The best bases

Bundesliga games are played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday – perfect if you want to spend a long weekend in Germany, take in a couple of games and do some sightseeing as well. So when you are planning a trip to Germany to watch football you might want to start by deciding on a base city. Then you can work out flights airports and clubs to visit.

These cities are easy to get to from the UK and ideal  starting points for football weekends:

The best bases

Bundesliga games are played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday – perfect if you want to spend a long weekend in Germany, take in a couple of games and do some sightseeing as well. So when you are planning a trip to Germany to watch football you might want to start by deciding on a base city. Then you can work out flights airports and clubs to visit.

These cities are easy to get to from the UK and ideal  starting points for football weekends:

 

How do I get there and where can I go?

Which are the best cities to have as a base, how do I get to them and which clubs are within reach?


Base city and airportFlights from Clubs you can easily seeTime by train(approx)
MunichBirmingham
FC Bayern München
BristolFC Augsburg48 min
CardiffFC Nürnberg1 hr 10 min
Edinburgh FC Ingolstadt 0447 min
GlasgowSpVgg Greuther Fürth1 hr 15 min
HeathrowSSV Jahn Regensburg1 hr 31 min
GatwickSpVgg Unterhaching21 min
LutonTSV 1860 München
Stansted
Manchester
Newcastle
StuttgartAberdeenVfB Stuttgart
BelfastHoffenheim1hr 47 min
BirminghamSC Freiburg1hr 53 min
EdinburghHeidenheim1hr 15 min
LeedsSV Sandhausen1 hr 9 min
GatwickKarlsruher SC42 min
HeathrowVfR Aalen1 hr 6 min
StanstedSG Sonnenhof Grossaspach25 min (Backnang Hbf)
ManchesterStuttgarter Kickers
Newcastle
FrankfurtAberdeenEintracht Frankfurt
Birmingham1 FSV Mainz33 min
BristolSC Darmstadt19 min
Edinburgh1 FC Kaiserslautern1 hr 38 min
GlasgowWürzburger Kickers1 hr 10 min
London CityWehen Wiesbaden53 min
HeathrowWaldhof Mannheim37 min
ManchesterFSV Frankfurt
Newcastle
HannoverAberdeenHannover 96
EdinburghWfL Wolfsburg32 min
HeathrowEintracht Braunschweig31 min
HeathrowArmenia Bielefeld50 min
StanstedSC Paderborn1 hr 56 min
Manchester1. FC Magdeburg1 hr 51 min
ManchesterOsnabrück1 hr 11 min
SC Preussen Münster1 hr 17 min
LeipzigBirminghamRB Leipzig
EdinburghEnergie Cottbus2 hr 41 min
GlasgowErzgebirge Aue2 hr 2 min
HeathrowDynamo Dresden1 hr 4 min
ManchesterChemnitz1 hr 18 min
Newcastle
Hallescher FC36 min
FSV Zwickau 1 hr 34 min
BerlinBristolHertha Berlin SC
ManchesterRB Leipzig1 hr 15 min
East Midlands1 FC Union Berlin
EdinburghSG Dynamo Dresden1 hr 53 min
Glasgow1 FC Magdeburg1 hr 38 min
LiverpoolHallescher FC1 hr 10 min
GatwickEnergie Cottbus1 hr 20 min
Heathrow
Luton
Southend
Stansted
DüsseldorfBirminghamBVB Borussia Dortmund53 min
CardiffFC Schalke 0445 min (Gelsenkirchen)
Bayer Leverkusen35 min
GlasgowVfL Borussia Mönchengladbach34 min
LeedsFortuna Düsseldorf
London CityVfL Bochum 184848 min
Gatwick1 FC Köln22 min
HeathrowMSV Duisburg 15 min
StanstedSC Fortuna Köln
Viktoria Köln
22 min
ManchesterSC Preußen Münster1 hr 14 min
NewcastleOsnabrück1 hr 54 min
NewquaySV Meppen2 hr 15 min
HamburgAberdeenSV Werder Bremen1 hr 9 min
BirminghamHamburger SV
BristolFC St Pauli
EdinburghFC Hansa Rostock2 hr 39 min
GlasgowHolstein Kiel1 hr 17 min
London City
Gatwick
Heathrow
Luton
Stansted
Manchester
Newquay

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