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FRANCE (A) EDITOR’S NOTE
Bonjour… Have you ever wanted to wander aimlessly down the picturesque boulevards of Paris, look wistfully out onto the port of Marseille whilst sipping a crème de menthe, or to get chased down some graffitied side streets by some scary lads on mopeds in Lille? Well now, in 2016, like Hemingway in an ill-fitting bucket hat, or a sunburnt and hungover George Orwell, you have your chance. To make sure you don’t get ripped off, lost, or thrown in a tiny cell on your travels, we have put together this handy guide to the European Championship’s host cities, along with a style shoot shot on location in Marseille that we’re really quite proud of. We hope you enjoy it, find it useful and, most importantly of all, we hope you enjoy the tournament. Have a great time and don’t throw any deck chairs at the Gendarme. We’ve all come a long way, let’s not ruin it. All the best, Dan Sandison Editor-In-Chief
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NICE
STADIUM NAME: Stade
de Nice (confusingly also known as the Allianz Riviera outside of UEFA matches)
CAPACITY: 35,624 OPENED: September 2013
GREAT WEATHER AND A NAME THAT’S FUN TO SAY. WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?
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EAT: Being so close to the Italian border, Nice is very big on its fish, pasta, and veg, so expect to see plenty of decent family-run bistros lining the streets. But, if you’ve dragged your bird along and are looking for somewhere a bit special try Le Bistrot d’Antoine. It’s a small restaurant specialising in fish, steak, and the local vino that offers a three-course meal for two, with wine, for under £65. On the breakfast front expect lots of omelettes and fresh fruit. Fleur Cafe in the centre of town is as good a place as any to get a good French brekkie. It’s like a British greasy spoon without the impending threat of a coronary.
DRINK: La P’tite is a local microbrewery, specialising in bitters, blondes (wahey, lads, etc) and craft ales that can be found in most decent bars and pubs across the city. Alternatively, Cave 35 and La Part Des Anges are two properly good bars specialising in wines from the local Provence region. Or you could just hit up the local Intermarche and buy a big three litre box of red for a fiver.
STAY: Hotel Du Petit Palais
has views across the city and a secluded pool which may look quite small at first glance, but is definitely big
enough for you to float around in with a hangover. It’ll only set you back a reasonable £140 a night. However, if you’ve managed to do your budget before booking a room, try the Meyerbeer hostel. Its prices range, from £35 a night for a single, through to £14 a night for a bed in a four person dorm, makes it a good one for a group of mates. It even has a lounge with a PlayStation if you get really bored and fancy starting a big row with the locals about how you’re more of an Xbox man anyway.
GETTING ABOUT: There’s a regular bus to get you from the airport to the city centre for just shy of a fiver, and a well connected bus and tram network once you arrive.
WHICH TEAMS ARE PLAYING HERE THEN? Poland, Northern Ireland, Spain, Turkey, Sweden, Belgium Poland v Northern Ireland, June 12, 18:00, Group C Spain v Turkey, June 17, 21:00, Group D Sweden v Belgium, June 22, 21.00, Group E Runner-up Group B v Runnerup Group F, June 27, 21:00
Tickets for the bus and tram are about a quid for a single journey. You can buy a strip for ten tickets for £8, but if you’re one of them organised types you can get a sevenday pass for £12. The people of Nice are also quite big on Segways for some reason, and you can hire one for £23.50 an hour if that’s your bag.
GETTING THERE: You can fly direct from Heathrow, Gatwick, Dublin, Exeter, Leeds-Bradford, and Manchester. Expect two to three flights a week from all airports except for Heathrow and Gatwick, who both run several flights a day. Prices start at £60 for a return.
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It’s nice Nice and has lots of beachfront casinos and bottles of wine for under £2.30 - so probably STANDOUT not the best place to go if you’re averse to GAME SWEDEN V BELGIUM gambling away your life savings before waking up ZLATAN’S GOING TO KARATE on the beach covered in Rose and regret. If you’re KICK FELLAINI IN THE HEAD, ISN’T HE? not, you’ll probably be joined by loads of OGC Nice fans. Since bagging four titles in the ‘50s, ‘The Eaglets’ have yo-yoed up and down the divisions and haven’t won anything since the French Cup in 1997. Lovely kit, though...
