The Euro 2008 final has arrived at last and the whole world and universe came together on Sunday in Vienna to celebrate the culmination of three weeks of football, ahead of Germany v Spain.
The old town was drowned all afternoon in a sea of red, gold and black, in which German and Spanish fans could hardly be told apart.
The ones boasted hats, wigs and face paint in the German black-red-gold, while the others waved red and gold flags with giant black bulls.
You have to look at their faces and then you can figure out if they re German or Spanish, said Matts Landmark, a Swedish fan in national blue and yellow.
A distinctly Hawaiian feel descended on the fans as temperatures hovered around 30 degrees Celsius and the sun streamed down, with flags used as…