When the football world’s spotlight turns to the Munich Football Arena on 31 May, it will not only be the Champions League final up for celebration but also an incredible anniversary in Bayern München’s storied history – their quasquicentennial, also known as 125 years since the club’s formation. In honour of this milestone, new book FC Bayern München: 125 Years Mia San Mia offers an all-encompassing look at one of Europe’s most successful teams. This loving tome merges vibrant, telling photos with vignettes that cover all 125 years, not only the notable players and managers but every aspect of the club, from lederhosen and wheat beer to ‘Sexy knees’ legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and from the 500,000th museum visitor to the first scout. There’s something interesting on each page in a perfect tribute to Die Roten. Here’s to another 125 years!
Prinzregentenstrasse cuts through the heart of Munich, four lanes of traffic with cars hurtling past in both directions. The road runs along the southern edge of the city’s most famous park – the Englischer Garten – and surprisingly provides a vantage point for one of the most unexpected yet brilliant sights in the city.
When the football world’s spotlight turns to the Munich Football Arena on 31 May, it will not only be the Champions League final up for celebration but also an incredible anniversary in Bayern München’s storied history – their quasquicentennial, also known as 125 years since the club’s formation. In honour of this milestone, new book FC Bayern München: 125 Years Mia San Mia offers an all-encompassing look at one of Europe’s most successful teams. This loving tome merges vibrant, telling photos with vignettes that cover all 125 years, not only the notable players and managers but every aspect of the club, from lederhosen and wheat beer to ‘Sexy knees’ legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and from the 500,000th museum visitor to the first scout. There’s something interesting on each page in a perfect tribute to Die Roten. Here’s to another 125 years!
Prinzregentenstrasse cuts through the heart of Munich, four lanes of traffic with cars hurtling past in both directions. The road runs along the southern edge of the city’s most famous park – the Englischer Garten – and surprisingly provides a vantage point for one of the most unexpected yet brilliant sights in the city.
Walk along to the Eisbachbrücke on a sunny day and you’ll almost certainly see people peering over the wall at the water below, as groups of surfers line the banks of the Eisbach river waiting for their turn to ride the waves. The Eisbach is squeezed through a narrow channel under the road and bursts out with force into the Englischer Garten, creating a constant swell and perfect conditions for the city’s surfers. Wet-suited men and women queue on both banks, waiting patiently for their turn. When one falls off, the next jumps in, doing their best to impress onlookers until they too are knocked off their boards. The surfer then gently flows downstream before swimming ashore and walking back upstream to rejoin the queue for another go. It’s all very orderly, cheered on by the watching crowd. So, if you are in Munich for the 2025 Champions League final, do like the Bavarians, grab your board and head for the Eisbach. “Everybody’s gone surfing, surfing Germany!”
We love a tune here at Champions Journal, but there’s a time and a place for everything – and, generally, music after a goal is scored is just wrong. The sound of celebration is the only soundtrack to a goal you’ll ever need.
That said, there’s normally an exception to any rule, and that holds true here as well. The exception? Bayern goals at the Munich Football Arena. There is something properly joyous about hearing the Galop Infernal from Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orpheus in the Underworld booming out each time the home side score. It’s a piece of music best known for the can-can and it brings a similar sort of riotous energy to goal celebrations.
There is no particular link between the tune and the club, but it was the first goal music ever played at the old Olympiastadion and nostalgia is a powerful thing. It was replaced by Seven Nation Army for a time after Bayern moved to their new ground, before being brought back by popular demand. The addition of a Fred Flintstone “Yabba dabba doo!” at the start of the sequence feels even more random. But it all sounds great, and the chance to hear that music playing after every goal he scores surely must have been a major reason why Harry Kane swapped London for Munich.
When the football world’s spotlight turns to the Munich Football Arena on 31 May, it will not only be the Champions League final up for celebration but also an incredible anniversary in Bayern München’s storied history – their quasquicentennial, also known as 125 years since the club’s formation. In honour of this milestone, new book FC Bayern München: 125 Years Mia San Mia offers an all-encompassing look at one of Europe’s most successful teams. This loving tome merges vibrant, telling photos with vignettes that cover all 125 years, not only the notable players and managers but every aspect of the club, from lederhosen and wheat beer to ‘Sexy knees’ legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and from the 500,000th museum visitor to the first scout. There’s something interesting on each page in a perfect tribute to Die Roten. Here’s to another 125 years!
Prinzregentenstrasse cuts through the heart of Munich, four lanes of traffic with cars hurtling past in both directions. The road runs along the southern edge of the city’s most famous park – the Englischer Garten – and surprisingly provides a vantage point for one of the most unexpected yet brilliant sights in the city.
