Taylor Swift: Thousands crowd hill to watch star’s Munich show from the Olympiaberg

Thousands of Taylor Swift fans sit on the Olympiaberg outside the Olympiastadion during the Eras concert in Munich. Photo / X @ZsofiaBodo

Countless Taylor Swift fans parked themselves on a hill outside the star’s stadium concert in Munich, withstanding high temperatures and limited shade to listen to the pop star perform.

Thousands of fans have watched Taylor Swift’s Munich concert from a hill outside the stadium where the US superstar was performing one of her last Eras Tour shows.

“Nice to see you,” Swift shouted out in German to the crowd inside Munich’s sold-out Olympiastadion on Saturday.

Swift thanked the 74,000 fans for coming. “Thanks for hanging out with us.”

She also gave a shout-out to the thousands of Swifties who had flocked to a grassy hill in a nearby park overlooking the stadium, hoping to catch a glimpse of the concert.

“We have people in a park outside the stadium, thousands of people listening from out there,” the singer said.

Swift last toured Germany nine years ago. Her global Eras Tour kicked off in March 2023 causing a worldwide stir with shows selling out in minutes and earnings projected to top $US1 billion, according to Pollstar.

🚨| Taylor Swift acknowledging the insane crowd of people on the hill outside the stadium at today's show in Munich, Germany! #MunichTSTheErasTour

"We have people in a park outside the stadium, thousands of people listening from out there!" pic.twitter.com/s8LZxYrsxA

— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) July 27, 2024

The superstar played the first concert of the German leg of her record-breaking tour in the western city of Gelsenkirchen last week.

The industrial city, where Swift played three concerts, was one of the lesser-known stops on the pop icon’s mega-selling global tour, but local authorities splashed out to welcome the throngs of visitors and create a party-like atmosphere.

In Munich, waiting fans had to withstand afternoon temperatures of almost 32C. Some people collapsed though police were unable to say how many.

To help Swifties endure the heat, concert organisers handed out thousands of emergency thermal blankets and “huge amounts of water.”

Munich’s new attraction - Olympiaberg made out of humans. Taylor Swift is in the town. :) pic.twitter.com/6aXIiiOVeJ

— Bodó Zsófia (@ZsofiaBodo) July 27, 2024

Towards the end of the concert, a refreshing breeze blew through the stadium and Swift performed the final song Karma, dancing in the Munich summer rain.

She is scheduled to play one final concert in the Bavarian capital on Sunday.