screens with seats on a primary-come first-served basis; tickets to look at the sport on HMS President with a German buffet and boat after-party; or a spin-off gathering at sister pub The Lion, often known as the Kings Cross Social Club.
Bierschenke can be open from 2pm on Saturday for all of the pre-match hype and an early arrival is usually recommended. Tickets for HMS President cost £20 and include a German buffet (6pm-9pm), an after-party until 2am and a comprehensive number of German beers comparable to Krombacher, Konig Ludwig Weissbier and Augustiner Helles (well liked by Bayern fans). The boat is docked at Blackfriars Bridge and should be open from 4pm. For £15, the King’s Cross Social Club event features a German barbecue (with schnitzel, sausages and salad), guaranteed entry and a celebration until 2am. Beers include Krombacher, DAB and Koelsch (a Dortmund favourite).
South of the river in Lambeth, London’s first German gastropub – Zeitgeist on the Jolly Gardeners – will open early (with out a entry charges) to deal with the large choice of fans arriving in buses from Germany to look at the sport. The pub is expecting a “mad” day and Zeitgeist is bound to be a well-liked spot with its 24 German beers on tap in addition to 30 bottled German brews. Fans can feast on German favourites which include schnitzel, schweinerbraten and leberkaes – before toasting victory (or downing their sorrows) with a tumbler of German Schnapps.
London’s two Bavarian Beerhouse venues – on Old Street and Tower Hill – could be doing a roaring trade, offering spectators the possibility to look at the Champions League Final in a standard Bavarian setting: authentic German beer cellars, complete with steins of German lager and generous plates of schweinshaxen, sausages and sauerkraut served by charming Frauleins in Dirndl and accompanied by a Lederhosen-clad Oompah band.
What more are you able to desire to get into the spirit as German’s two biggest football sides come to London to participate inside the biggest club game of the sector football calendar For additional info at the Champions League Final and other major sports in London in 2013 please visit the events section on LondonTown.com.