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Hi from LEV and excited to host you guys. A few travel hints:

Arrival airports with local train connections  to LEV could be Cologne Düsseldorf Dortmund. 

Cologne is closest and will cost around 50,- by taxi or 5,- by train via Cologne central. 
Düsseldorf is a bit further away but has a direct train connection to LEV (take the fancy sky train from airport to rail station) . Taxi would be 110ish. Dortmund is quite far but also nicely connected to LEV via Düsseldorf  train. Taxi is no option from there. 
 

There are quite a few hotels in Leverkusen, most notably the Lindner which is integrated into the stadium, the biggest one  is the Best Western with Ibis also available. If you stay in Cologne, either try to find a hotel in the Northeast (ZIP codes 5106x) to avoid having to cross the Rhine and save taxi costs or, since Cologne Altstadt is on the other side of the Rhine, travel to the Arena will be longer or by train (S6, Re1, Re5 from HBF or Deutz)

Staying in Düsseldorf means you should definitely rely on public transport (Same trains, just other direction) 


If you plan to use taxis, get Freenow to order your taxi by app. It’s safe and hassle-free cashless payment if you set it up.

And by the way Leverkusen was not founded in 1975, just expanded. 1921 is the official foundation year.

As for touristy stuff, forget Leverkusen (and Düsseldorf too apart from the nice Pubs in Altstadt). Cologne would be the place to go.

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31 minutes ago, GOAT said:

Apparently they might have to play behind closed doors against us because of this coronavirus, it would just be our luck man.

I think it's a cert, reckon there will be a travel ban as well. Locals in the region are emptying the shelves in shops. 

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On 26/02/2020 at 16:01, BridgeIsBlue said:

Friday 12pm live on BT Sports. 

Bring on the nappy rippers 🤭 (Sorry, not sorry) 

Potential opponents will be updated in due course, teams are as follows:

 

BIB 

which one of you in amongst that lot of ugly fuckers 🤔😄

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43 minutes ago, Laudrup1690 said:

I’ve watched Leverkusen 3/4 times this season and they are a very good team,we will have to play at our very best to qualify.

volland being out injured  for is a bonus for us.

one of toughest teams we could of drawn tbh.

Surely Copenhagen must be favourites now 😂

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7 hours ago, GOAT said:

Apparently they might have to play behind closed doors against us because of this coronavirus, it would just be our luck man.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/02/28/Rangers-could-play-europa-league-away-leg-against-bayer-leverkusen/

Rangers could play Europa League away leg against Bayer Leverkusen behind closed doors due to coronavirus fears

Rangers’ meeting with Bayer Leverkusen in Germany in the last 16 of the Europa Leaguecould be played behind closed doors if cases of coronavirus continue to multiply in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, home of the Bundesliga club. The state’s first patient was admitted to hospital on Monday, with 14 cases confirmed by Thursday night.

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17 minutes ago, lewisrfc93 said:

Wonder if we will get out flight money back if theres a travel ban 

Need the Foreign Office to designate it as unsafe to travel to. Takes quite a lot for that to happen. If it was just down to games being held behind closed doors or general guidance about risk in an area then youd be fucked unless you'd proper insurance cover.

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21 minutes ago, SeparateEntityMyArse said:

Need the Foreign Office to designate it as unsafe to travel to. Takes quite a lot for that to happen. If it was just down to games being held behind closed doors or general guidance about risk in an area then youd be fucked unless you'd proper insurance cover.

Cheers for the heads up mate, looks like this trip could turn into a nightmare for lots of folk.

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