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Jean-Marc Guillou, mainstay of the Nice midfield in the 70s and the man who gave Arsene Wenger his first coaching job, bamboozles the Metz defence in 1976.
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Your mates Yohan Cabaye and Eden Hazard celebrate beating Valenciennes en route to the double in 2011.
FRANCE (A)
STADIUM NAME:
Stade Pierre-Mauroy
LILLE
CAPACITY: 50,186 OPENED: 2012
BEEF STEW, BELGIAN BEER, AND BRILLIANT FOOTBALL IN FRANCE’S MOST UNDERRATED CITY...
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EAT : With its Belgian influence, Lille’s cuisine is at odds with the rest of France. One of the standout delicacies you need to get your laughing gear around is carbonnade de boeuf - a beef stew full of Belgian lager. A good place to try this out is Chez la Vieille, one of the city’s many Belgian inspired taverns. If you managed to get a bit of kip the night before, La Chicorée is a good place to go for breakfast or brunch as their food is 20% off before midday.
WHICH TEAMS ARE PLAYING HERE THEN? Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, France, Italy, Republic of Ireland Germany v Ukraine, June 12, 21:00, Group C Russia v Slovakia, June 15, 15:00, Group B Switzerland v France, June 19, 21:00, Group A Italy v Republic of Ireland, June 22, 21:00, Group E Winner Group C v 3rd Place Group A/B/F, June 26, 18:00 Quarter-final, July 1, 21:00
It’s also open until 6am if you’re in need of some late night ballast after a night on the Duvel.
DRINK: In case you missed it, they really like their ale in Lille. Not only do a number of the bars around the train station serve upwards of a hundred beers from around Europe (Le Carnot and L’Imaginaire being two you need to go to), but they also serve each beer in its own special little glass. The bars in Lille are more like British pubs than French bars, just don’t be an idiot and order a pint or you’ll go blind.
STAY:
Hotel Brueghel is a reasonably priced hotel sat right next to the train station. Double rooms go from £55 a night and it looks a bit like The Grand Budapest Hotel, which is a bonus. Although if you’re looking for something cheaper you can always try the Ibis, which offers rooms from £40.
GETTING ABOUT: The nerds of old Lille built the world’s first fully automated Metro line, as
well as two tram lines and over sixty bus routes. A single fare costs just over a pound or you can buy ten tickets for £10.
GETTING THERE: Unfortunately Lille’s airport doesn’t have any direct flights from the UK, but it is easy enough to get a connection to there from Paris or Belgium. Alternatively you could get a connecting train from Paris’ Gare du Nord for around the £25 mark.
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Sitting next to the Belgian border, Lille is a French city with a bit of difference - as with any city STANDOUT bordering another country you can expect to see GAME a strange amalgamation of cultures, foods, and ITALY V REPUBLIC OF IRELAND HAIL MARYS APLENTY AS language. It might be a bit confusing at first THE POPE’S DERBY RETURNS TO but it’s considered by some to be the country’s THE BIG STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE hidden gem, and is also home to one of its most USA 1994. exciting teams – LOSC Lille. The Great Danes, currently managed by Corsican bruiser Frédéric Antonetti, did the double in 2010-11 and take on PSG in the French Cup final on April 23rd.
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TOULOUSE
STADIUM NAME: Stade Municipal
CAPACITY: 33,150 OPENED: 1937
IT’S GOT A SAUSAGE NAMED AFTER IT, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
Toulouse is famous for foie gras and cassoulet. And if the thought of a goose being force-fed until its liver explodes is too much, then get stuck into that cassoulet: a pork and bean stew that will turn the worst of hangovers to mince and leave you ready to go again. La Cave au Cassoulet, which caused one TripAdvisor reviewer to use 17 exclamation marks, is one of the best places in the city.
