Couleur Locale - Fifa World Championship

Also on local level, the FIFA World Championship is dominating life during this month. Of course, the streets are empty every day from 15:00 - 23:00 (3 games per day, the first starts at 15:00) and the majority of the population is watching the games. But also besides the watching the games, the FIFA is keeping the people in and around Warburg busy these days.

The Volksbank Warburg, for example, is using the world championship as a theme for a charity donation of €30.000,- to support local football clubs in the region. Not a bad idea for good publicity, I must say. At least they made it into the "Warburg zum Sonntag".

In the same newspaper, a report can be read about the activities of the local police during this world championship. Apparently, the police is extremely busy, even though there is not a world championship stadium anywhere near Warburg. It is because of the fact that in and around Warburg, there are several big open air screens that show the matches, and the police officers have to make sure that the cheers will remains peaceful. To be honest, I have to say that I don't feel sorry for them: what is better than being able to watch the games during working hours! After all, what can happen here, in this peacefull town :-)