This is a grilled sausage, cut into small pieces and smothered in spicy ketchup. Sounds horrible but it is actually delicious. Eating a Bratwurst before the game is a serious tradition here. If you don't fancy the curry version, eat a plain grilled wurst tucked into a bread roll and garnished with German mustard. Costs about 1.80 euros

There are numerous 'Imbiss Buden'' in Gelsenkirchen. The best place to get your pre-match snack is on the way to the Veltins Arena at an open-air stand. Wash it down with a half litre of Pils to get yourself into the right mood.

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This is a suburb of Gelsenkirchen (which is hosting several World Cup games) and it is much prettier, with a pleasant shopping street and lots of cafes and restaurants like Kronski, Zutz and La Scala, all within walking distance of each other. There are quite a few pubs with beer gardens too. As Gelsenkircheners are enthusiastic football fans, they will most probably give visiting fans a friendly welcome. They're a bit like Northerners - direct and straightforward. Take a guided tour of the Arena as well if you get the chance, it's fascinating to go behind the scenes of this huge stadium.

You can take a bus or tram from Gelsenkirchen to Buer, it only takes about ten minutes or you could even walk there from the Veltins Arena;
www.aufschalke2006.de/ge_stadtportrait_en.php

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