Spain, Czech Republic, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Wales Spain v Czech Republic, June 13, 15:00, Group D Italy v Sweden, June 17, 15:00, Group E Russia v Wales, June 20, 21:00, Group B Winner Group F v Runner-up Group E, June 16, 21:00
has views over the city and is only a short walk from a number of Metro stations.
WHERE TO...
EAT: Alongside the sausages,
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DRINK: While it may not exactly be French, the El Cubano Bar in the centre of Toulouse offers some of the city’s best cocktails. It’s also open till 5am most nights, has live Cuban music and does Cuban tapas, making it a breeding ground for beautiful people and a decent place for a night out before or after a game. A stone’s throw away from the city’s cathedral and riverbank is N°5 Wine Bar. It stocks over 200 varieties of wine and has a drinks machine similar to the ones you’d find in McDonalds or Subway (only with champers instead of watered down cola). Fancy.
STAY: When staying in Toulouse you have to rent out a room in a hôtels particuliers (which is like a fancy townhouse), and one of the best is Le Clos de Potiers. Built in the 16th Century, the hotel was formerly home to one of Toulouse’s aristocrats and has now been turned into a three-storey mansion hotel that, somehow, regular humans can afford. The rooms have featured heavily in French fashion and interior design photoshoots, and a double room is yours for £55. A more reasonable option is La Petite Auberge De Saint Sernin where a bed in a shared dorm goes from £17 a night. The hostel
GETTING ABOUT: While Toulouse is not massive, it does have two Metro lines, a tram line, decent bus system, and a series of suburban rail lines. A flat fare is £1.25, while you can get a one day pass for the whole system for £4.25 in case you wanted to scope the town out a bit.
GETTING THERE: Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff and Leeds all fly direct to Toulouse for around the £90 mark.
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Known as “the Pink City” for its unusual terracotta architecture, Toulouse is also renowned STANDOUT GAME internationally for incredible sausages and the allITALY V SWEDEN conquering rugby team in case rose hued ZLATAN BUTTS HEADS WITH PIRLO - THE STUFF bricks aren’t your thing. Once sacked, ruled, DREAMS ARE MADE and invaded by everyone from the Romans to OF, THAT. the Crusaders, it’s a city that throbs with a cross-cultural vibe and houses loads of galleries, museums, and a football team that struggles to gain parity with their eye-gouging counterparts. Don’t hold that against it, though. Can’t have it all.
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Fabien Barthez, who started his career at Toulouse, auditioning for a role in Wes Anderson’s remake of Escape to Victory.
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FRANCE (A)
STADIUM NAME: Parc des Princes
PARIS
CAPACITY: 49,691 OPENED: 1897
TOLERABLE RUDENESS & SPORADICALLY INTOLERABLE PRICES IN THE CITY OF LOVE...
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EAT: A short Metro ride away from the Parc des Princes is Le Marais, the city’s Jewish area where you will find fashionable Frenchmen and huge snaking queues outside falafel and shawarma shops. One place to definitely consider going is L’as du Falafel: popular with the locals and widely regarded as making the best falafels you’ll find outside of the Middle East. Best of all, it’s all you can eat for under £4. Another place to try out is carbicide-enabling hotspot Sacha Finkelsztajn’s bakery. It’s on the same street as
du Falafel and specialises in breads, bagels, and cakes. Not many better ways to round off a trip to the shops.
DRINK: Paris is filled with
great places to drink, whether you want to try the endless microbreweries or just stick to some wine and cocktails. Le Metro, in the 11th Arrondissement, is a decent little place to have a few. Cocktails are all £4, beers come from all around Europe, and they have DJs playing most nights. The Deck & Donohue Indigo IPA, crafted in France for the Montreal based brewery, is one you’ll have to try - it does the trick something special.
STANDOUT GAME NORTHERN IRELAND V GERMANY JONNY EVANS UP AGAINST THOMAS MULLER. READ THAT AGAIN AND PRAY FOR THE BABY-FACED DEFENDER’S DELICATE SOUL.
