5 of Europe’s finest household city breaks for football enthusiasts, from Barcelona to Liverpool

This post was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK).

The FIFA Wprophecy’s World Cup may be taking location half a world away — in Australia and New Zealand, from 20 July — however football-mad households can get a repair of the gorgeous videogame far moredetailed to house. The UK and mainland Europe have terrific alternatives if you desire to consistof live matches or arena trips into a city-break.

1. Munich

Various ex-Premier League stars — consistingof England midfielder Georgia Stanway — are presently on Bayern Munich’s books, and the club has long been a titanic sporting existence. Six times champs of Europe, Germany’s most effective group routinely offers out the ultra-modern 75,000-capacity Allianz Arena. The arena is a genuine phenomenon — it’s covered completely in colour-changing panels; if you can’t get there for a match, the behind-the-scenes trip is a appropriately slick option. Tours consistof gainaccessto to the FC Bayern Museum, where numerous prizes are on screen.

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Family idea: Travelling by rail? Munich has exceptional connections to other German cities and its primary station is house to the Kindermuseum (Children’s Museum).

2. Paris

Club side Paris St Germain, who play their house videogames at Parc des Princes, may boast prominent gamers, however it’s another Paris arena that takes top honours. The 80,000-capacity Stade de France hasactually hosted 3 Champions League finals, a World Cup last and a Euros last, with the likes of Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo winning prizes here. For sports mad kids, nevertheless, the appeal doesn’t end there — the exactsame arena will be staging the Rugby World Cup last this fall, and the sports occasions at next year’s Olympic Games. The directed trip takes around 90 minutes.

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Family suggestion: Next year’s Olympic opening event will see professionalathletes float along the Seine, rather than march around the arena, so be sure to program kids the river, too.

3. Barcelona

Lionesses Lucy Bronze and Keira Walsh are amongst the star gamers in Barcelona’s table-topping ladies’s group, who play most of their house videogames at the Estadi Johan Cruyff, on the western borders of the Catalan city. If you can’t bag match tickets, the Barça Immersive Tour at the renowned Camp Nou arena is a good alternative.

Although the primary arena — Lionel Messi’s spiritual house — is in the procedure of being destroyed and reconstructed, the museum stays open in another part of the Camp