The European Football Championship got off to a brilliant start in Hamburg last weekend: an orange fan walk with 40,000 Dutch fans, a packed Volkspark stadium and a very well-attended fan zone on Heiligengeistfeld whetted the appetite for soccer. The gigantic container installation in the Port of Hamburg was also converted accordingly for the second match day of the tournament, which starts today: the 25 containers will now visualize the pairings for the second match day of UEFA EURO 2024 until 21 June. A full house is expected in the fan zone with public viewing for both the Croatia v Albania match in the Volksparkstadion and the second group match of the German national team in the evening.

Before the first UEFA EURO 2024 match takes place in Hamburg in 55 days' time, there will be an extensive cultural program in Hamburg to whet the appetite for the European Football Championship. Hamburg cultural organizers from various sectors have developed projects that approach the topic of soccer in an exciting way.

Last Saturday, the group draw for the 2024 European Football Championship in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg was simultaneously recreated with a container installation in the Port of Hamburg. With the support of terminal operator UNIKAI and LOTUS Containers, the installation will now be extended until Sunday, December 17. Since the beginning of this week, Miniatur Wunderland has also been presenting its mini version of the campaign, which can be seen for longer in the Speicherstadt. The podcast "Einwurf - der Sportpodcast" offers a sporting review of the past weekend and a look ahead to UEFA EURO 2024, which will take place in Germany and Hamburg from June 14 to July 14. Among others with tournament director Philip Lahm, sports senator Andy Grote and Hamburg EURO ambassador Patrick Esume.

Nobody knows yet which soccer nations will be playing at UEFA EURO 2024 in Hamburg. This will change on December 2, when the six groups are drawn at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and it is decided which countries will play in Hamburg. Visitors to the Europapassage have been able to take a look at the "Giant Trophy", a large replica of the tournament trophy, since today. The tour of the trophy through Hamburg's ECE shopping centers kicked off with a prominent soccer talk with Marcell Jansen from HSV, among others.