Turkey, Croatia, Romania, Switzerland, Portugal, Austria, Northern Ireland, Germany Turkey v Croatia, June 12, 15:00, Group D Romania v Switzerland, June 15, 18:00, Group A Portugal v Austria, June 18, 21:00, Group F Northern Ireland v Germany, June 21, 18:00, Group C Winner Group B v 3rd Place Group A/C/D, June 25, 18:00
GETTING ABOUT: Not only
does Paris have a huge underground network and bus route, it also has a Boris Bike-esque rental system called Velib. The Metro costs £1.40 a trip, or you can buy ten tickets for £11. Bring a helmet if you want to go for the £1.30 a day bike rental.
STAY: Your best bet for staying in Paris is AirBnB, as, while some hostels are quite reasonable, you can find yourself ending up in peculiar suburban areas of Paris if you’re not careful. Nobody wants
that. Try looking for gaffs around Montmarte: it’s filled with great cafes, bars and bakeries, and it’s easy enough to get anywhere else in the capital.
GETTING THERE: As you’d
expect with the most popular tourist city in the world, getting to Paris is pretty easy, what with myriad flights and Eurostar. With direct flights from over 15 different UK airports, and tickets starting as low as £30 return, you’re pretty much set (just be wary that Eurostar is probably going to be more expensive, with most tickets sitting around the £50 mark).
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Paris, the city of love, culture, and really, really, really expensive bars. It’s got a tower that’ll make you feel like you’re in a movie and The Louvre - world-famous art museum/ that weird glass pyramid thing they got obsessed over in The Da Vinci Code. Outside of that, Paris is, of course, currently home to some of the world’s most well-paid footballers and some of the country’s finest food - not a bad mix, if we’re honest.
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LYON
STADIUM NAME:
Parc Olympique Lyonnais
CAPACITY: 59,186 OPENED: 2016
COME FOR THE FOOTBALL AND STAY FOR THE FOOD… AND THEN STAY FOREVER BECAUSE YOU’VE HAD TOO MUCH FOOD.
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EAT: You could pretty much eat anywhere in Lyon and it’d be good, but the city is most well known for its bouchons - taverns that are famous for serving a selection of cold meats, pates, cheese, and red wine. Bouchon Le Jura is a good bet, and ain’t too expensive at roughly £20 a head. Or, you know, you could just load up on cheap cheese and red wine at L’Instant Fromage, which many of the locals know as, simply, the Cheese and Wine Bistro. All that meaning you can have the sort of makeshift dinner you normally have at home after sinking six pints in the
pub on a Saturday afternoon only, somehow, EVEN BETTER.
DRINK: Wine, only wine, until it pours from your eyeballs. You’ll generally find bottles of Beaujolais to be more expensive than Côtes du Rhône, so if you’re on a bit of a budget then go for the latter. If you can’t stomach too much of the grape, then there is a renowned bar actually called The Beers near the train station that’s cheap, lively and full of choice. They serve beers. Loads of them.
STAY: Because Lyon is a large business hub for France
STANDOUT GAME
Belgium, Italy, Ukraine, Northern Ireland, Romania, Albania, Hungary, Portugal
BELGIUM V ITALY THE BATTLE ROYALE OF SHOCKING BARNETS.
Belgium v Italy, June 13, 21:00, Group E Ukraine v Northern Ireland, June 16, 18:00, Group C Romania v Albania, June 19, 21:00, Group A Hungary v Portugal, June 22, Group F
there are lots of chain hotels such as Ibis, Mercure, and Carlton’s charging over the odds. While they will offer you a half decent room for around the £95 a night mark, you can certainly do better. One hotel in particular that stands out is the Cour des Loges. Traditionally French, it has big double rooms, a pool, a gym, and decor better than any chain hotel. With only 61 rooms, and costing £150 a night, it makes it a decent step up from a budget hotel if you’re feeling like a king.
With four underground lines, two cable cars, two tramways, and over 100 bus routes, the city is very well connected even for easily flustered Englishmen. Once you arrive the first thing you should do is get a Lyon City Card. It gives you unlimited travel and is available from most tourist bureaus and, costing £32 for three days, it’s certainly worth the dough.
