Handball-WM in Berlin : Between relaxation and arousal

When the German handball team play at the world Cup, has been sold out the Arena at the Ostbahnhof so far, with 13,500 Fans. But where did the visitors come from and it has a purpose, even on the round after the Berlin open? What are the Tickets for the three world Cup games a day cost, anyway? Our two student interns Vincent Petzold and Oskar Wilms have asked around before the game against Russia on Monday time in front of the hall.

It is 14 o'clock and it's snowing and hailing. Real football Fans don't let that stop you. Even before the first game of the day between Serbia and Brazil, the square in front of the Arena is well filled. The atmosphere is "relaxing and beautiful", as two women tell. At six o'clock in the morning, you are left with the car out of the almost 400 kilometres away in Detmold. Your Tickets you purchased in advance, but there is also the round of cards.

Foreign Fans there are only a few at the world Cup in Berlin

Between 100 and 200 Euro, the daily ticket costs. A bit cheaper the cards, the want to get rid of some people on the way to the hall. A real business is not to make but, because the funds still have cards to. Most of the visitors have to make places in the hall, however, no more thoughts. You have purchased their tickets in advance or to get them a Christmas gift. As the two women and men from Potsdam, the trip for the world Cup a day after Berlin. In the Arena at the Ostbahnhof, you were never, you tell. "Therefore, we are even more happy that we are here," says a man from the group.

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Germany jerseys and black-and-red-Golden flags. Four men are on the way to the inlet. "We already have two rounds of pre-annealing", tell you in a good mood. And until kick-off in four hours, a third round is added. For Brazilians and Serbs it goes, however, the same. Many foreign football Fans are not come to the world Championships in Berlin, but a few are, then discover. A bunch of Brazilians with rouged cheeks and a country flag to the shoulder ready for the game of your selection, and also a few Serbs and the French are there. However, the Handball world championship in Berlin, is primarily a German affair, even if the mood on Monday is true to the 22:22 against Russia, but something more subdued.