When the football world’s spotlight turns to the Munich Football Arena on 31 May, it will not only be the Champions League final up for celebration but also an incredible anniversary in Bayern München’s storied history – their quasquicentennial, also known as 125 years since the club’s formation. In honour of this milestone, new book FC Bayern München: 125 Years Mia San Mia offers an all-encompassing look at one of Europe’s most successful teams. This loving tome merges vibrant, telling photos with vignettes that cover all 125 years, not only the notable players and managers but every aspect of the club, from lederhosen and wheat beer to ‘Sexy knees’ legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and from the 500,000th museum visitor to the first scout. There’s something interesting on each page in a perfect tribute to Die Roten. Here’s to another 125 years!
Prinzregentenstrasse cuts through the heart of Munich, four lanes of traffic with cars hurtling past in both directions. The road runs along the southern edge of the city’s most famous park – the Englischer Garten – and surprisingly provides a vantage point for one of the most unexpected yet brilliant sights in the city.
When the football world’s spotlight turns to the Munich Football Arena on 31 May, it will not only be the Champions League final up for celebration but also an incredible anniversary in Bayern München’s storied history – their quasquicentennial, also known as 125 years since the club’s formation. In honour of this milestone, new book FC Bayern München: 125 Years Mia San Mia offers an all-encompassing look at one of Europe’s most successful teams. This loving tome merges vibrant, telling photos with vignettes that cover all 125 years, not only the notable players and managers but every aspect of the club, from lederhosen and wheat beer to ‘Sexy knees’ legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and from the 500,000th museum visitor to the first scout. There’s something interesting on each page in a perfect tribute to Die Roten. Here’s to another 125 years!
Prinzregentenstrasse cuts through the heart of Munich, four lanes of traffic with cars hurtling past in both directions. The road runs along the southern edge of the city’s most famous park – the Englischer Garten – and surprisingly provides a vantage point for one of the most unexpected yet brilliant sights in the city.
Walk along to the Eisbachbrücke on a sunny day and you’ll almost certainly see people peering over the wall at the water below, as groups of surfers line the banks of the Eisbach river waiting for their turn to ride the waves. The Eisbach is squeezed through a narrow channel under the road and bursts out with force into the Englischer Garten, creating a constant swell and perfect conditions for the city’s surfers. Wet-suited men and women queue on both banks, waiting patiently for their turn. When one falls off, the next jumps in, doing their best to impress onlookers until they too are knocked off their boards. The surfer then gently flows downstream before swimming ashore and walking back upstream to rejoin the queue for another go. It’s all very orderly, cheered on by the watching crowd. So, if you are in Munich for the 2025 Champions League final, do like the Bavarians, grab your board and head for the Eisbach. “Everybody’s gone surfing, surfing Germany!”
We love a tune here at Champions Journal, but there’s a time and a place for everything – and, generally, music after a goal is scored is just wrong. The sound of celebration is the only soundtrack to a goal you’ll ever need.
That said, there’s normally an exception to any rule, and that holds true here as well. The exception? Bayern goals at the Munich Football Arena. There is something properly joyous about hearing the Galop Infernal from Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orpheus in the Underworld booming out each time the home side score. It’s a piece of music best known for the can-can and it brings a similar sort of riotous energy to goal celebrations.
There is no particular link between the tune and the club, but it was the first goal music ever played at the old Olympiastadion and nostalgia is a powerful thing. It was replaced by Seven Nation Army for a time after Bayern moved to their new ground, before being brought back by popular demand. The addition of a Fred Flintstone “Yabba dabba doo!” at the start of the sequence feels even more random. But it all sounds great, and the chance to hear that music playing after every goal he scores surely must have been a major reason why Harry Kane swapped London for Munich.
When the football world’s spotlight turns to the Munich Football Arena on 31 May, it will not only be the Champions League final up for celebration but also an incredible anniversary in Bayern München’s storied history – their quasquicentennial, also known as 125 years since the club’s formation. In honour of this milestone, new book FC Bayern München: 125 Years Mia San Mia offers an all-encompassing look at one of Europe’s most successful teams. This loving tome merges vibrant, telling photos with vignettes that cover all 125 years, not only the notable players and managers but every aspect of the club, from lederhosen and wheat beer to ‘Sexy knees’ legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and from the 500,000th museum visitor to the first scout. There’s something interesting on each page in a perfect tribute to Die Roten. Here’s to another 125 years!
Prinzregentenstrasse cuts through the heart of Munich, four lanes of traffic with cars hurtling past in both directions. The road runs along the southern edge of the city’s most famous park – the Englischer Garten – and surprisingly provides a vantage point for one of the most unexpected yet brilliant sights in the city.
