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Cologne invites stranded travelers to match

Cologne are offering frustrated airline passengers stranded because of the volcanic ash that has blanketed much of Europe free tickets to their Bundesliga match Friday.
/ Source: Reuters

Cologne are offering frustrated airline passengers stranded because of the volcanic ash that has blanketed much of Europe free tickets to their Bundesliga match Friday.

Hundreds of thousands of passengers have been stuck at airports across much of northern Europe due to a volcano erupting on Iceland that has sent a plume of smoke across the continent.

Cologne/Bonn airport shut down Friday along with most of the country's airports.

Passengers need only show their airline ticket to get free entry to the stadium for the match against VfL Bochum, the club said on their Web site (www.fc-koeln.de).

"As long as stocks last," the statement added.