Champions League Final | Istanbul Travel - Good to hear routes etc.

kerem gokmen said:
Good morning Dave, and Manchester,

Gala stadium is also out of the city. and transportation is always a problem for us after the game.

on the final, i am sure it will be too crowded. but our municipality is great, they will be well prepared. they are waiting for you. there will be hunderds of busses, and additional metro's on that day. but anyway, yes, metro entrances may be a little crowded. i dont believe you ll wait too much. 20-30 minutes max maybe.

my best day of my life, 17th may 2000, kopenhagh, Gala-Arsenal UEFA cup final. we won on penalties. that was our first and only (we won the super cup 3 months later, but not counting that one) european cup.

the thing is, before and during the game, you get exchaused too much physically and pscyhologolically. i am an academician, have hunderds of students, some of them gala fans. when they learn that i was in copenhagen they as me, what we have done after the game. asl i told you, since you get too exhausted, your body uses all the horomones during the game, you get in to a very calm, peaceful stage. it is like, the pschological state after a great sex :)))) i am serious. we call it homeostatsis in psychology.

so in kopenghagen, after winning the trophy, we were so calm, go to the center (tivoli the name i think), eat at burger king, than go to our hotels ( i drink with arsenal fans, they were nice after the game:)) not before, many incidents happened before the game), drink a little and went to sleep :)) strange is not it. we did not party. but the best thing is, coming back to your hometown, after the game. the airport and the plane will be so much fun for you.

but you will be istanbul, so i strongly recommend to come to taksim, besiktas or kadıkoy after the game. even if you feel exchausted. i will be there, i dont know which one of the regions i will be, we ll see, i will be exhausted also. before the game i am at nevizade (maybe besiktas later). it is your decision what to do; but the transportation will not be a big problem i believe.

one more thing, just came to my mind
as city fans, you lived a similar sitiuation (psychological) in 2012, aguero goal. i wathed the clips of those game, thousands of times, still watching. my fav video is the one called ''Look what it's done to me''. i am pasting the link below. i know so many grown man cried that day. but the gentelman at 4:50, i love him so much. if anyone knows him, reading this post. send him my greetings and respects. if he is coming to istanbul i wanna meet him and kiss his bald head. i am serious :)))

actually, as i told you, i am the biggest OASIS fan in Turkey. if i am writing here, if i am a manchester fan, thanks to OASIS. i ve seen them many times (2000 wembley, 2009 amsterdam, marseille, 2018 liam istanbul). it is such a fun and honour meeting you guys, i am having so much fan chatting with you. i ve already met a fan - we ll have beer in istanbul - who lives in the street of liams's mom and aunt. So, i know it is a very low possibility maybe, but if anyone knows liam or noel, send my greetings and respects also.

so, come on city...CITY IS OURS (LOUD PROUD AND LOYAL) we are waiting for you. come to taksim, besiktas or kadıkoy after game. whatever you like
cheers.
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You my friend are turning into my favourite ever non-City poster on Bluemoon
 
Wheelsy said:
This password still works?

Doha - Istanbul
Jun 10, 1:50 AM - 6:05 AM

Istanbul - Doha
Jun 11, 8:40 PM - 12:45 AM

No hotel, no ticket, no plans. Just going to vibe it. Hope to see a few of you there.
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Password?
 
kerem gokmen said:
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i ve just checked if my contactless credit/debit card workng in metro. IT IS NOT WORKING. altough it is announced that we may use them starting from 2023.

so, you have to buy ISTANBULCARD for transportation.

I also talked with the guy working there. Credit cards are not working in machines which you can buy ISTANBULCARD. So you have to put some Turkish lira to the machines to buy your istanbulcards.

He also told me that, istanbulcard application for mobile phones is not suitable for tourists. it uses mobile phone numbers, so it is problematic. dont use that app.

cheers.
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Thanks for this info Kerem really useful. I did try to download the app you suggested but as you say it doesn’t seem to work with foreign phone numbers or overseas bank cards. I’ll bring a few TRY with me to buy an Istanbulkart from the machines when I get there to get from the airport to centre. Hoping to just use credit/debit card for other spends in restaurants and bars though
 
Thisishowitfeels said:
Thanks for this info Kerem really useful. I did try to download the app you suggested but as you say it doesn’t seem to work with foreign phone numbers or overseas bank cards. I’ll bring a few TRY with me to buy an Istanbulkart from the machines when I get there to get from the airport to centre. Hoping to just use credit/debit card for other spends in restaurants and bars though
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sure, 100% you can use your credit cards/debit cards eveywhere. dont worry.
cheers.
 
kerem gokmen said:
ohh, one more thing,

i ve bought 30 torches (in blue) for the matchday, for nevizade...i ll keep a few for my self, and distrubute the rest to fans in nevizade. torches are a tradition in turkey, they are safe. and great. a torch will increase the effecitiveness of a chant x10 times.
anyone needs more torches, you may find in Eminönü, or Kadıkoy. also other fireworks.
i lived in amsterdam for 5 years. the best thing in amsterdam is the fireworks in new years eve. dutch people go crazy with fireworks in new years eve, it is only allowed there on that day.
torches are great :)) not allowed in the stadium, for sure :))
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Is your name Jamie? And are these torches magic ? :)
 
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