posted Aug 30, 2007

If you are travelling to the Stade by train from Gare du Nord then buy a return rail ticket at the Gare du Nord - there is usually one hell of a queue of people, buying tickets at the RER station at the Stade after the game ! You will be wasting precious drinking time !!

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posted Aug 30, 2007

I am goin to the the ireland vs france match here and was wondering is it how far outside france city center is it

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posted Aug 30, 2007

Stade de France is in Saint-Denis which is not at all far from Gare du Nord station on a RER train - 10 minutes. Don't bother going on the metro line. And make sure you look at the trains and their destinations as there are direct trains to Charles De Gaulle airport and that's a long trek back. The stadium is very impressive inside and has a great atmosphere. Enjoy wallaceno7 and good luck!

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posted Sep 19, 2007

Just a heads up, there was no beer on sale inside the stadium, but what they did allow was for you to buy the beer from one of the bars outside the gates and bring it in with you. Also if you can avoid it, the queues at half time for the toilets were terrible. They had about ten individual urinals for a good section of the crowd. Other than that, getting to and from the stadium was very easy and quick. We all had return tickets, but they're probably not needed as gates were open on the way back from the stadium due to high passenger volume, and you don't need to swipe/show tickets to get out of parisian metros.

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