VfL Wolfsburg travel guide

VfL Wolfsburg

UEFA Champions League

Volkswagen Arena, Wolsburg

Tuesday December 8, 2009, kick off 20:45 local time, 19:45 UK time

Tickets

The Volkwagen Arena has a capacity of 30,000. United have got 1,522 tickets priced at £26.50 for a standard ticket or £59 for a VIP seat - add £4.50 for special delivery onto that total.

Only members of the new Manchester United European Travel Club can apply for tickets. Details here.

TV

The match will be shown live on either the ITV or Sky networks. Links to live video streams will be posted here on the day of the game.

Weather

Too early to say, but the weather in northern Germany in early December is roughly 3c/37F in the day and -1C/30F at night, for the match.

The city itself is in the central north part of Germany...kind of in the same position as Leeds or Newcastle are in England. You can reach it easily from Hamburg, Berlin, Hannover and Leipzig.

Travel


Flights (all prices approximate and return)

Official trip
On behalf of the club, Cooperative Travel Sports is offering trips to this fixture. No details have been released yet. Register your interest here.

Champion Sports Tours

The company is offering two trips.

The first, WHICH IS NOW SOLD OUT, is a two-night stay with direct flights between Manchester and an airport near Wolfsburg.

Flights leave at about noon on December 7 and return on December 9 at about 15:00.
Guests will stay in a four-star hotel, which includes breakfast.

The cost is £345 per person based on two people sharing a hotel room.

If you want to save £30, Champion is also offering another two-day trip, but with indirect flights.

Guests leave Manchester on December 7 at about 07:00 and arrive at an airport near Wolfsburg at 13:30.

On the way back, you leave Germany at about 15:00 and arrive in Manchester at 18:00.

You would stay at a three-star hotel, which includes breakfast.

You would pay £315 per person based on two sharing.

A Champion Sports Tours release says: "We have limited availability on both trips.

"A deposit of £55 secures your booking.

"Match tickets available for executive members, season ticket holders & One United members and insurance available."

To book or get more details, go here.

Miss Ellies Travel
The company may run trips to this game. Register your interest by calling 0161 228 7363. Details here.

Red Army Travel
The company is offering trips for £245 per per son, though no specific details have been released. Go here for more.

Independent routes

Newcastle to Hannover on TUlfly and Flybe for £50
Manchester to Hannover on Flybe for £80
Birmingham to Hannover on Flybe for £80
London Stansted to Hannover on Air Belin or Lufthansa for £100
Southampton to Hannover on Flybe for £100
London Heathrow to Hannover on bmi or Air Belin for £130

and then a 30-minutes train for £20

Liverpool to Berlin Schoenefeld on easyJet for £55
East Midlands to Berlin Schoenefeld on Ryanair or germanwings for £10
Edinburgh to Berlin Schoenefeld on Ryanair or germanwings for £15
London Stansted to Berlin Schoenefeld on Ryanair for £25
Bristol to Berlin Schoenefeld on easyJet for £35
Glasgow International to Berlin Schoenefeld on easyJet for £49
London Gatwick to Berlin Schoenefeld on easyJet for £55
London Luton to Berlin Schoenefeld on easyJet for £70

and then an hour-long train for £70

London Stansted to Hamburg Lubek on Ryanair for £5 and then train for two hours for £85

Manchester to Bremen on Ryanair for £50
London Stansted to Bremen on Ryanair for £60
Edinburgh to Bremen on Ryanir for £55

and then train for two hours and 15 minutes for £50

London Luton to Dortmund on easyJet for £35 and then a two-hour 15-minute train for £90

Manchester to Paderborn on Air Berlin for £90
London Stansted to Paderborn on Air Berlin for £100

and then train for two hours and 40 minutes for £60

Manchester to Frankfurt Hahn on Ryanair for £10
Birmingham to Frankfurt Hahn on Ryanair for £10
Edinburgh to Frankfurt Hahn on Ryanair for £10
Glasgow Prestwick to Frankfurt Hahn on Ryanair for £10
London Stansted to Frankfurt Hahn on Ryanair for £10

and then train for three hours for £140

Manchester to Dusseldorf Weeze on Ryanair for £10
Birmingham to Dusseldorf Weeze on Ryanair for £30
Edinburgh to Dusseldorf Weeze on Ryanair for £15
London Stansted to Dusseldorf Weeze on Ryanair for £15

and then train for three hours and 10 minutes for £105

London Gatwick to Cologne on easyJet for £45
London Stansted to Cologne on germanwings for £50
Edinburgh to Cologne on germanwings for £100
London Heathrow to Cologne on Lufthansa and bmi for £105
East Midlands to Cologne on Lufthansa for £105.

and then the train for three-and-a-half hours for £120

London Stansted to Nuremburg on Air Berlin for £90 and then a three-hour 45-minute train for £170

London Stansted to Baden-Baden on Ryanair for £15 and than a five-and-a-half-hour train for £195

London Stansted to Zweibrucken for £60 and then six-hour train for £180

London Stansted to Memmingen for £70 and then a six-hour and 15 minute train for £200

London Stansted to Friedrichshafen for £60 and then a seven-hour train for £120.

Hotels

We have produced a full hotel guide here.