If you are planning a football trip to Germany, you have walked into the most spectator-rich top flight in the world. The Bundesliga's average attendance of 38,652 per match across the 2024-25 season was the highest of any European top division, and the league reports a stadium occupancy rate of approximately 96% across the season.1 Three of the league's grounds seat more than 70,000 spectators; two seat fewer than 30,000. Each has its own atmosphere, transport profile, and quirks. This is a stadium-by-stadium guide for the visitor.
The biggest grounds
Signal Iduna Park
Home of Borussia Dortmund. Officially the Westfalenstadion. Germany's largest football stadium by capacity and one of the largest single-tier standing terraces in world football. The "Südtribüne" (South Stand) holds approximately 25,000 standing supporters and is widely known as the "Yellow Wall."2
Getting there: direct S-Bahn (S1) and U-Bahn (U45, U46) services from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof connect to Stadion stop within ten minutes on matchday. The ground is approximately 4 km south of the city centre.
Allianz Arena
Home of FC Bayern Munich. Opened in 2005 and instantly recognisable for its inflated ETFE-cushion exterior that lights up red, white, or blue depending on the home tenant.3 The stadium hosted the 2025 UEFA Champions League final.
Getting there: U-Bahn U6 from Munich's Marienplatz runs directly to Fröttmaning station, approximately a 15-minute walk to the ground. Allow extra time on matchday.
Olympiastadion Berlin
Home of Hertha BSC. Built for the 1936 Olympics, comprehensively renovated for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The DFB-Pokal final has been hosted here every season since 1985. Hertha currently competes in 2. Bundesliga, but the venue still ranks among Germany's top three by capacity.4
Getting there: S-Bahn (S3, S5, S9) and U-Bahn (U2) directly to Olympiastadion station.
The mid-size grounds: 50,000 to 70,000
Veltins-Arena (Arena AufSchalke)
Home of FC Schalke 04. A retractable-roof, retractable-pitch venue completed in 2001. Schalke compete in 2. Bundesliga in 2025-26, but the ground has hosted Champions League matches, World Cup fixtures, and the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final.
MHPArena (Neckarstadion)
Home of VfB Stuttgart. Originally built in 1933 and progressively rebuilt; the stadium retains the name Neckarstadion for ground-purist visitors. Reopened in 2024 after a multi-year reconstruction that closed the corners and converted it from an athletics arena to a pure football ground for Euro 2024.
Volksparkstadion
Home of Hamburger SV. HSV returned to the Bundesliga in 2025-26 after seven seasons in the second division. The Volksparkstadion hosted matches at the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, plus five Euro 2024 fixtures.
Getting there: S-Bahn S3 or S21 to Stellingen, then a 12-minute walk. Plan extra time for the return: post-match transport at the Volksparkstadion is notoriously packed.
Borussia-Park
Home of Borussia Mönchengladbach. Opened in 2004 and one of the cleanest, best-sightline modern grounds in the league. The standing North Curve is widely considered among the loudest in the Bundesliga.
Deutsche Bank Park (Waldstadion)
Home of Eintracht Frankfurt. Set in the Stadtwald (city forest), with a retractable roof and a famously hostile atmosphere when European fixtures roll in. Hosted five matches at Euro 2024.
RheinEnergieStadion
Home of 1. FC Köln. Köln return to the Bundesliga in 2025-26 after a year in the second tier. The ground is in the Müngersdorf area, an easy tram ride from the historic centre.
The compact grounds: 30,000 to 50,000
Red Bull Arena
Home of RB Leipzig. Built inside the shell of the historic Zentralstadion (originally 1956). Within walking distance of Leipzig's main railway station.
Weserstadion
Home of Werder Bremen. One of the most architecturally distinctive grounds in Germany, with curved stands that hug the touchlines extraordinarily closely. Solar panels on the exterior. The river setting is part of the appeal.
Europa-Park Stadion
Home of SC Freiburg. Opened in 2021, replacing the older Schwarzwald-Stadion. Sustainability is part of the design brief: photovoltaic roof, integrated rainwater systems. A short tram ride from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof.
