Thousands of Swifties watch Taylor's Munich show from nearby hill

Thousands of fans watched Taylor Swift's Munich concert on Saturday from a hill outside the stadium where the US superstar was performing one of her last Eras Tour shows in Germany, reported dpa.

"Nice to see you," Swift shouted out in German to the crowd inside Munich's sold-out Olympiastadion when she appeared on stage at around 7.30 pm, eliciting a response that shook the arena to its core.

Swift thanked the 74,000 fans for coming. "Thanks for hanging out with us," she said in English.

She also gave a shout-out to the thousands of Swifties who had flocked to the hill in a nearby park overlooking the stadium, hoping to catch a glimpse of the concert.

"We have people in a park outside the stadium, thousands of people listening from out there," the singer said.

Swift last toured Germany nine years ago. Her global Eras Tour kicked off in March 2023 and caused a worldwide stir, with shows selling out in minutes.

The superstar played the first concert of the German leg of her record-breaking tour in the western city of Gelsenkirchen last week.

The industrial city, where Swift played three concerts in total, was one of the lesser-known stops on the pop icon's mega-selling global tour, but local authorities splashed out to welcome the throngs of visitors and create a party-like atmosphere.

In Munich, waiting fans had to withstand afternoon temperatures of almost 32 degrees Celsius. Some people collapsed though police were unable to say how many.

To help Swifties endure the heat, concert organizers handed out thousands of emergency thermal blankets and "huge amounts of water."

Towards the end of the concert, a refreshing breeze blew through the stadium and Swift performed the final song - "Karma" - dancing in the Munich summer rain.