Ideas for a Schalke 04 Themed Party
If you're
watching an FC Schalke 04 game with your friends, there are plenty of ideas to help you turn the event into an
FC Schalke 04 themed football party.
FC Schalke 04 Party Decorations
Decorate yourself and your room with FC Schalke shirts, flags and scarves
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If you're serving food, search for blue and white table covers, napkins, plates, cups and
cutlery on our
General Party Decorations Page
As for colour schemes, in addition to the above ideas, anything else you can find in royal blue and white will help create the right atmosphere.
Food for a Schalke 04 Themed Party
You will find some more generic German recipes on our
German National Football Team page, if you prefer.
If you want to serve a simple snack, a typical pub meal from the Rhineland area of Germany is a "halver Hahn". Literally translated, this would be half a chicken,
but there's no chicken in the dish (just as there aren't that many toads in the English dish "Toad in the hole"). In fact, "halver Hahn" is not
dissimilar to an English ploughman's lunch. It consists of a buttered rye roll, some sliced gouda cheese, mustard, pickles and gherkins.
For a more substantial meal, a speciality of the Rhineland-Westphalia region is Rheinischer Sauerbraten.
Sauerbraten - a roasted joint of beef that has marinated for three days in a mix of red wine vinegar and spices - is popular throughout Germany, but particularly so in
the North Rhine Westphalia region.
Drink for a Schalke 04 Themed Party
While Bavaria is the best known beer-producing region in Germnay, the town of Dortmund in North Rhine Westfalia claims to be the city that produces the most.
Certainly the region has a long history of beer production, and a number of distinct beer types have developed in North Rhine Westfalia over the years, most notably:
- Kölsch — a pale, light-bodied beer from Cologne.
- Altbier — a dark amber, hoppy beer brewed around Düsseldorf.
- Export — a pale lager brewed around Dortmund that is fuller, maltier and less hoppy than Pilsner.
Each city is fiercely proud of its brewing traditions, and the locals frown on those who don't respect it. While Pilsener is universally popular and acceptable, you may not be made to
feel very welcome if you walk into a bar in Cologne and order an
Altbier, for example, or equally if you try to order a
Kölsch in Dortmund.
Germany also produces a fair amount of wine - mostly white.
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