Photos: Fans flock to hillside in Germany to watch free Taylor Swift concert

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MUNICH (AP) — Thousands of Taylor Swift fans have received free tickets to her concerts in Munich, on a grassy knoll near the concert venue.

The Swifties filled Olympic Hill, or Olympiaberg, one of the highest points in the southern German city for the second day in a row on Sunday, giving them a high vantage point to watch the singer’s sold-out concert at the nearby Olympic Stadium.

On Saturday they braved the heat, which reached 31 degrees Celsius (88 Fahrenheit), and had taken their spots hours before the concert started.

According to the dpa news agency, police estimated that around 25,000 people had gathered on the hill on Saturday.

Fans sit on the Olympiaberg and wait in the sun for the start of the Taylor Swift concert, in Munich, Germany, Sunday, July 28, 2024. Taylor Swift’s first of two concerts in Munich as part of her “The Eras Tour” takes place there today. (Felix Hörhager/dpa via AP)
Fans sit on the Olympiaberg in Olympiapark and wait in the sun for the start of Taylor Swift’s concert, in Munich, Germany, Sunday, July 28, 2024. Taylor Swift’s first of two concerts in Munich as part of her “The Eras Tour” takes place there today. (Felix Hörhager/dpa via AP)
Fans sit on the Olympiaberg and wait in the sun for the start of the Taylor Swift concert, in Munich, Germany, Sunday, July 28, 2024. Taylor Swift’s first of two concerts in Munich as part of her “The Eras Tour” takes place there today. (Felix Hörhager/dpa via AP)

On Sunday the fans returned and the grassy knoll was once again so packed that from a distance it looked like an anthill.

Instead of discouraging free concertgoers, the concert organizer handed out water and emergency blankets to people waiting to protect themselves from the sun, dpa reported.

Sunday’s concert is Swift’s last in Germany as part of her Eras tour. She heads to the Polish capital Warsaw next week for three concerts, from Thursday to Saturday.