Stadium tours
A stadium tour of the RheinEnergieSTADION is an unforgettable experience for people of all ages. Take a look behind the scenes and visit areas of the stadium that are normally reserved for VIPs or players. Walk through the players’ tunnel onto the pitch. Take a seat on the FC Cologne bench and visit the players’ changing room.
Tickets are available from the ticket shop of the 1. FC Cologne. For more information, please email service@fc–koeln.de.
Take a seat where the FC Cologne coach usually sits. Walk through the belly of the stadium out onto the pitch. Stand in FC Cologne’s hallowed changing rooms. On a tour of the RheinEnergieSTADION, you will see things from a whole new perspective.
The experience lasts between 75 and 90 minutes, but will stay with you for weeks to come.
Not least, because our stadium tour guides will be happy to reveal insider information, tell you exciting facts about the design of the ultra-modern building and provide you with insights that are normally reserved for players, coaches and other “movers and shakers” in the RheinEnergieSTADION.
Having known the RheinEnergieSTADION since it opened in 2004, Michael Trippel is an unequivocal insider who peppers his stadium tours with numerous anecdotes from his work as stadium announcer for FC Cologne. He also takes visitors to his favourite spot in the stadium: the announcer’s cabin!
There you can watch him deliver his famous “Welcome to Germany’s most beautiful city” line and also press Germany’s most famous button – the one that illuminates the stadium’s pylons in flashing red and white every time FC Cologne scores a goal. For all fans of the RheinEnergieSTADION and FC Cologne, this tour is sure to be a lot of fun and an unforgettable experience with lots of insights! The “TrippelTour” also includes a visit to the changing rooms and a souvenir photo in the dugout.
“It ain’t easy to explain, but you know it when you see it”. Our popular OffsideTour is for anyone who’s ever wanted to talk shop with a real-life referee. At the RheinEnergieSTADION you can meet German refereeing legend Walter Eschweiler, famous for the tumble he took during the World Cup match between Italy and Peru in 1982. He’s sure to tell you all about it and much more…
Entertainment is guaranteed on this tour as Walter Eschweiler is known in many circles as the “grand master of the refined gentlemanly joke” and a “solo entertainer par excellence”. Experience our OffsideTour with all its behind-the-scenes glimpses, exciting stories and insider tales – you’ll have a ball!
Those were the days! Come on our ChampionsTour, the perfect one-two pass between the present and the glorious past of FC Cologne.
Experience this stadium tour with FC Cologne legend Harald Konopka, who was part of the team that won the double in the 1977/78 season. The former world-class defender has many stories to tell about the glory days of FC Cologne and will also show you parts of the stadium that are still significant all these years later.
Of course, you’ll also be able to get photos and autographs from Konopka during the tour; after all, not only was he a great footballer, he’s also a great person. Experience him and his tour for yourself!
Although he’s been playing abroad for years now, Lukas Podolski remains one of the most successful and popular players in the club’s history. He is quite simply a living legend – as a German international and as an ambassador for his adopted home town. The city of Cologne has always been close to “Prince Poldi’s” heart.
Come and see just how much FC Cologne and the RheinEnergieSTADION – his living room, as he calls it! – mean to him on this very special stadium tour, “In the footsteps of Lukas Podolski”.
See how the World Cup winner has designed his box in the stadium and join us as we follow in his footsteps around his old workplace. There is definitely enough to say about Poldi… Come and see for yourself!
The atmosphere in the RheinEnergieSTADIONjust before kick-off is electric. Experience this amazing atmosphere up close from the edge of the pitch and in the backstage area.
What goes on just before the game? What needs to be done?
On our MatchDayTour we’ll show you the commentary box, where all the journalists will be sitting and reporting in just a few moments time. You’ll see what our grounds person does on the pitch just before kick-off and visit the stylish VIP area as it’s being prepared for the many awaited guests.
A MatchDayTour ends with a visit to the Lukas Podolski Box where you’ll have a fantastic VIP view of the pitch before you take your seats in the stands.
With its striking architecture and four pylons, the RheinEnergieSTADION has long been a landmark of the city of Cologne and is a true mecca for many locals – both those born here and those who have adopted the city as their own. That’s why we offer regular tours of the stadium “op kölsch” in the local dialect.
As well as exclusive access to areas of the stadium such as the stands, the VIP and business sections,the Press Conference Room, the mixed Zone, the changing rooms and the dugout, the tour also features many puns made possible by the Rhineland dialect as well as numerous anecdotes in the Kölsch language. This is a very entertaining tour for anyone who has some understanding of the “kölsche Sproch”.
Would you like to discover the RheinEnergieSTADION with your own group? Exclusive and just for you? Then book a private group tour of the stadium!
Whether it’s with friends, relatives or even with clients and business partners, this is a trip that everyone will remember.
Discover parts of the stadium that are rarely seen by the general public. Take a break on the FC Cologne players’ bench or in the changing rooms– the possibilities are endless. We’ll be happy to give you a personal quote!
Could there be a better place for a stag or hen do for an FC Cologne fan than the RheinEnergieSTADION?!
Book an unforgettable experience for the bride or groom-to-be – it’s sure to go down a storm!
Our stadium tour is all about the stag or the hen – we’ll take you from the players’ changing rooms to the Press Conference Room, , where we’ll analyse the forthcoming nuptials in precise detail, photographic evidence included!
The tour ends with the stag or hen running out into the stadium to the sound of the club anthem, while everyone else forms a guard of honour – goosebumps guaranteed!
You can also book a professional photographer for the entire tour to capture this unforgettable event.
Celebrate your child’s next birthday with a tour of the RheinEnergieSTADION. It’s sure to be a great day out for all young football supporters and fledgling fans of FC Cologne!
Our stadium guides adapt each tour to suit the age of the children and make sure that no one gets bored.
For example, the kids can get active themselves with a round of beat the goalie.
Picture off, volume up! Almost every FC Cologne fan knows his voice. Podcaster and radio presenter Guido Ostrowski takes you on a tour of the RheinEnergieSTADION and shows you his spot in the journalists’ box. During the tour, he’ll share numerous anecdotes from his job as a presenter. Find out how he manages to keep all the fans informed while retaining the emotionality of the event and discover his matchday routine!