Interior and Sports Minister Dr. Ingo
Wolf has presented in Dusseldorf the official "NRW-Guide" for the
Football World Cup in North Rhine-Westphalia. "Our NRW Guide - this is a
entertaining to read and very useful guide for our guests as well as for
the locals," said the Minister of Sport. The brochure, which publishes
the state government in collaboration with the three host cities, on 124
pages contains a wealth of information about the World Cup of dining,
shopping and cultural tips up to the Fan Fest. City and stadium maps
facilitate the foreign guests the orientation. Also shown are the World
Cup quarters in NRW nology leaders eight national teams.
"Once again, the extremely good cooperation between the state government
and the World Cup cities in has NRW proven. The NRW-Guide helps that the
World Cup in NRW is a nationwide celebration. He has the makings of a
coveted World Cup souvenirs " Minister said Wolf. The NRW-Guide has a
circulation of 900,000 copies in German and 400,000 in English. Guests
and local World Cup fans get the guide for free. It is mainly used in
the three host cities, but elsewhere in the country at the World Cup
"Welcome Counters", tourism and city marketing offices, at airports,
stations of the host cities, a number of other stations and in many
hotels have to be.
For detailed information, the reader is at the WM Framework Programme in
NRW. centerpiece is the "NRWM", a nationwide open-air festival in twelve
NRW cities, the transmission of the World Cup games on giant screens
with an international cultural program of the World Cup participating
countries connects. 47 bands will have in 25 World Cup match days well
over 300 appearances.
The following 12 pages "cultural highlights in NRW ": Information about
cultural events in and outside the host cities, which are interesting
for World Cup guests and media when the ball is stationary: the
International Youth Theatre Festival" play off 06 "in Gelsenkirchen, via
the classical -, jazz and football event " World Cup in Concert "in
Essen, Hamm and Wuppertal to the Dali exhibition in Cologne or the
Martin Kippenberger exhibition in Dusseldorf, to name just a few
examples. Of course, this also includes the contribution of the country
contributes to the framework program of the host cities, the artistry,
sound and light event "Kicks & Balances".