English Fan Explores The BIGGEST Stadium in 2. Bundesliga 🤩 SCHALKE STADIUM TOUR

The Veltins-Arena aka ARENA AUFSCHALKE 🏟️ The Home of course to SCHALKE - The German Football GIANT Who Currently Find Themselves in BUNDESLIGA 2 ⚽️ This beautiful football stadium is where England started their EURO 2024 campaign vs Serbia. During my groundhopping adventure in Germany I did stadium tours at Borussia Monchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and today we did a Schalke Stadium Tour 👍🏽 We also saw Bundesliga games at VFL Bochum and Leverkusen's BayArena, as well as a pitch invasion at Alemannia Aachen 🙌🏽 Check out the previous German videos, as well as LOADS of Stadium Tours on the channel 👉🏽 SUBSCRIBE for a NEW stadium tour EVERY WEEK as well as lots of matchday shenanigans! 😅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪 WE LOVE A STADIUM TOUR ON RY's FOOTBALL PARADISE 🏝️
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[@RysFootyParadise]

PART 2 from the ParkStadion TOMORROW 👉🏾 SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss that for more of Schalke’s history and to see what else I bought from the Schalke Club Shop ⚽️💙

[@alanfox691]

Would not surprise me if the club shop was shut you dont have much luck with German club shops most of the time, they seem to be shut when you go, lol. I have a lot of time for Schalke 04 I come from a mining area back home in Gelsenkirchen, it was cole , back home It's still iron ore they mine for. The village has a well built buy the minners I would not recommend drinking from it the water has iorn through it thinking back in the day was it was good for you. Keep Safe.

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@alanfox691 haha was lucky as it was a Friday I visited the shop/ground 😅 seems to be weekends the club shops close. Much respect for Schalke and the area 🍻🤝🏼

[@alanfox691]

​@RysFootyParadise That's good you got lucky. Always watching as much football as possible personally. Big fan of Italian , German, Dutch & South American club football.

[@Elke-f4b]

E the minion .... love this❤😂 a stadium builted with hearts and sweat 😊 the best in Germany, if you not come with your car, haha! ...

[@seanlocke2228]

Beer pipes at a stadium! Us English fans can only dream of such a thing inside our stadiums.

[@TheLosty]

Only problem is that it doesn't go straight into your mouth.. so we germans are also not perfect

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@TheLosty 🤣🤣🤣 German efficiency 🍻

[@alincirstescu4732]

​@@TheLostynot perfect,but far better stadiums than in England,i've been in England at stadiums in different leagues,even the ones in Premier League are kinda...outdated,only 5-6 stadiums who are XXI century...

[@seanlocke2228]

@@alincirstescu4732 beer in English stadiums is just whatever bottles they have in the fridge and you can’t drink them outside the area you bought them at inside the stadium. You can’t take them to your seat like in Germany.

[@alincirstescu4732]

@@seanlocke2228 i'm not talking about beer,i was saying in general,English stadiums are awful (ticket prices also very expensive,for example,I paid 26 pounds to watch a game in a 4th division tier,Premier League goes well over 100 pounds...) it is just a rip off,just business for them(owners)

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Schalke's stadium tech is only now being caught up to in 2024.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Way ahead of its time 🤩🍻

[@George.299]

i will watch England- Serbia there, too

[@RysFootyParadise]

I’m struggling to source a ticket 😭 will watch from Wembley Boxpark if I can’t get over 🍻

[@chperplies]

The room with the artwork is a chapel.

[@larscederberg8564]

The beer pipes have replaced the HVAC pipes lol 😅

[@AL71B]

Very nice stadium.

