Official mascot of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich

Waldi

Waldi was the first official Olympic mascot, created for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

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The field note

What is in and around Waldi, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Waldi has

YScheduled flightsFriedrichshafen (FDH), 31 km
FTrains and coachesTransitous carries 2 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time; a stop for a place this small is unverified
YFerriesGottlieben (Schifflände), 5 km; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter share1 share feeds in Transitous, not surfaced yet
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Konstanz, 7 km.

47.634°, 9.095°

He was a dachshund, a popular breed of dog from Germany. The course of the marathon was designed to incorporate the Waldi design, and during the construction phase of the 1972 Olympic stadium and village, Waldi was used in unofficial satirical posters.

How locals move

Getting around Waldi the local way

Get inBy car 1 hour to Konstanz (take the car ferry between Meersburg and Konstanz).
Get inThe fastest connections are : Car ferry from Meersburg, runs several times an hour from 06:00 until 24:00, and once an hour from 00:00 until 06:00.
Get inApart from Meersburg and Friedrichshafen, the ferries to and from Konstanz call in.

From Wikivoyage: Konstanz, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.