EURO 2016 venue guides ... Lens at a glance
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
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England v Wales will be one of the UEFA EURO 2016 games staged in Lens – UEFA.com has all you need to know about the city, whether you are applying for tickets or not.
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UEFA EURO 2016 matches (kick-off times CET)
Group stage
11/06/16, 15.00: Albania v Switzerland
16/06/16, 15.00: England v Wales
21/06/16, 21.00: Czech Republic v Turkey
Round of 16
25/06/16, 21.00: WD v 3B/E/F
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
UEFA capacity: 35,000
Tenants: RC Lens
Reopened: August 2015 (original opened in June 1933)
Gervais Martel, Lens president
I will attend all the games at the Bollaert-Delelis, but I have a special interest in England v Wales – it looks like a classic rugby test match. It is a game that will attract thousands of fans. It could be Wayne Rooney's last international tournament and up against him will be Gareth Bale – it will be rocking in Lens.
Distance from Stade Bollaert-Delelis to ...
City centre: 2km
Airport: 34km
Distances to other UEFA EURO 2016 venues*
Lille – 40km
Saint-Denis – 195km
Paris – 200km
Lyon – 675km
Saint-Etienne – 735km
Bordeaux – 790km
Toulouse – 880km
Marseille – 985km
Nice – 1150km
*Distances between city centres, by motorway where possible
Source: mappy – viamichelin
Useful links
www.communaupole-lenslievin.fr/index.php?alias=transport_tadao – Lens transport
www.villedelens.fr/en.html – information about the city of Lens
www.communaupole-lenslievin.fr/ – website of the Lens and Lievin municipalities
www.tourism-lenslievin.co.uk/ – tourist information
www.rclens.fr – RC Lens official site
www.louvrelens.fr/en/home – Louvre-Lens Museum
www.facebook.com/mairiedelens – Facebook page of the Lens mayor's office