GETTING THERE: You can
GETTING ABOUT: Considering it’s not a massive city, Lyon has a ridiculously good public transport system.
fly direct to Lyon from Birmingham, Southampton, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton. If you book early enough you can get a return for £80, so get going.
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Widely regarded as the culinary capital of France, Lyon is the place to go if you’re going to loosen your belt a few notches while watching the footy. Not content with being bordered by two of France’s most famous wine regions, the Beaujolais and the Côtes du Rhône, it’s also home to Olympique Lyonnais who won seven, YES SEVEN, consecutive league titles before the petrodollars flowed into Saint Germain.
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Raymond Domenech and Bernard Lacombe in 1973, united in their fury that the kitman has won the game of jumpers.
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Emmanuel Petit after scoring France’s third in the 1998 World Cup Final. Remarkably, he still has the same haircut.
FRANCE (A)
STADIUM NAME: Stade de France
SAINT-DENIS
CAPACITY: 81,388 OPENED: 1998
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EAT: While Saint-Denis may
have just been legged, grab some comfort food then At Home & S - they serve some pretty good burgers and a homemade tiramisu.
STANDOUT GAME GERMANY V POLAND ALL BEING WELL, LEWANDOWSKI WILL DO SOMETHING RIDICULOUS, HAVE HIS EFFIGY PARADED AROUND MUNICH AND ROCK UP IN ENGLAND NEXT SEASON.
and find somewhere halfdecent, but one of the best places to go is Le Basilic. A small restaurant with views of the cathedral to make you feel all cultured and that, Le Basilic is the epitome of French food, just straightforward dining - plenty of fish and chicken and some pretty banging wines. If you find yourself on your way home from the game and
Germany v Poland, June 16, 21:00, Group C Iceland v Austria, June 22, 18:00, Group F Winner Group E v Runner-up Group D, June 27, 18:00 Final, July 10, 21:00
out with the lads, but it also makes for a perfect drink for lounging around in the French sun with.
lack in good places to eat. you can wander the streets
Republic of Ireland v Sweden, June 13, 18:00, Group E
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be small it certainly doesn’t As with most French cities,
France v Romania, June 10, 21:00, Group A
DRINK: Go to La Grappe D’Or
STAY: It might not be the
for a quiet bev. It’s got a great selection of beers on tap for around the £2.50 mark and bottles of wine for £12. Being just outside of Paris you can also make the most of St Germain, an elderflower spirit traditionally made in and around Paris. It works particularly well in an Elderflower Fizz, which is gin, Prosecco, lemon and St Germain. It might feel a little too dandy for a weekend
most glamorous of options, but staying in the SaintDenis Novotel is probably
GETTING ABOUT: While Saint-Denis isn’t technically in the capital, it is part of the Parisian public transport system. You can get the Metro for £1.40 a trip or rent a bike for £1.30 a day and pretend you’re Alain Delon, or something.
going to be your best bet. It’s so close to the stadium you can probably smell Benzema’s sweat from the balcony. It’s also 20 minutes away from Paris city centre so after the game you can make a trip into town and sample all the wares on offer.
GETTING THERE: Once again, Saint-Denis is only a 20 minute Metro ride away from Paris city centre, so you can fly to Paris from any of the 20 UK airports that serve it, and find yourself at your hotel half an hour later.
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Saint-Denis may look like it’s just a Parisian suburb, but it’s not. It’s mad, chequered history is enough to fill a hundred books and its stadium, Stade de France, played host to the World Cup final of 1998. You know, the one where Zinedine Zidane, the grand monk of balletic dribbling, mashed two into the net with his shined dome to help a side that wilfully fielded Frank Leboeuf beat one of the all-time classic Brazilian teams.
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BORDEAUX
STADIUM NAME:
Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux
CAPACITY: 42,115 OPENED: 2015
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STANDOUT GAME CROATIA V SPAIN ARE SPAIN GONNA HAVE ANOTHER MELTDOWN? WE KINDA HOPE SO.
