Berlin Football – Olympics Stadium History and Origin

If you are a football/soccer lover (like the majority of Germans), without question you must visit the Olympic stadium of Berlin, or at least take a photograph of the stadium and landscape.

This colossus structure was constructed in record time, just under 2 years, just in time for the controversial Olympic summer games of 1936, when Adolf Hitler was already beginning to show his hunger for power. This was one of the first events ever televised, and which the nazi party took complete advantage by marketing Germany’s propaganda of strength and greatness in front of the entire world.

As a matter fact, in these Olympics, Germany was the country that won the most medals, but the real hero was the African American Jesse Owens, winner of 4 gold medals that year.

Looking to explore Berlin? Join us here:

Free Walking tour of Berlin – focused on modern history
Private Tour of Berlin: No walls, No Wars, No Nazis – focused on the history before the wars
Potsdam tour – day trip from Berlin
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp tour
Silent Disco tour of Berlin – dance through the streets of Berlin
All of our Berlin tours