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Rhein-Ruhr (NRW) has lounged its website also: NRW steht bereit für Olympische und Paralympische Spielen an Rhein und Ruhr

You are right - I didn't see that the Berlin bid section is under the Berlin Stadtportal website...

... yes, "but" that is a website about sport activities in Hamburg in general - not about a potential bid only ...

... Berlin has a dedicated website as well Olympische und Paralympische Spiele Berlin+ No, Hamburg wants to bid for 36, 40 or 44 My personal highlight of the presentation of the potential Hamburg bid was that a new stadium will be built next to the Volksparkstadium - no matter if Hamburg receive the honour to host, since in the 2040 the maintenance costs of stadium will become higher than the costs of a new stadium. The new stadium would be the venue for Athletics - the Volksparkstadium would be the venue for Aquatics - the HSV, one of the two major football clubs of Hamburg, will change into the new Stadium after the Summer Games... The old Volksparkstadium might be dismantled. Image of the Volksparkstadium - and the new stadium (the Olympic Village on the bottom of the pic)

... in a way it feels strange to call the Games "Alpes Françaises" in my point of view. It is the first time that no city/town is named/mentioned as host. I wonder if they add Nice at the end...

Well - the concepts of all potential bidding cities from Germany are online, but there are no English version right now. The German NOC will talk with the different cities about the requirements and plausibility of their concepts until September 2025 - in December 2025 the concepts will be presented at the member assembly of the NOC in Frankfurt on 6th December 2025. (In Frankfurt is the headquarter of the German NOC). The cities can hold referendums until June 2026 - all cities want to hold referendums: Munich in October 2025, Hamburg and NRW in Spring 2026 - Berlin hasn't set a date yet. The concept will be evaluated by a evaluation system, which isn't fixed yet - in Autumn 2026 the NOC will decide with which city it will bid. Berlin - A Celebration of Unity Map of the venue concept - Berlin Hamburg Map of the venue concept - Hamburg (pdf) Munich Concept - a little bit below is a map of the venue concept NRW (North-Rhine Westphalia / Rhein-Ruhr) Concept of Rhein-Ruhr - cloud (password: nrw)

My partner just said: "Mad Max meets Wagner"

... the moving lights in the audience is amazing!

somehow the "alien entrance" reminded me on Eros from the Athens 2004 OC

Beethoven would have done it better (with his ear trumpet)

Didn't know that Queen is French...

Joe Dassin vs. Aznavour 1:0

Ski Alpin and Ski Jumping are great in ORF, but the other sports are mediocre only... When you live not in your home country, you recognise how nationalistic the coverage is around the world - we don't share the experience of common Olympic Games, we see them through national coloured glasses since the TV channels pick what they show - just the ceremonies we share in a way...

No, the ORF coverage of Summer Olympics is awful, F.!

I prefer such athletes parade than this "boat trip in rain" a lot!