Experience legendary goals, sensational victories, and spectacular scenes at StadtPalais
Moments that write soccer history and etch themselves into the collective memory of nations: Anyone who has experienced it will not forget it. Emotions that exist only in soccer. You can relive these moments at the "StadtPalais – Museum für Stuttgart" for the UEFA EURO 2024 in Stuttgart. The "EURO Legends Stuttgart" exhibition is dedicated to the seven nations competing in our host city.
The most important information in a quick check
- The exhibition can be seen at StadtPalais in the heart of Stuttgart from May 17 to July 14.
- Unforgotten matches, unique pictures from the playing field, and quiet snapshots are just as much a part of it as anecdotes and experiences.
- They tell something about Europe's eventful history beyond soccer.
- In keeping with the major sporting event of the year, the seven teams playing in Stuttgart during EURO 2024 will be staged to great effect.
- The exhibition was planned and conceived jointly by StadtPalais and the host city.
An exhibition to "dribble through"
At StadtPalais, stories about soccer are presented for the media and more: Here, the entire exhibition becomes a playing field. Young and old soccer fans can dribble through a grassy landscape with soft balls and test their shooting technique on the goal wall.
Worth experiencing for traveling fans
The "EURO Legends Stuttgart" salon exhibition is also a gesture to the many international fans that we expect to come to Stuttgart from all over Europe to support their teams. The texts in the exhibition are therefore written in German and English.
Seven nations, seven exciting soccer stories
Teams from seven European countries will be battling it out here in Stuttgart for a place in the quarter-finals: Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Hungary, and the host, Germany. The special exhibition is dedicated to these soccer nations and tells stories that will make every fan's heart beat faster.
- Belgium has been one of the favorites at the major tournaments since finishing third at the 2018 World Cup. How far will the "Red Devils" get in 2024 under Domenico Tedesco, who once began his coaching career at VfB Stuttgart?
- Most people certainly associate Denmark with the sensational European Championship victory on June 26, 1992, when the Scandinavians defeated the favorite, Germany, 2:0 in the final with their last-minute replacement team. At the last European Championship in 2021, "Danish Dynamite" reached the semi-finals with a strong performance.
- Germany, whose national team will, with a bit of luck, even play twice in Stuttgart, is of course prominently represented as the host country with a great soccer history, four World Cup titles, and three European Championship triumphs. But fans of the other teams that play in the Stuttgart Arena will also get their money's worth in the exhibition.
- Scotland is no one's fool when it comes to soccer tradition: On a foggy November day in 1872, the Highlanders played the first international match in soccer history in Glasgow—a 0-0 draw against arch-rivals, England.
- Slovenia, on the other hand, looks back on a comparatively short soccer history: The "Zmajceki" (Dragons) were formed in 1991 after the country seceded from Yugoslavia and are taking part in the European Championships for the second time.
- Ukraine, which qualified for UEFA EURO 2024 despite the Russian invasion, will certainly be a particular focus of attention. Finally, a reason to celebrate for the war-torn country, which reached the quarter-finals of the 2021 European Championship—the biggest Ukrainian success in soccer to date.
- Hungary produced one of the greatest soccer players of all time, Ferenc Pukàs. He was the captain when the Magyars won the Olympic gold medal in 1952 and lost 3-2 to the German national team in the 1954 "Miracle of Bern", the memorable World Cup final.
Soccer stories made in Stuttgart
Anyone who has acquired a taste for soccer in the EURO Salon exhibition will also find the topic of soccer skillfully staged in the permanent exhibition at StadtPalais. And linked to our host city. For example, it was Stuttgart referee Rudolf Kreitlein who invented the yellow and red card in 1966 together with referee supervisor Ken Aston.
Another innovation from Stuttgart has been making the hearts of soccer fans beat faster for a century. In 1921, the Swabian furniture manufacturer Karl Mayer applied for a patent for a game in which a tin toy figure could shoot a cube-shaped ball by pressing a button on its head. The miniature soccer simulation game Tipp-Kick was born and began its triumphal march across Germany.
Salon exhibition "EURO Legends Stuttgart"
StadtPalais – Museum for Stuttgart, Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 2, 70173 Stuttgart
From May 17 to July 14, 2024, Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Free admission
Opening May 16, 2024, 7 p.m., no registration—first come, first served.
Cooperation partner: Host City Stuttgart / in.Stuttgart Veranstaltungs GmbH & Co. KG