Final 2025
The final of the 19th Carcassonne World Championships will be held in Spielezentrum in Herne / Germany. It will take place on Saturday 25th of October 2025. The address is Hölkeskampring 2, 44625 Herne.
It is planed that Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, the author of the game Carcassonne, will come to Spielezentrum for autographs and photos during that day. We plan also an additional winners ceremony for the first four places on Sunday around noon in Essen on the game fair with Klaus-Jürgen and also Moritz Brunnhofer, head of publisher Hans im Glück.
Remember: on Saturday we will stream the final live on our youtube channel - the livestream can be found here.
During the tournament we will offer free and unlimited drinks to all players and visitors all day long.
Here is the provisionally timetable for the final:
09.00 h start registration
09.30 h start tournament
12.30 h break for lunch (all players will enjoy a small catering: soups, bread, fruits)
16.30 h start final game
17.30 h winners ceremony
19.00 h start "aftershow party"
It is planed to hold the so called "aftershow party" or cozy get-together in nearby restaurant "Zille" (Willi-Pohlmann-Platz 1, 44623 Herne) again. It's only one subway stop (named Archäologie-Museum / Kreuzkirche) or 1000 meters away from Spielezentrum. Other interested people can spontaneously join at their own expense, too.
All players are automatically invited and are allowed to bring one accompanying person. We will provide a free buffet and free drinks.
If you already want to look for accommondation in Herne go here. Please consider to stay alternatively in Bochum. Of course all of the players will get a ticket for game fair SPIEL in Essen. Please be aware that there will be NO shuttle service between Essen and Herne but there are enough alternatives going to SPIEL yourself (public transportation, rental car, UBER etc.).
How to get to Spielezentrum in Herne?
You can use public transportation which is quite easy here in the Ruhr area. Due to decades of neglect we have more conctrution sites than ususal at the moment but nevertheless it's an alternative way to travel. You can find information in English on the VRR site concerning nearly all local transport connections. You can also download detailed maps (so called "Stadtlinienpläne") for every city in the Ruhr area (just scroll down the page a little; the maps are sorted alphabetically by the city name). They are in German only but very helpful for getting an overview of the area where you stay.
From Bochum main station (Bochum Hbf) or Herne station (Herne Bf) runs the subway line U35 directly to Spielezentrum. This line is called campus line (CampusLinie) because it connects to the university in Bochum (Ruhr-Universität).
If you start in Bochum the direction is "Herne / Schloß Strünkede" or if you start in Herne the direction is "Bochum / Hustadt" (depending how it is written on the signs).
Either way you always have to depart at the station "Hölkeskampring".
Leave the subway station using first the exit (Ausgang) "Hölkeskampring" and then the exit "Flottmannstraße". You will find Spielezentrum inside the large district center (Stadtteilzentrum) H2Ö only a few meters away and you should see it right away. Please use the main entrance under the large H2Ö sign.
As an additional orientation you will also find our logo - the huge yellow meeple (Pöppel) - on the far right side of the building.
Of course you can also use a car and drive here. This year all contruction projects should be finished and we will have enough parking spaces at the building. All players will get my mobile phone number from work in the week before the final so that they can reach me (in this week only) in any case of emergency.
This page was last updated on February 13th 2025.