MEWA Arena
Home of 1. FSV Mainz 05. A modern ground in the city's industrial estate, easily reached by shuttle bus from Mainz Hauptbahnhof. Strong family-friendly programming.
WWK Arena
Home of FC Augsburg. One of the most recent ground builds, opened in 2009. Tram line 8 connects directly to the stadium from Augsburg Hauptbahnhof.
PreZero Arena
Home of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Sinsheim, not Hoffenheim, despite the club name. Located between Heidelberg and Stuttgart. Easiest access by car or a regional train to Sinsheim Museum station.
The smallest grounds in the top flight
Volkswagen Arena
Home of VfL Wolfsburg. Walking distance from the Volkswagen factory that gives the city, and the club, its name. Compact and visitor-friendly.
Millerntor-Stadion
Home of FC St. Pauli. One of the most culturally distinctive grounds in European football, located in the heart of Hamburg's Reeperbahn district. Compact, atmospheric, and politically engaged in a way that is unusual for a top-flight football ground.5
Getting there: U-Bahn U3 to St. Pauli station, then a short walk. The bars along the Reeperbahn make for a memorable pre-match.
Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Home of 1. FC Union Berlin. "At the Old Forester's House." Set inside the Wuhlheide forest in Berlin's eastern Köpenick district. Almost entirely standing, fan-built (literally: members rebuilt the stadium themselves in 2008-09), and famously atmospheric on European nights. S-Bahn S3 to Köpenick.
Voith-Arena
Home of 1. FC Heidenheim. The smallest stadium in the Bundesliga. A boutique top-flight venue on the edge of the Swabian Alb. The intimate scale means every visitor gets close to the action; the cost is that tickets are scarce.
What is different about a Bundesliga matchday
Three things consistently surprise first-time visitors from other major football nations.
Standing terraces. Most Bundesliga grounds retain dedicated standing sections for domestic matches (UEFA fixtures require all-seater, so the same stands are converted for European games). Standing tickets are typically significantly cheaper than seats. The Yellow Wall in Dortmund is the largest, but Borussia-Park, the Weserstadion, and St. Pauli's Millerntor all offer substantial standing capacity.
Ticket prices. The Bundesliga's ticket-pricing model is built around accessibility. Standing tickets at most clubs are available in the €15 to €25 range for domestic league matches. This is the cheapest of any major European top division.
Stadium beer and food. Stadium catering is included in the matchday culture. Bratwurst, Currywurst, and Pils are the standard offering. Most grounds accept a stadium-specific cashless top-up card rather than direct card payment. Allow extra time at the start of the day to top up the card.
Planning a multi-stadium trip
Germany's compactness makes it relatively easy to combine multiple grounds in a single trip. Three popular itineraries:
- Ruhr loop: Dortmund, Schalke, Bochum, Köln, Mönchengladbach, Leverkusen. Six grounds within a 90-minute regional rail radius. North Rhine-Westphalia has more professional football clubs per square kilometre than anywhere else in Europe.
- Hanseatic North: Hamburg (Volksparkstadion and Millerntor), Bremen, Hannover, Wolfsburg. Four grounds, two derby cities (Hamburg and Bremen), and one of the league's longest-running rivalries.
- South triangle: Munich (Allianz Arena), Stuttgart (MHPArena), Augsburg (WWK Arena). Three grounds in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg with reliable ICE rail connections.
For the deeper story behind these atmospheres and rivalries, see our companion piece on the great German football derbies, explained.
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- Bundesliga.com: "The 2025/26 Bundesliga stadiums," June 2025: 2024-25 average attendance of 38,652 and 96% capacity figure.
- Wikipedia, "Westfalenstadion": Capacity, history, Südtribüne details.
- Wikipedia, "Allianz Arena": ETFE cushion exterior, 2025 UEFA Champions League final.
- Wikipedia, "List of football stadiums in Germany": Cross-referenced capacity figures and opening years.
- Wikipedia, "Millerntor-Stadion": FC St. Pauli stadium history and capacity.
Capacities reflect figures published for the 2025-26 season and may be adjusted by clubs season-to-season. Always confirm matchday details and ticketing through official club channels.
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