Overview

• Berlin’s mayor, Kai Wegner, urged that the host city for Germany’s Olympic bid must be Berlin to maximize international appeal and leverage the Olympiastadion’s reputation.
• All four regions—Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and the Rhine–Ruhr area—have submitted detailed one-city-plus-region proposals to the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB).
• The DOSB has shifted from a no-new-build sustainability pledge to a one-city-plus-region model with a single Olympic Village to meet International Olympic Committee requirements.
• Local referendums are scheduled in Munich in October 2025 and Hamburg in May 2026 before the DOSB names its official candidate at the September 2026 member assembly.
• Germany has yet to decide whether to target the 2036, 2040 or 2044 Games and faces growing competition, including Qatar’s announced bid for 2036.