Container installation for UEFA EURO 2024 in the Port of Hamburg goes into extra time

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.

The container towers in the design of the flags of the countries taking part in next summer's UEFA EURO 2024 have now become a focal point and photo motif for many Hamburg residents and boat trips. In this unique campaign, the draw for the European Championship was simultaneously recreated by 70 Hamburg port workers using colorful country containers. The six highly visible container towers of the drawn groups can be seen until Sunday, December 17 at O'Swaldkai opposite HafenCity Hamburg. The campaign, which has now been extended, will be illuminated at night until next Sunday and without lighting from the following week up to and including December 17. The terminal operator UNIKAI and LOTUS Container have made the extension possible.

The best vantage points are:

  • On a harbor cruise with the Hamburg barge operators
  • From the south-east corner of the Plaza of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (www.elbphilharmonie.de)
  • From the Strandkai in HafenCity Hamburg (www.hafencity.com)


Container installation en miniature at Miniatur Wunderland until the summer

Normally, the model builders at Miniatur Wunderland are always a little faster than reality. When it comes to the container installation for the UEFA EURO 2024 draw, they have taken a little longer than the real dock workers: Since the beginning of the week, Wunderland has also been displaying the container installation - somewhat relocated - under the Köhlbrand Bridge in miniature. The containers were delivered a few days earlier - by train, of course. According to Miniatur Wunderland, the biggest challenges were the exact matching of the individual components, the application of colors that matched the original and the millimeter-precise gluing of the mini containers.

The mini installation will definitely be on display until the real tournament in summer 2024. Find out more about Hamburg's biggest tourist attraction at www.miniatur-wunderland.de.

"LET`S GO UEFA EURO 2024!" - Podcast special on the European Championship draw in Hamburg

Germany has drawn lots! Over two intensive days, presenters Sebastian Conrad and Olivia Best accompanied the draw for UEFA EURO 2024 at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The podcast report from the series "Einwurf - der Sportpodcast" offers an entertaining arc of suspense with interviews with Philip Lahm, UEFA EURO 2024 Tournament Director, UEFA EURO 2024 Tournament Ambassador Celia Sasic, Hamburg's Sports and Interior Senator Andy Grote, Hamburg's Host City Ambassador Patrick Esume, HSV Sports Director Jonas Boldt, Oke Göttlich, President of FC St. Pauli, Dr. Rolf Stritt. Pauli, Dr. Rolf Strittmatter, Managing Director of Hamburg Marketing and the editor-in-chief of the Hamburger Abendblatt, Lars Haider. In addition, Almuth Schult, Richard Golz, René Adler, Roman Weidenfeller, Bernd Wehmeyer and Torsten Mattuschka, numerous soccer experts, have their say.

The sports podcast "Einwurf" is available on all relevant channels such as Apple, Spotify, Amazon and Google). Directly here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KI4nLeEWOAU562WcuCpcm

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/folge-106-let-s-go-uefa-euro-2024-spezial-zur-em-auslosung/id1534703061?i=1000637337537


Background: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Croatia, Albania and Turkey in Hamburg

The people of Hamburg can already take a closer look at the national containers of the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Albania and Turkey, as these nations will be playing in the preliminary round at Hamburg's Volksparkstadion. In addition, either Georgia, Luxembourg, Greece or Kazakhstan and Poland, Estonia, Wales or Finland from the UEFA play-off matches still to be played will come to the city. A quarter-final on July 5 will then conclude UEFA EURO 2024 in Hamburg.

The five matches in Hamburg:

  • June 16; Play Off Winner Group A vs. the Netherlands
  • June 19; Croatia against Albania
  • June 22; Play Off Winner Group C against the Czech Republic
  • June 26: Czech Republic vs. Turkey
  • July 5: one quarterfinal

The summer celebrations will take place together with the fans of these countries in the Football Village and at the public viewing in the Fan Zone on Heiligengeistfeld.
 
 
 

Content for the media:

Photos and other social media content on the container installation can be downloaded here - free of charge for editorial reporting:

https://mediaserver.marketing.hamburg.de/web/4d7af03b7c3c5cbd/euro-2024_-hamburg-collection/?viewType=grid

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