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Everyone is watching the final! Berlin becomes a ghost town

Berlin became a ghost town during the European Championship final.(Bild: Krone-Leserreporter)

Not a soul far and wide. While thousands of soccer fans crowded into sports bars, in front of the TV or even into the Olympic Stadium on Sunday evening for the European Championship final between Spain and England, Berlin's streets seemed deserted.

If you didn't know that the final of the European Championship was on the program, you could have been nervous as a Berliner walking through the city. Had you missed a warning? Should we have been holed up at home?

Wittenbergplatz in front of the Kaufhaus des Westens department store(Bild: Krone-Leserreporter)

Wittenbergplatz underground station(Bild: Krone-Leserreporter)

Empty streets not far from the Holocaust memorial(Bild: Krone-Leserreporter)

Hardly anything going on in front of the Brandenburg Gate(Bild: Krone-Leserreporter)

A rare sight: no passengers on the Berlin underground(Bild: Krone-Leserreporter)

It stands there alone, the Victory Column(Bild: Krone-Leserreporter)

Whether at Wittenbergplatz in front of the KaDeWe department store, the square in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the Victory Column or in the underground: not a pedestrian for miles around.

Late goal for the European Championship title
In the west of the city, however, the 70,000 fans in the Olympic Stadium witnessed a hard-fought victory for Spain. After the Iberians took the lead through Nico Williams in the 47th minute, England joker Cole Palmer equalized in the 73rd minute. Mikel Oyarzabal (86) made sure of the decision, scoring a few minutes before the final whistle to make Spain the kings of Europe.