2027 Ice Hockey World Championship - Opening Game GER-SUI Together in hockey fever
An opening that gives you goosebumps: Germany face Switzerland in the opening game of the 2027 Ice Hockey World Championship. Experience this prestigious clash between neighbours in front of more than 60,000 fans at the VELTINS-Arena in Gelsenkirchen – a spectacular hockey night full of emotion and thrills!
Dates and prices
- 2027
| 12.05. - 14.05.2027 | Mi. - Fr. | from CHF 499.- |
Day 1: Switzerland – Rhine-Ruhr region
Today your journey begins towards a clash that is already generating huge excitement. You travel by comfortable coach to the Rhine-Ruhr region and check in to your hotel room. The evening is at your leisure. While the two national teams look ahead to their final preparations, the tension builds for you too: who will make the first statement of this World Championship tomorrow?
Day 2: Hockey fever at Schalke
Today the air is crackling: more than 60,000 fans, two ice hockey nations and a contest that both sets of supporters are eagerly awaiting. Germany meets Switzerland, a prestigious clash between neighbours that has all the ingredients for a gripping hockey thriller: pace, emotion and high tension right up to the final buzzer!
Day 3: An experience that stays with you
After breakfast you begin your journey home to Switzerland. Sit back and relax, and relive the most thrilling moments of the game, the overwhelming atmosphere and the most emotional moments of this extraordinary start to the World Championship.
Included
- Journey by Comfort coach
- 2 x overnight stay in a mid-range hotel in the Rhine-Ruhr area
- 2 x breakfast at the hotel
- Transfers hotel - VELTINS-Arena - hotel
Not included: admission ticket for the World Championship opening game
CHF 50.- Standing ticket
CHF 150.- Seat ticket category 2
CHF 225.- Seat ticket category 1
Please add to your booking in booking step 3 if desired.
Hotels
You will stay in a comfortable mid-range hotel in the Rhine-Ruhr region. We expect several hundred hockey fans to travel with us to this opening game, so a variety of hotels are available for our guests. We will let you know the name and address of your hotel together with the travel programme about three weeks before departure. The transfers from the hotel to the Veltins-Arena and back are organised and included in the price of the trip.
