Hamburg presents exciting Olympic plans: a competition of the short distances!

Hamburg presents exciting Olympic plans: a competition of the short distances!

Hamburg, Deutschland - On June 1, 2025, the Hanseatic City of Hamburg presented its plans for a possible application for the 2036, 2040 or 2044 Olympic Olympic Olympic Olympic Olympic Olympic Olympic Olympic Olympic Olympicia. This comprehensive initiative is intended to present Hamburg as an attractive sports metropolis and at the same time focus on the idea of ​​sustainability and short distances. Hamburg applies together with Schleswig-Holstein and thus pursues the concept "Hamburg+", which strives to integrate the Olympic Games into the city and at the same time promote the green metropolitan region on the water. Mayor Dr. On May 31, 2025, Peter Tschetscher officially handed over the application documents to the German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB) reports the Tagesschau .

The plans include a large number of sports facilities, which are largely within a radius of seven kilometers. Beach volleyball on the Heiligengeistfeld, swimming in the Volksparkstadion and hockey in the Millerntor Stadium are planned. A new athletics stadium that can hold up to 60,000 people during the games is also built near the Volksparkstadion and converted into a pure football stadium after the Olympic Games, which is then also to be used for international football games, concerts and local sporting events informs the hamburg.de .

sports facilities and the Olympic village

Another significant development is the planned use of the Science City Bahrenfeld as an Olympic village. This innovative connection between science and sport is supposed to underline the experience of the games. In addition, a comprehensive host program is implemented that invites active people to the households of Hamburg families after competitions and thus promote a deeper link between sport and society

The application is accompanied by positive economic views that strive for modern urban development. Experts, including sports economist Wolfgang Maennig, emphasize that Hamburg's opportunities for the application are comparatively good, in particular due to the use of temporary sports facilities and the potential financial support from the federal government. In the competition with other German cities, such as Munich and Berlin, which have also submitted rough concepts for Olympic acquisition, Hamburg's strategy could be decisive to get into the closer choice at DOSB described in information from Berlin .

outlook on the decision

The deadline for submitting the application concepts ended on June 1, 2025. The DOSB will check all submitted concepts and plans to make the favorite in autumn 2026, which will then be submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). An additional referendum that is intended to query Hamburg approval for the application is planned for the end of May 2026. This is particularly relevant because an application for the 2024 or 2028 Olympic Games in 2015 was rejected in 2015.

In order to strengthen the cooperation and the backing of the application, Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther emphasizes the strong partnership between Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. Thus, the initiative not only shows a clear plan for the discontinuation of the games, but also the will of the countries involved to work together for a positive Olympic project. The Hamburg registration marks the beginning of a challenging but promising process on the way to possible Olympic Games in the future.