Vienna Fan Zone nears million mark

The official UEFA EURO 2008™ Fan Zone in Vienna is expecting its millionth visitor on Sunday as supporters gather for the final between Germany and Spain.
Huge numbers
In addition, organisers hope the four million mark for Fan Zones across Austria and Switzerland will be broken before the end of the tournament to cap a great success, despite the rain. In Vienna, over 950,000 fans have already visited the Fan Zone helping to create a great atmosphere. "The Fan Zone project has been very successful and the atmosphere has been extraordinary," said Alan Ridley, head of sponsorship and event promotion for UEFA.

Atmosphere
The eight official Fan Zones have not only delivered some impressive figures but also helped create the positive feeling that surrounds the tournament. There has been entertainment aside from the football with over 500 different acts helping fans get in the mood and some 5,300 journalists have visited the Fan Zones to report on the atmosphere. If there was a title for European fan champions it would probably go to the Netherlands, with over 400,000 Dutch fans converging on Berne and Basel for their four games, meaning they accounted for ten per cent of all visitors. The running grand total of Fan Zone visitors after the Russia-Spain semi-final was just 200,000 shy of four million.

Daina Zagata Dutch Oranje Angel

She started to follow the Dutch in her angel-costume at the WC2006. “Tabloid Panorama is chasing me for months now, they want to shoot some erotic photo’s, well…no can do. That’s not going to happen

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Daina Zagata picture the Dutch orange angel

Daina Zagata, Dutch orange angel, from Lithuania She smiles sweetly, the eyes soothing, the wings give you a feeling of safety, the beautiful orange colour… Her blonde hair, the curves… She floats through EURO 2008 - Bern and most fans have adopted her as dreamgirl, national mascot and guardian angel.
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Daina Zagata the Oranje Angel

Here she is again, our Oranje Angel. She graced many a magazine and newspaper cover already and in particular with this pic. She smiles sweetly, the eyes soothing, the wings give you a feeling of safety, the beautiful orange colour… Her blonde hair, the curves… She floats through Bern and most fans have adopted her as dreamgirl, national mascot and guardian angel.

And she isn’t even Dutch.

Daina Zagata, 32 years old, is from Lituania: “The wings were an idea of my boyfriend (Jan: Bugger!). We run a shop in Limburg (south of Holland). The wings are inspired by Van Breukelen’s angel on the crossbar. Van der Sar needs one too, so here I am (Jan: Buggerty-bugger!!).”

Angel Daina has been discovered by dozens of photographers and camera-teams and seems to become a celebrity thanks to her …eh…wings.

She started to follow the Dutch in her angel-costume at the WC2006. “Tabloid Panorama is chasing me for months now, they want to shoot some erotic photo’s, well…no can do. That’s not going to happen

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