Hamburg Panorama.
So four cities are in the running to becoming Europe’s next hosting city.
They are: Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover and Dusseldorf. On September 15, 2010 the German TV-channel host NRD will announce who it will be.
Tempelhof Airport, Berlin.
One thing I think is kind of strange that all cities are in the northern part of Germany, or at least Northern half, AND in former Westgermany. Of course East-germany could have applied, and they didnt, but it’s kind of a shame that they didnt because it would have been a chance to show of the “new Germany”, sort of…
A small overview of the cities and thanks for info from blog.prinz.de.
Berlin: The obvious choice one might think. The capital, 3,5 million inhabitants, history of merging east and west. They opt for staging it at the Tempelhof airport (the one used for the Luftbrucke, during the cold war when Westberlin was cut off so the allies had to fly in all the food and stuff)
Another option is Messegelande, also in former Westberlin, the Trade Fair which has a Tvtower that kind of looks like the Eiffeiltower.
I think Berlin would be really cool, but the negative aspect is that Berlin is so HUGE and there is SO much going on, if only to mention gay bars, there is the gay area in Schoneberg, but there are gay and friendly places all over, so people would be spread out and not gather in one place. But it would be kind of cool to be at the historic place of Tempelhof…And then the positive historical meaning, thinking of the WWII and the cold war, united Berlin is really a TRUE symbol of peace and that the war is finally over… (in many people’s minds it still isnt, let’s not forget that…)
Hamburg. I really like Hamburg, it is Germany’s second city but it feels smaller, very western city, reminds me of Stockholm and is REALLY cool too. My second favorite city in Germany. A very big positive aspect is that the hall chosen is situated in central Hamburg, so it would be kind of the Oslo feel to it.
Hannover. Apparently the hall is located outside of Hannover which wouldnt be that much fun. Otherwise i dont know much about Hannover other than the fact that Lena is from there.
Dusseldorf. The only one who is offering an arena,big enough for 50,000 people. The question is if this is good. It was hard enought to fill all the seats during the semifinals in previous years. I dont know much more about this city of Dusseldorf.
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