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Top 5 Locations to Visit for Football Fans

Top 5 Locations to Visit for Football Fans

In general, sports awaken passion in people, gather them, and make them create a strong health and pleasant appearance. People all around the world like physical activities and choose the most suitable one for their needs and goals from a wide variety of many different kinds of sports from pirates and yoga to swimming, rugby, or football.

However, there are some things that differentiate football from other sports, like volleyball or basketball, and make it more available for people. For example, football is a cheap game. You don't need any expensive equipment to start playing. Sometimes you don't even need a football ball. It's possible to use rocks, cans, or bottles.

Moreover, football is focused on individual players more than other kinds of sports. A game mostly depends on the single player performance and gives them opportunities to come out.

The same can be said about sports betting. Positive outcomes mostly depend on how wisely bettors predict the gameplay. To help uncertain bettors minimise risks, there are picks and tips that help people to bet with the biggest prognose of success. Follow the https://www.liontips.com/tips/soccer link and feel free to use prepared betting picks and tips on football or soccer, how the game is called in the USA, Australia, and some other countries.

In comparison to basketball, for example, in football athletes sometimes can change the gameplay and don't follow the coach's instructions if the match strategy doesn't work.

Sport Tourism

Football is also popular among sport tourists. Every year, fans travel around the world and visit places that are related to some kinds of sports. Football is not an exception.

Let's look at 5 cities that are known as locations for football fans.

Top 5 Locations for Football Fans

5. Bilbao

Bilbao in Northern Spain is known for being a home for Athletic Bilbao. The team is also called the Lions because their stadium was built near the church San Mames, named after Saint Mames. St. Mames was a Christian who was thrown to the lions by the Romans.

Athletic, Real Madrid, and Barcelona have never left the top division of Spain and remained the classic Primera clubs.

Bilbao is also famous for its Guggenheim Museum and Basque food tours, which you can book online.

4. Munich

Munich is a real football city. It revolves around Bayern Munich, a six-time European Cup winner. The team also has a habit of picking up Bundesliga trophies.

In 2006, a marvellous Allianz Arena was opened for the FIFA World Cup with the capacity of 75 000 and it's worth visiting.

Besides professional sport, Munich is very famous for its beer halls like Hofbrauhouse and Augustiner-Keller, castles, architecture in general, and easy access to many European cities like Budapest, Amsterdam, Milan, and many others.

3. Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is a must-visit for every football fan. The city is the homeland of Lionel Messi, one of the most powerful legends of football.

The city is famous for its teams BA Boca Juniors and River Plate, which have one of the most storied rivalries in the world of football.

Besides sport, Buenos Aires can provide you with different places to visit, like Teatro Colon, Bosques de Palermo, Puerta Madero, and others.

2. Marseille

You'll be pleased to watch your favourite games in the unique Orange Velodrome, which is a stadium for the Olympique de Marseille's. The stadium impresses with its undulating roof.

Moreover, don't forget to visit MuCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations), Notre-Dame de la Garde's basilica, and other places of interest in the city of passion and sun.

1. London

London can be named as a capital of sports, with tennis tournaments in Wimbledon and rugby matches in Twickenham, and its top-performing football teams - Chelsea, Spurs, and Arsenal are on the top not only in England but also in the whole world with their powerful and masterful players.

Take your time to visit other places of interest, not only famous stadiums, for example, the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, lots of museums, and squares full of street art, where you can see Banksy's paintings.

Closing Words

There are plenty of places to visit related to professional sports, which can make your trip not only informative but also active. There are even special tours to countries and cities that are famous sports' locations or homelands of famous athletes.

Travelling to such locations can bring you closer to the sports' culture and lives of professional athletes and increase your love for a particular kind of sport. It's never too late to become an athlete.




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