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Leeds to Hambur – Watch David Haye

This July, at the Imtech arena in Hamburg in Germany, two men will get to decide who will walk away as the heavyweight champion.  For all boxing lovers, David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko will face off on the 2 July 2011 at the home of the German side, Hamburger SV.  People are travelling from all of Europe and the rest of the world to have an opportunity to sit and cheer on their favorite boxer, live in the stadium. Travel to Hamburg and watch live Haye vs Klitschko from the stands!

Leeds is one of the cities in the United Kingdom where people in their thousands will be coming from.  The aerial distance between Leeds and Hamburg is 475 miles.  If travelling by road, the distance on the ground is 612 miles and this takes 15 hours to cover, if one is travelling at 40mph or around 9 hours if one is moving at 70mph.

For those flying to Hamburg, the travel time reduces to only 1.6 hours, which is inclusive of the thirty-minute ascent and descent.  One can get a plane ticket from the prestigious airlines from $344 to around $642.  For those using the railway, a train from Leeds to Hamburg will cost you £150, the advantage being that the ticket will take you to multiple countries in Europe.

From the train station or the airport, a taxi to the venue will cost you €15 to €20 to the venue of the fight.  If you are on your own in your car you would need to follow several roads to get you to the venue.  On crossing the border, from Netherlands to Germany using the A67, get to the A40.  Exit the road at 14-Kreuz Kaiser Berg and enter the A3 towards Hannover.  Branch off to the A2 and, take exit 8 to the A43.  Take the exit 43-Buchhoizler and keep right to take Lurup, merge with Schnackenburgallee then turn left into Syvesterallee where you will find the Imtech Arena, the place where the fight will be.

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