Munich Will Be Germany's Candidate for the Olympic Games

26.09.2026 18:02 HotInfo

On 26 September, the German Olympic Sports Confederation decided that Munich will be the country's candidate to host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044. The Bavarian capital beat the joint bid of Cologne and the Rhine-Ruhr region. Deutschlandfunk ↗

The decision was announced in Baden-Baden. A technical glitch occurred during the announcement, which the participants took with good humour. Munich backed its bid with a referendum held in autumn 2025. Of the original four candidates, Berlin and Hamburg had already withdrawn before the decision. teraz.sk ↗

Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder called Munich's selection a historic moment. He also said that the bid should unite the individual regions of Germany. "Wir werden alles geben und uns gemeinsam als ein Land präsentieren," Söder said. Translated, he said that Germany will give its all and present itself together as one country. Tagesspiegel ↗

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier responded to the delayed publication of the result with a joke: "Wer es eben noch nicht gesehen hat, dem sage ich es." He addressed the remark to those who had not yet noticed the decision. Welt ↗

Munich now faces the international phase of its bid. The International Olympic Committee will decide whether Germany will host the Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044. The bid may also open a discussion about the use of existing sports infrastructure and about distributing events among several German regions.

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Statement pattern

Markus Söder: 12× statement in the past 12 months

05.11.2026 — „Nagła śmierć Huberta Aiwangera to straszna tragedia. Wszyscy jesteśmy głęboko wstrząśnięci"
24.10.2026 — „Es geht jetzt um die Existenz der Volksparteien"
24.10.2026 — „Scheitert diese Regierung in den nächsten zwei Jahren – was soll man dann einer AfD noch sagen?"
26.09.2026 — „Ist was Historisches"
26.09.2026 — „Wir werden alles geben und uns gemeinsam als ein Land präsentieren"