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Ice Hockey World Championship 2027 Opening Match GER-SUI

Trip highlights

  • World Championship opening match GER : SUI live
  • Over 60,000 fans at the Veltins-Arena
  • Unique hockey atmosphere

The Clash to Start the Championship

An opening that grabs you: Germany faces Switzerland in the opening match of the 2027 Ice Hockey World Championship. Experience this prestigious neighbour's clash in front of over 60,000 fans at the VELTINS-Arena in Gelsenkirchen – a spectacular hockey night full of emotion and goosebumps!

Further trip details
VELTINS-Arena Gelsenkirchen

Day 1: Switzerland – Rhine-Ruhr Region

Your journey to a clash that's already building anticipation begins today. You'll travel to the Rhine-Ruhr region in a comfortable coach and check into your hotel room. The evening is yours to enjoy. As the two national teams prepare for their final moments before the match, the excitement builds for you too: who will make the first statement of this World Championship tomorrow?

Day 2: Hockey Fever on Schalke

The air is electric today: over 60,000 fans, two ice hockey nations and a clash that both sets of supporters are eagerly awaiting. Germany faces Switzerland, a prestigious neighbour's classic that has all the ingredients for a thrilling hockey drama: pace, emotion and high tension right until the final buzzer!

Day 3: An Experience to Remember

After breakfast, you'll head home to Switzerland. Sit back and relax as you relive the most gripping moments of the match, the overwhelming atmosphere and the most emotional moments of this extraordinary World Championship opening.

  • Gut aufgehoben im Rhein-Ruhr

    You'll stay in a comfortable mid-range hotel in the Rhine-Ruhr region. We're expecting several hundred hockey fans to travel with us to this opening match. That's why we have a variety of hotels available for our guests. We'll send you the name and address of your hotel around three weeks before departure with your travel itinerary. Transfers from the hotel to the Veltins-Arena and back are organised and included in the trip price.

What’s included

  • Travel by comfortable coach
  • 2 x night's accommodation in a mid-range hotel in the Rhine-Ruhr region
  • 2 x breakfast at the hotel
  • Transfers hotel – VELTINS-Arena – hotel
  • 1 x seated ticket, Category 2, opening match GER vs. SUI

Do you have questions?

Advice and booking:

056 461 61 61

Monday to Friday, 8 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm

Chris Wiederkehr, Sports trips and groups Bruno Schmid, Sports trips and groups