And now – a classic match awaits

Yesterday afternoon, at the English football fan tent at the Heiligengeistfeld, English fans had reason to cheer: their team is off to the round of 16. Only hours later, their opponent for Sunday was determined: Germany. Expect to see German tri-colour flags and English St George's crosses en mass on Sunday at 4 p.m.

“Alice” is going to disappear

The company building of HanseNet (with the trademark 'Alice') is located in Hamburg's 'City Nord'. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Last November, the Hamburg company “HanseNet” was bought by its rival O2, which belongs to the Spanish company Telefonica. HanseNet offered broadband connections and mobile phone contracts and has been known to Hamburgers and the rest of Germany alike only as “Alice”, since this was the name of the branch that was responsible for private consumers.

Now, the CEO of O2 Germany, René Schuster, has announced that this name will disappear and all new and existing contracts will refer to the name 'O2' within two years. HanseNet used to advertise its product with a model and only recently had giant posters all over the Jungfernstieg station – much to the dismay of commuters.