Olympiastadion Berlin

The Olympiastadion holds 73,856 by Hertha BSC's current stadium page — and 74,475 by an earlier club statement, which is a contradiction Hertha have never reconciled. Away supporters enter through the south or east gate, and the guest section's Easy Access seating is block F.4.

Capacity — 73,856, against the club's own 74,475

Hertha's stadium page states that the ground, built in 1934 and opened on 1 August 1936, holds 73,856 spectators. A 2021 club statement puts it at 74,475. Both are official statements by the same club, made at different times, and no page reconciles them. This site leads with 73,856 because the current stadium page should win over an older statement, and shows the other rather than dropping it.

• 74,475 — Hertha BSC, a 2021 club statement

A 619-seat gap is the size of a small block, and it is the kind that opens when a section is reconfigured and only one page is updated. Worth noting for anyone searching: Hertha also publish a page about a proposed new ground of around 50,000 seats. That is a different stadium, not a plan for this one, and the two are easy to conflate.

Where do away fans sit?

Access for supporters using the barrier-free entrances is exclusively through the south or east gate — the Süd- or Osttor — where a separate "Barrierefrei" check operates. Tickets are valid only in combination with a current German disability card, and only at that entrance.

Within the guest section, Hertha name the away Easy Access block directly: F.4 (Gäste). That single letter-and-number is more than most continental grounds publish about their away end at all, and it is on an accessibility page rather than a ticketing one.

Around the bowl, the venue states that entrances to the lower corridor at blocks C/D, G/H, J/K, N, Q/R and S/T are barrier-free. Wheelchair spaces sit in the inner corridor of the east curve (blocks Q, R, S and T), in the marathon gate area (blocks G, H, J and K), on the opposing stand in block N, and in the honorary stand. Hertha also run a wheelchair service to seats, subject to availability, registered by email up to 48 hours before kick-off.

348 Easy Access Seats, and what makes them different

The Olympiastadion's distinguishing provision is not its wheelchair spaces — most large grounds have those — but a second, separate category. Hertha provide 348 Easy Access Seats, or Vorzugsplätze, for supporters with a walking impairment whether permanent or temporary, and for anyone who needs more room or more quiet. Eighty-nine are in the upper tier, spread across blocks 1 to 3, 31 to 33, 4, 5, 29, 30 and 6, 26, 28. The remaining 259 are in the lower tier, in blocks A.1, A.5, P.4, N.1, N.5, L.1 and F.4.

What makes them a real provision rather than a label is the published specification. Each sits in the front row at the block entrance, with no row of seats immediately in front — so there is legroom, and space to stow a walking frame, crutches or an assistance dog. Access is directly at the block entrance to avoid unnecessary stairs: no more than one to four steps in the lower tier, with a handrail, and step-free in the upper tier. They are reachable with a rollator.

Two details are worth pulling out. If every holder brings a companion the effective number halves to at least 174, which the club states rather than leaves you to work out. And the companion seats beside the wheelchair spaces sit on a rail system that can be repositioned — so the ground's accessible layout is physically adjustable between events rather than fixed in concrete.

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