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Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

The Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium) is a sports stadium in Berlin. There have been two stadia on the site: the present facility, and one that was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March and the second by his son Werner March.

The current Olympiastadion was originally built for the 1936 Summer Olympics in the southern part of the Reichssportfeld (today Olympiapark Berlin). During World War II, the area suffered little damage. After the war, the British military occupation used the northern part of the Reichssportfeld as its headquarters until 1994. From 1951 to 2005, the Olympischer Platz had a giant antenna transmitting for all the portable radios in Berlin.

Aside from its use as an Olympic stadium, the Olympiastadion has a strong footballing tradition. Historically, it is the ground of club Hertha BSC. It was also used for 3 matches in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. It hosted six matches, including the final, in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and was renovated for that reason. The German Cup final match is held each year at the Olympiastadion. The stadium sees use in other sports as well; at one point it held the world record for the attendance of a baseball game, thought to be over 110,000.

柏林奧林匹克體育場（Berlin Olympiastadion）是一座位於德國柏林的大型體育場地，建於為舉辦1916年夏季奧林匹克運動會而建的德意志體育場原址，該場館與現有建築物均由瑪赫家族設計，前者由奧托·玛赫（Otto March）設計，後者則由其子维纳·玛赫（Werner March）設計。

現存的奧林匹克體育場及周邊的奧林匹克廣場，是為1936年柏林奧運會而建造。二戰期間受到戰火的輕微毀壞，戰後則被英國軍方作為駐柏林總部至1994年。此場館主要用作舉行足球比賽，是德国足球甲级联赛球隊柏林赫塔的主場，先後兩次舉辦世界盃足球賽（分別是1974年及2006年），每年的德國足協杯決賽亦於此場館舉行。

References sources : wikipedia