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Sport The top football club is Eintracht Frankfurt (website: www.eintracht.frankfurt-online.de). Tickets are available from the team shop, Am Erlenbruch 25 (tel: (01805) 743 1899). The team plays at the Waldstadion in the Stadtwald, which, April to June, is also home to the Frankfurt Galaxy American football team. Rennbahn Niederrad, Schwarzwaldstrasse 125 (tel: (069) 678 0900), hosts horseracing March to November. The Ballsporthalle is the main indoor venue, hosting regional and national sporting competitions as well as cultural and business events. With 600 public and 200 private venues Frankfurt accomodates a wide range of sports and other activities. Golf: Schlosshotel Kronberg, 15km (nine miles) from Frankfurt, is a historic castle with an 18 hole golf course. To play, visitors must be member of an international golf club. The same rule applies at Frankfurter Golf Club eV, Golfstrasse 41 (tel: (069) 666 2318). One round of golf costs DM400 with a valid golf pass stating a handicap not higher than 28. Skating: Frankfurt Eissporthalle, Bornheimer Hang (tel: (069) 2123 0825), has two indoor ice rinks and a 400m (1312 ft) exterior track. Home to the Frankfurt Lions hockey team, it hosts ice hockey matches and other events during the winter and is open to the public daily 0900-2230. Basketball, volleyball, soccer, tennis, boxing, dancing and table tennis tournaments are also held here. Sport centres: The Sportzentrum Frankfurt-Kalbach offers practice and match facilities for a range of sports in three large halls. The Nordwest Zentrum on Walter-Möller-Platz has a swimming pool and sauna (tel: (069) 958 050), open Monday to Saturday 0900-2200 and until Sunday 2000; squash courts (tel: (069) 586 000) and a bowling alley (tel: (069) 958 0100). Swimming pools: Swimming pools are plentiful and of a high standard. The biggest one is Rebstockbad, August-Euler-Strasse 7 (tel: (069) 708 078), which offers indoor and outdoor pools with wave machines and slides, saunas, sunbeds and other bonus facilities. A three-hour weekday ticket costs DM8. Freibad Stadion, Niederrad, Mörfelder Landstrasse 362 (tel: (069) 6780 4154), offers a heated outdoor alternative. Tennis: There are indoor and outdoor courts at Freibad Stadion, Niederrad, Mörfelder Landstrasse 362 (tel: (069) 6780 4170), and Europa Tennis and Squash Park, Ginnheimer Landstrasse 49 (tel: (069) 678 040). |