WHERE TO... DRINK: If you’re in Bordeaux
EAT: There are three types of food Bordeaux is known for – fish, confit of duck, and canelés (a dark caramel cake made with rum and vanilla that will rot your teeth and make you fall in love). If you don’t mind spending a bit of cash and want to try all three of Bordeaux’s dishes then you won’t find a better place to eat than La Tupina. In 2011 it was voted the second best bistro in the world by The International Herald Tribune, and focuses on serving traditional homestyle French cooking. Just be wary though, the bill may be upwards of £80 for two people, plus wine.
you have to drink wine, and what better way to do it than to visit a vineyard like a grown-up. Just a 20 minute drive from the city is Château de Pitray, a vineyard specialising in Merlot and Cabernet Franc. It’s the size of 37 football pitches and produces a quarter of a million bottles of the stuff a year. If you don’t fancy making the trip out of the city then you can wander up and down the riverbank and find a wide array of decent wine bars. One that really stands out is Verre o Vin, situated down the road from the city’s Wine Museum it has a small but high quality menu of Bordeaux wines for you to drink and underappreciate.
STAY: Bordeaux, unfortunately, is a city you can’t do on the cheap because its hotels can charge top Euro and enjoy full occupancy courtesy of wine buffs the world over flocking there. So if you’re going to visit, why not fork out a decent amount and stay in the city’s best hotel – Grand Hôtel de Bordeaux. It’s set in a 400 year-old building, faces the city’s theatre and is a ten minute stumble from all of the city’s best wine bars. Just be wary that you can expect to pay upwards of £155 a night to stay there. Don’t blame us when the bill comes. If, understandably, the thought of spending £155 a night makes you want to cry and stay in bed, then your
Wales v Slovakia, June 11, 18:00, Group B Austria v Hungary, June 11, 18:00, Group F Belgium v Republic of Ireland, June 18, 15:00, Group E Croatia v Spain, June 21, 21:00, Group D Quarter-final, July 2, 21:00
best bet would be to book into one of the city’s many chains. You can expect to get a room in a Mercure, Ibis or Novotel for about £55.
GETTING ABOUT: Bordeaux has an extensive tram, bus and ferry system. With most services costing around the £1.10 it makes about the cheapest thing available in the entire city.
GETTING THERE: Bordeaux is served by Birmingham, Glasgow, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Southampton, Gatwick and Luton, with most flights costing around £100 return.
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Bordeaux is the go-to name when it comes to wine, not just in France but arguably worldwide. So if there’s going to be a place where you’re going to regress into becoming a sad vino dad who says things like “Oh aye, yeah - lovely bouquet, that”, it’s here. There’s no shame in it. Oh, and the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, where all the games will be, is pornographically handsome.
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Alain Giresse, Bordeaux’s record goalscorer and appearance holder, absolutely battering Diego in the kit stakes.
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Gerard Houllier there, winning the 1983 Argyle Cardigan Cup while manager at RC Lens.
FRANCE (A)
STADIUM NAME:
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
LENS
CAPACITY: 38,223 OPENED: 1933
CLOSE TO CALAIS AND CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS (THANKS TO ALL THE GREAT BOOZE AND CHEAP SCRAN…)
STANDOUT GAME ENGLAND V WALES THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE GAMES WHERE THE LOSER WILL BE RIDICULED FOR YEARS, ISN’T IT?
WHICH TEAMS ARE PLAYING HERE THEN? Albania, Switzerland, England, Wales, Czech Republic, Turkey Albania v Switzerland, June 11, 15:00, Group A England v Wales, June 16, 15:00, Group B Czech Republic v Turkey, June 21, 21:00, Group D Winner Group D v 3rd Place Group B/E/F, June 25, 21:00
WHERE TO... DRINK: Much like Lille, Lens EAT: Expect lots of dadpleasing, Belgian–influenced foods, loosely translated as lots of sausage, stews, and mussels. Al Fosse 7 is one of the city’s more interesting places to eat. Not only does the restaurant serve a lot of traditional Flemish food, it’s also decorated with proper Instagram worthy relics from Lens’ mining days. Le Nibbling is another good place to go if you fancy some unusual bait. Not only does it serve a wide variety of French cuisine, it also has an American buffet for just £15 a head. It is called ‘Le Nibbling’, though.
is big on its beer, so you can expect a number of Belgian and French lagers and ales to be stocked in most bars. Auberge La Grange is one place definitely worth a swift glass or two; not only do they stock a variety of bar snacks, they also serve their own beers from their own microbrewery. If you’re looking for a quick one before the game, Le Pain De La Bouche is the place. Not only is it near the train station, meaning you have easy access to a number of buses running to the station, it’s also a traditional Flemish tavern specialising in Belgian beers. Both your needs met in stunning fashion...
