Inspiration

When Bayern Munich moved to the Allianz Arena in 2005 and suddenly played 10 kilometres away from the Frauenkirche, people feared that it would lose its connection with the city of Munich. Nothing turned out to be less true. FC Bayern is still all over the city, sometimes visible, sometimes it takes a little imagination.

Het is een wat gek gezicht, op zondagochtend in Leeuwarden. Honderden fans, zo niet duizenden fans komen voorbij in Cambuur-shirts, te voet, op de fiets. Dat is allemaal niet zo bijzonder, maar ze gaan gevoelsmatig precies de verkeerde kant op. Toch is dat niet het geval: vanaf nu moeten ze naar het nieuwe stadion van hun club, precies aan de andere kant van de stad.

De grootste wedstrijd ter wereld, blaugraña tegen maagdelijk wit, FC Barcelona – Real Madrid. Al sinds jaar en dag gespeeld in het Camp Nou, maar dit keer niet. En volgend jaar ook niet. En dat kan de Barça-fan niet echt bekoren. El Clásico is deze keer niet eens uitverkocht.

The Croatian league is one of Europe's first leagues to start the 23/24 campaign. How fiery Croatian fans are is quite well-known, but how are the stadiums in the Balkan country? These are the biggest stadiums of Croatia, ideal if you have chosen the country to spend your holidays this summer.

Most European leagues are halfway during their summer break, but if you decide to travel up north, you can still see league football in these months. In Norway, with clubs like FK Bodø/Glimt and Rosenborg BK, you won't get bored.

You might haven't noticed it yet, but in the European tournaments, the new season has started. This week, in the UEFA Champions League and Conference League it's time for the first qualifying round, which spreads the beautiful game all over Europe. We would like to highlight the nine most remarkable stadiums of this round.

Soms verdwijnen er stadions, anderen worden gerenoveerd en soms komt er zelfs een compleet nieuwe voetbaltempels. Een proces dat vaak voor- en tegenstanders heeft, maar één ding is zeker: bij SANTOS volgen we het op de voet. Met vandaag: het Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia van Atalanta Bergamo.

London is Europe’s football capital. You will not find many places where you can find as much football as you do here. A whopping 21 football stadiums, from Wembley Stadium and Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge to Dulwich Hamlet’s Champion Hill and Welling United’s Park View Road. These are all the football grounds used by the clubs that play in the six highest tiers of English football.

A city trip to Istanbul should be on everyone’s bucket list, especially if you are a football fan because football is life in Turkey and Istanbul is the epicentre of that. It is the country’s football capital, the home of Turkey’s three biggest football clubs and the city where Turkish professional football was born. You cannot miss out on seeing these six stadiums in person.