extreme groundhopping

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

FC Kufstein

Grenzland Stadion, Kufstein, Austria

Welcome to day three of Mrs Extreme Groundhopping and I’s 10-day train excursion to and around the Austrian Tyrol. Being very much the do-it-yourself type as far as travel is concerned I agreed to sign-up for this organised/escorted holiday with some trepidation but have to say that the whole thing was superb and take my hat-off to travel company Great Rail Journeys for making it so.

The idea is that you travel to and from some world-wide destination by train, as far as is possible to do so, and once at your destination, in our case the Tyrol, you get to ride on some of the unique train lines in that locale. Anyway I won’t bore you with details other than to say that we passed numerous football stadia, of various shapes and sizes along the way, and a few ground snaps are included here for your perusal.

Today it’s the 4,000 capacity Grenzland Stadion home of FC Kufstein and a more picturesque setting for a football ground you can’t imagine with the 13th century Kufstein Fortress just a half-a-mile or so to the south, the imposing Tyrolean Alps to the north and the expansive river Inn immediately to the west.

Kufstein, by the way, ply their trade in the Red Zac Erste Liga, the Austrian equivalent of the Championship.

posted by chevblue at 11:40 AM