[@krustykrabkebab875]

The room "with art" is a chapel.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Nice 👍🏾

[@mangosaft1968]

Nice Vid

[@DaxRaider]

what a nice arena for a low 2nd league team that nearly got relegated to amateur football xD

[@RysFootyParadise]

Ooo 👀

[@ruhri0411]

Seit wann steigt man mit 11 Punkten Vorsprung auf Platz 16 und einem deutlich besseren Torverhältnis “beinahe” aus der 2. Liga ab? Leider lasten die massiven Fehler des Metzgers immer noch schwer auf dem S04, wir kommen wieder! Derzeit viel Spaß mit den ganzen Langweilern wie WOB, Hopp, Heiden, Dosen, Pochum und Kiel in der ersten Liga!

[@fistofren3483]

10:26 This is a sanctified real church. You can marry in our Arena as well ❤

[@RysFootyParadise]

I’m engaged so I’ll let the Mrs know! 😅 💍

[@seanlocke2228]

Schalke are like the Rangers (of the 2010s) of Germany. Hope they can climb back to where they belong.

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Did they also try to cheat by not paying any taxes?

[@seanlocke2228]

@@signoresantinoburnett1169 I mean they were punished for their financial problems and got relegated all the way to the bottom of the Scottish league pyramid, so probably.

[@Is_yours_gold]

I won tickets to the 2004 Champions League final there - Porto v Monaco. Was an amazing experience and a fantastic stadium.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Beautiful considering it’s been up since 2001 isn’t it

[@ingo1953]

I m also there. Live in GE. Schalke 04💙🤍⚒️ until i die

[@ingo1953]

I like your Video 👍. I m from Gelsenkirchen and support Schalke 04 until i die 💙🤍⚒️😍

[@Suite21]

The "Art" Room is actually an Chapel , German People or more so Schalke people tend to say Schalke is like an Religion. So the Chapel was integrated. The Beer Tanks are in an Section and the beer is pumped all over the Stadium, in an average Home Game the amount drunk is around 40000 l. Nice Tour, have a nice trip, im from Bochum actually, but an Die Hard Schalke Supporter.

[@ingo1953]

It is our whole life. Better than religion 💙🤍⚒️😍

[@ingo1953]

Scheiße kommst aus Bochum und ich reiß mir ein in englisch ab🤣🤣🤣💙🤍⚒️

[@tobiwan001]

No criticism and it has been written a lot in the past but if you see a "V" in German it is almost always pronounced much like an "F" in English. So it sound like "Feltins"-Arena. Unfortunately, the "Vonovia" Stadion actually is not pronounced with an "F" as Vonovia but like an English "V" as it is a made up word. And average attendance at Schalke is >60k even in the 2nd league.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Cheers for the heads up Thank You Fery Much 😁🍻

[@TinaSatana]

Been waiting for this one! I like to keep an eye on Schalke since I caught a ripping Revierderby last year which ended in a tie...they saw it as a win and Dortmund acted like it was a loss🙃

[@mrjackson1204]

Great video mate! Greetings from Germany :)

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thank you mate! 🍻🍻

[@n0tm023]

greetings frome germany and welcome to our stadium :)

[@RysFootyParadise]

beautiful stadium, wonderful club 🤩

[@HCJP-TV2024]

Hope England win the euros I think they are one of the favourites apart from France and Germany maybe

[@HCJP-TV2024]

Ya think mate ( I hope they do )

[@hurtigheinz3790]

9:35min The children's height pissoir. xD For tiny players.

[@BlueJayy1904]

The Gate at 3:01 was open. You could have just walked inbetween the Pitches to get to the external Shop and it would have taken you about 2 minutes lmao. Thats the most common way to get to the arena from Charlys Kneipe.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Haha I’m just lazy and love to drive 😁 🚗

[@Henrik11679]

10:28 The room is an ecumenical chapel.

[@theflash7778]

Willkommen beim GEilsten Club der Welt

[@RysFootyParadise]

Look forward to seeing England play here tonight 🤩

[@94djanek]

Schalke is a fantastic Club. Present is going very Bad but what was Big is the past😊very modern Arena with loud supporters.

