Olympiastadion Berlin · Stadium Earth

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Hertha BSC's home, built for 1936A 1936 bowl sunk deep into the ground, with a blue track and a gap in the roof at the Marathon Gate.

Capacity

74,475

One seat = 1,000 fans

Opened

1936

90 years of football

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Cup finals since

1985

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What makes it special

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On matchday

Hertha's fans gather in the Ostkurve, and before every home game the club anthem “Nur nach Hause” by Frank Zander is played. Every year since 1985 the German Cup final has been played here as well.

Getting there

MetroOlympia-Stadion10 min
MetroRuhleben15 min
MetroNeu-Westend17 min

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Inside Olympiastadion Berlin

The west side with the Marathon Gate, May 2020Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons ↗

The bowl and blue track seen from the Marathon Gate, August 2015Photo: Jan Künzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons ↗

Hertha's first match after president Kay Bernstein's death, January 2024Photo: Berlinschneid, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons ↗

The ground

Natural grass

Architect: Werner March/Albert Speer (1936), Friedrich Wilhelm Krahe (1974)
Cost: (1936), €297 million (2016)
Rebuilt: 1974 (reconfiguration), 2000–2004 (World Cup)
League: 2. Bundesliga

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