STAY: With a huge pool, restaurant, and rooms going from £65 a night, Lensotel might be the best place to stay in the city. Not only are the rooms massive, the hotel is only a ten minute taxi ride from the stadium. If you’re looking for somewhere a bit closer to the ground, Espace Bollaert is a modest hotel with a decent sized bar and rooms from £50 a night. Best of all, it’s just a ten minute walk from the stadium, making stumbling home after a nil-nil draw that little bit easier.
GETTING ABOUT: Car rental would be your best bet in Lens. With neither a tram system nor a Metro, public transport means buses . However driving does rule out all the great beer, so take Destiny’s Child’s advice for a mere £1.
GETTING THERE: Lens doesn’t have an airport either, so if you can get to Lille you can easily catch a connecting train for around £20 return, or you can get an hour and a half train from Paris’ Gare du Nord for around £35 return. Pack a nice book that’ll make you look smart to all the French people.
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You could call Lens ‘Lille’s little neighbour’, but while Lens’ population is only a little over 30,000, it is a proud city and was the heart of the country’s coal mining industry. It’s now a lot like many other cities bordering Belgium – obsessed with beer and good food. Racing Club Lens, despite a pearler of a kit and a corking nickname (the blood and gold) are having a miserable time of it after being relegated last season for financial irregularities.
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STADIUM NAME: Stade Velodrome
CAPACITY: 67,394 OPENED: 1937
LEGENDARY PORT TOWN FULL OF CULTURE AND FOOTBALL AND SUNSHINE - LOADS AND LOADS OF LOVELY SUNSHINE...
WHICH TEAMS ARE PLAYING HERE THEN? England, Russia, France, Albania, Iceland, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland
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going to Au Falafel, a North African grill a stone’s throw away from the city’s port. Go forth, son, and manger.
EAT: Marseille’s iconic dish is bouillabaisse - a really, really strong fish stew. Whether served in the traditional way, in a bowl with slices of rouille coated bread floating on top, or as a modern deconstruction, it’s definitely worth a try. Best to avoid cheap versions, so expect to pay £16 upwards for a meal that you’ll never regret. One of the best places to give it a go is Restaurant Chez Madie Les Galinettes. Outside of fresh fish and Mediterranean salads, you won’t need to wander far before coming across a wide array of meatballs, tagines and shawarmas. We’d recommend
DRINK: Remember absinthe? That freakishly green spirit that tasted like petrol and was Van Gogh’s choice of booze when he cut off his ear? Well Marseille is well known for its pastis, the drinkable version of absinthe. Mixed with a drop of water it delivers a strong yet bearable aniseed flavour without the craziness. Or just have beer.
STAY: Vertigo Hostel SaintCharles is a really good place
for groups. It’s right by the train station, has a little garden bar, rooms that start at £15 a night for a bed in a shared six bed dorm, plus you can expect a tonne of croissants in the morning. For those looking for something a bit more unusual we’d recommend the Hotel le Corbusier. While it may not look like much from the outside, it features a number of reasonably priced “cabin rooms” (starting at £60 a night) and also has a pretty nifty rooftop pool with a panoramic view of the city..
GETTING ABOUT: If you’re flying into Marseille avoid the taxi drivers at all costs as a single journey into the
England v Russia, June 11, 21:00, Group B France v Albania, June 15, 21:00, Group A Iceland v Hungary, June 18, 18:00, Group F Ukraine v Poland, June 21, 21:00, Group C Quarter-final, June 30, 21:00 Semi-final, July 7, 21:00
city centre will cost upwards of £40. However there is a regular bus service which runs to Gare St Charles, the city’s main train station and costs a comparatively measly £6. Once you’re in the city, Marseille has a well designed tube and bus system. Journeys cost £1.30, but you can buy a three day pass for just over a tenner.
