The Fan Mile: This is what the world cup is all about!

What I love about big events (probably really only applies to the Olympics and the Soccer World Cup - there was nothing like this when the rugby world cup, the next biggest tournament, was on in Sydney a few years ago) is that they do cool stuff with the streets. They close them off, big time, and make them big areas to part-ay.

Germany is no different - with each of the 10 host cities having huge areas closed down for TV screens and the like. Berlin, the home of the final, has the most, with an area called "the Fan Mile" ... one of the biggest arterial roads in Germany, stretching from the Brandenberg Gate to the Victory Column (pictured below with the Duracell Bunny).



It boasts huge television screens every 100 metres showing the game during game time, and dance music (different genres every stop ... my favourite was the "Grease Megamix stop"):



... it boasts food tents galore, including German favourites such as sausages, strudel and crepes (ok they're french) BUT with German-invented Nutella on them! yum.



... there's the usual selection of soccer cages and sporty game-things: here's a game of night time badminton (?):



And, topping it all off, the MASSIVE Mastercard (tm) ferris wheel!



I love this town!