Goal-turf installation

The biggest football goal
in the world
at the Brandenburg Gate

In celebration of the 2024 European football championship being held in Germany, we’ve built the biggest football goal in the world to function as a frame around the Brandenburg Gate. The goalpost was 63 metres wide, 21 metres high and weighed 40 tonnes. To complete the picture, we also rolled out 24,000 m² of artificial turf in two areas, the Platz des 18. März and the Straße des 17. Juni. The result of this huge goal-turf installation was a pop-up park that served throughout the tournament as the setting for traditional large-scale public viewing, for a multifaceted programme of cultural events and entertainment and as a meeting point for football fans from all over Europe.

The artificial turf is 100 % recyclable

The turf we used for the installation was specially developed and made for the EURO 2024. The turf is a CO₂-reduced and climate-neutral synthetic turf and 100 % recyclable. In keeping with the global goals for sustainable development contained in the UN’s Agenda 2030 and, in particular, as a way of avoiding the use of microplastics, the turf was filled with a natural material (single grain, quartz sand) rather than rubber granulate, thus eliminating a main source of microplastic emissions. This allowed us to reduce to a minimum the danger that fine dust is released into the environment during the event and also long thereafter as part of the turf’s post-tournament use.

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All about the turf

A new home for the turf

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In keeping with our commitment to social, ecological and economic sustainability, we distribute the artificial turf after the UEFA EURO 2024 to football pitches and sport fields in Berlin. The turf was cleaned after the tournament and cut to fit the dimensions of whichever pitch it is being sent to.

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First pieces of EURO turf installed

The first custom-fit pieces of EURO turf have been delivered and installed at sports fields and football pitches in Berlin, where they are now ready for play. Among the sites where the turf has been repurposed are the mini playing fields at the Erwin von Witzleben School in the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and at the Sophie Brahe School in Treptow-Köpenick.

Where is the EURO turf going?

Discussions are also currently underway for future EURO turf allocations to facilities such as day-care centres, schools and recreational sports initiatives.