Berlin fan zone at Brandenburg Gate reaches capacity amid Euro 2024 fever
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Hundreds of thousands of Berliners flocked to the iconic Brandenburg Gate, in downtown Berlin, to watch the match on big screens.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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BERLIN - A fan zone at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate was filled to capacity ahead of the Euro 2024 opening game between Germany and Scotland on June 14, with police saying the venue could hold no more people and the local underground station was also closed.
Hundreds of thousands of Berliners flocked to the iconic gate in downtown Berlin to watch the match on big screens and 90 minutes before kick-off fans could be seen running and jostling with stewards and security personnel as they tried to enter.
Berlin police announced on social media site X around an hour before kick-off that "the fan zone at Brandenburg Gate has reached its capacity. No more fans will be allowed in."
Police later said on X that the nearby train station was also closed, though trains would continue to run through it.
Earlier in the evening, an area at a nearby fan zone near the German parliament was cordoned off due to a suspect device. REUTERS
Berlin police announced on social media that the fan zone at the Brandenburg Gate had reached its capacity.
PHOTO: REUTERS
