2nd- biggest stadium in the district of Gütersloh, hosted several matches of World Men's Handball Championship. The men's team of "TC Blau-Weiß Halle" have won the German Team Tennis Championships in 1995 and 2006. There is a number of possibilities to do sports in clubs: various football clubs various tennis clubs various gymnastics clubs Teutoburger Wald Golf Club with 27 holes CVJM athletics club Canadian Canoe Club 1st RSC Gerry Weber Rackets e. V., Squash Club 1st sports fishing club of Halle Automobile Club Halle (Westf.) e. V. Karate Dojo Halle e. V. Karate Dojo Mushin Halle of 1991 Modellfluggruppe Halle (Westf.) Halle Horse Riding and Carriage Driving Club Halle 1946 / Künsebeck 1948 e. V. Chess Club Halle (Westf.) Swimming Club Halle Folk Dance Club Regular events Besides the Gerry-Weber-Open and the "Haller Bachtage", mentioned in earlier sections, the town fest "Haller Willem" traditionally takes place on Ascension Day. Further regular events are: Weekly Market: The weekly market takes place in town centre each Friday Hörster Bummel: an annual funfair in the village Hörste Hemdsärmelball: an annual folk festival Party im gelben See (= party in the yellow pond): an annual folk festival on a field with sunflowers that have been sown for this occasion Christmas Market: annual market around the Protestant church, takes place on one of the Advent Sundays Gewerbeschau Gartnisch: annual exhibition of local trade and industry Infrastructure Traffic Road traffic The B 68 federal highway runs through Halle. The planned route of the A 33 motorway runs through Halle. For decades the planning of this motorway has been politically controversial. On one hand it would take pressure off the B 68 highway in town centre, on the other hand the intended route runs through the Tatenhausen Forest, part of which is protected by the FFH. Train and bus transport The railway stations of "Halle (Westf.)", "Künsebeck", "Halle Gerry-Weber-Stadion" and "Hesseln" are located alongside the railway tracks of the Haller Willem (KBS 402). The identically named Regionalbahn commutes hourly between Bielefeld, Halle and Osnabrück (during weekdays partly half-hourly between Bielefeld and Halle). The service is run by the NordWestBahn which uses Talent trains for speeds up to 120 km/h. The line was opened in 1886. Regional buses run to Bielefeld, Gütersloh, Werther (Westphalia), Steinhagen (Westphalia), Brockhagen and Versmold. For all public transport within North Rhine-Westphalia there are two unified tariffs: Der Sechser and the NRW-tariff. For