[@Elke-f4b]

E the minion .... Ry, you should contact our Martin Thiele, he is THE expert for german football and football stadions😊 and these stadion is the best ever built with ♡ and sweat! ...and we call the Kkkkkkkkknappen .. not nappen! There are a voiced 'K' before, please and not only amazed by the beer pipes!!😅 and if you say 'currywurst', please show the 'currywurst', not only the fries😅 the real is served in a baked roll😊!!

[@RysFootyParadise]

Haha yes the currywurst was hiding! 😅 I think it was shown in the Bochum vs Hoffenheim video I did 👍🏾 Kkkkknappen got it 🍻

[@farfan97]

The room with the art work is a church :D you can let your child baptize there and you can mary there, which many fans really do because you have to know Schalke is the sense of live of many of its fans and will be.

[@DaxRaider]

i like you mate xD but the english fans were SO HORRIBLE the last cups, the worst fans i ever have the unfortune to see in my whole life, that i think all of europe maybe expect bosnia will be rooting for serbia like its their own nation playing xD and even bosnia probably will be like "jaeh we had wars against them and there was atrocities and stuff ... but rather them then england"

[@RysFootyParadise]

Have you seen the Netflix documentary on Wembley for the last Euros final? We don’t even treat our home with respect 🙈

[@sudjen]

At 7:48 that hurt my feelings as a dortmund fan lol We are actually the 2nd biggest club in terms of members, not schalke. We both are always very close in terms of member numbers, and we both only update them every 3-6 months or so but not at the same time. So when schalke updates theirs, they are ahead, and when we update ours, we are ahead. Additional context is also that their membership is far cheaper than ours

[@RysFootyParadise]

Moral of the story - I should never use Wikipedia as a resource for information 🤣👍🏾 haha cheers mate. Hope you smash Real in a couple weeks. Will be at Wembley filming the atmosphere outside, but can’t get a ticket 😭🍻

[@Big45777]

Shops are also in the ground i think 5-7

[@Leghea]

Nur der S04 💙🤍

[@tedesco1985]

Do you was in Essen too? The stadium is beautiful too.

[@RysFootyParadise]

I ran out of time but will deffo be back to see Rot Weiss Essen

[@Elementxtr]

great video greetings from germany nearly schalke :)

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thank you very much! Was a fantastic experience at Arena AufSchalke 👍🏾

[@John-hh8lq]

Love these video's.... just a thought, once you have visited all the grounds.... what will you focus on then?

[@RysFootyParadise]

it'll take me years to complete every ground from all over the world 😅 I am going to be more journalistic next season though and head to places to report team news etc!

[@John-hh8lq]

@@RysFootyParadise Great to hear, keep up the good work.

[@liquidsnake5202]

Great video! Ein Leben lang 💙

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thank you! 🍻

[@BALHAM69]

stranraer vs East Kilbride fc will be interesting on Saturday 😮 Able to go to this?😅

[@mrbooyah5843]

God he doesnt half pull a stupid face on those thumbnails

[@RysFootyParadise]

The stupider the face, the higher the click through rate I’ve noticed in the analytics 😅👍🏾🍻

[@TheJan1101]

Glorreiche Schalke 04 😍

[@ezraezra2928]

Fun Facts: There are only 2 important football matches played at this stadium: 1.2004 UEFA Champions League Final (Porto vs Monaco). 2.England vs Portugal in 2006 World Cup QF, which saw Wayne Rooney's infamous sent off and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal knocked England out on penalties.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Hopefully tonight will be another memorable one 🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Instasamps]

Roof needs a clean

[@RysFootyParadise]

😅

[@gabrielpurves7156]

Love these videos Ry, you are very welcome at Plough Lane 🔵🟡 We actually have a stand called the Ry Stand 🤣

[@RysFootyParadise]

No wayyy haha been meaning to come to plough lane for a while - soft spot for the real Dons 🍻