Food Wars, Marches, Motorcades: The best fan rituals of EURO 2024 | OneFootball

Tournament football is made what it is by the fans and we have enjoyed the rituals, superstitions and habits that have caught on in Germany during EURO 2024.

Here are the best fan rituals we've seen over the past month.

Head to the comments to let us know what you think of these rituals and share your rituals as a fan!

The tides of a march

The Netherlands fans are always an incredible sight, decked out in orange and donning spectacular fancy dress. This summer has seen a number of fanbases embark on huge fan marches to the stadium to see their teams play but nobody has done it better than the Dutch.

We could watch them bounce from left to right all day and all night.

Food Wars

Early on in the tournament, fans decided to poke fun at the opposition's dearest foods. Like this, when Switzerland played Hungary ...

... or Italy's meeting with Spain ...

... or Poland's clash with the Netherlands ...

... and Turkey's meeting with Portugal.

A lot of fun but no good fortune: Italy, Poland and Turkey all lost those respective matches.

Bagpipes

The sound of the summer ... for just over a week ... was produced by Scotland's bagpipers. Whether on marches, in town squares, or at games, the distinctive noise of the bagpipes rocked Germany.

The locals truly took the Scots to heart and a friendship of sorts seems to have been formed between the host nation and the fans of the team they beat 5-1 in the opening game, with the moment a Scottish fan lost his phone producing another lovely image.

Food Wars II

Sometimes it's not enough to disrespect your rivals' favourite foods with a written sign, you need to really stick it to them.

These Italian fans took the snapping of spaghetti very, very well ...

... and the Austrians were inspired to taunt the French in a similar vein.

Motorcades

International tournaments often spark the diasporas in Germany celebrating positive results with late night motorcades but the volume — both in numbers and the noise made — by Turkey fans after every positive result has been something else altogether.

German saxophone guy

Germans, Major Tom, and a former music teacher with his saxophone.

Isn't that what the beautiful game is all about?

Remember to head to the comments to share your favourite rituals — whether yours or those of a friend — no matter how unusual they are!