GETTING THERE: You can fly direct from Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Gatwick, or alternatively you can get the Eurostar. Flights start at £55 for a return and the Eurostar starts at £78 one way.
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A party town if ever there was one with old and STANDOUT GAME new coming together as one: winding, cobbled ENGLAND V RUSSIA streets and little seaside bistros next to cool THE TABLOIDS ARE GONNA bars and that big, beautiful Velodrome stadium, HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH THAT ONE, AREN’T THEY? home to Olimpique de Marseille. L’OM have had some of the best kits in footballing history and are well known for their fervent supporters who count Chris Waddle and his mullet amongst their heroes.
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Eric Cantona, planning something terrible in 1990.
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Jean-Michel Larqué, former skipper who won seven league titles, in 1975. Look at the kid behind, zut alors!
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SAINT-ETIENNE
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
CAPACITY: 42,000 BUILT: 1931
A SCENIC HOME FOR LES VERTS, FRANCE’S MOST SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL CLUB…
SLOVAKIA V ENGLAND I’M SURE WE’RE ALL REALLY EXCITED ENGLAND SCRAPE THROUGH AN EXCRUCIATINGLY TENSE 1-0 WIN.
Saint-Etienne, home to France’s most successful football club of all time and generally all-round cool city. It’s just south of Lyon, next to the Alps, and now makes loads of cool bikes. It even has an indie band named after it, so expect it to be the perfect place if you want to ride a bike, eat Clafoutis, and listen to Foxbase Alpha.
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delicacies such as venison and rabbit, with three courses of game setting you back around £27.
EAT: Saint-Etienne’s food is much like that of Lyon, so expect lots of cured meats, homemade sausages, and lots and lots of cheese. While the city centre is filled with loads of little bistros and taverns, Maison Duculty is a, ahem, sausage specialist situated just outside of Saint-Etienne, and in all honesty is right worth the short taxi ride. If you fancy staying in the city, you’d be pushed to find anywhere better than Mon Jardin Secret, a family-run bistro in the city centre where you can expect to sample all the Alpine
And with most bars and restaurants selling bottles for around the £15 mark you can go on a wine tasting tour of France without even leaving the comfort of your own seat.
DRINK: Being a relatively small city, Saint-Etienne has a drinking culture to match. While you won’t find any pulsing, neon superclubs dotted around the streets, you will find a cluster of bars and cafes with well-arty views of the cathedral if you head to Places Jean Jaurés. While Saint-Etienne may not have a wine region of its own, it is in the middle of four of France’s most well respected wine producers - Burgundy, Rhone, Beaujolais, and Savoy.
STAY: Another plus is you can pick pretty much any hotel and it’s going to be quite reasonable. Furania Hotel is one you should consider if you fancy finding somewhere that will give you a room for £55 a night. The hotel has more of an apartment feel to it, with each room having its own distinct style, and best of all it’s only a short bus ride from the stadium.
WHICH TEAMS ARE PLAYING HERE THEN? Portugal, Iceland, Slovakia, England, Czech Republic, Croatia Portugal v Iceland, June 14, 21:00, Group F Czech Republic v Croatia, June 17, 18:00, Group D Slovakia v England, June 20, 21:00, Group B Runner-up Group A v Runner-up Group C, June 25, 15:00
GETTING ABOUT: SaintEtienne is another French city with a bike sharing scheme, however to get one of the city’s VéliVert bikes you do need a key, but they can be picked up from most bike terminals or tourist bureaus. Rental costs 80p a day, or £2.50 for seven. Alternatively you can use the city’s expansive tram and trolley system, with journeys costing a tad less than a pound.
GETTING THERE: You can’t get
any direct flights from the UK, but you can fly to Lyon for around £80 return and pick up a return train ticket to Saint-Etienne for £25 extra.
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