Sport
Stadiums and venues
A page for each of the eight 2022 World Cup stadiums, with design, history, the metro route and visiting tips. Add the circuit, arenas and sports complexes that fill the rest of the calendar, and a matchday guide.
About
About QitketsQat
An independent, English-language guide to Qatar's stadiums, screens and sights, put together by a small editorial team for visitors who like to know what they are walking into.
Inside the Qatar National Library in Education City, designed by OMA.
Who we are
QitketsQat is an independent editorial project: a small team writing in English for people planning a trip to Qatar. Some come for a football match or a race weekend, others for a film festival or a few days in Doha, and most of them end up asking the same practical questions. Where exactly is the stadium? Which metro line goes there? How hot will it be at kick-off, and what is worth seeing on the way home?
The guide exists to gather those answers in one place, written calmly and checked carefully. We are not a travel agency, a ticket seller or an official body, and we have no connection with any football governing body, tournament organiser, government department or venue operator.
What we cover
Three subjects, one practical angle
Everything on the site starts from the same question: what does a visitor need to know before setting off?
Film
Cinemas and festivals
How cinema-going works in Qatar, from listings, subtitles and age ratings to the Doha Film Institute, its festivals and the screenings held at museums and cultural venues.
Travel
Sights and practicalities
Doha district by district, day trips into the desert and the north, the metro, tram and buses, and travel tips on heat, seasons, etiquette and public holidays.
How we research and update
Every page starts from primary sources: the information published by venues, museums, transport operators and public institutions, and the architects' own descriptions of their buildings. Wikipedia and reputable news reporting help us find leads and cross-check dates, but wherever an original source exists, we go back to it.
Sources often disagree, particularly on stadium capacities and distances. When they do, we round the figure and say so: "about 45,000 seats", "roughly 40 km". We review pages regularly and whenever something material changes, such as a new tournament, a change to the transport network or a festival announcing its dates.
Some details move too fast for any guide. Opening hours, entry rules, security procedures and timetables are best read at the source shortly before you travel, so that is where we send you.
Independence and editorial principles
Nobody pays to appear on QitketsQat, and no venue, operator or business has asked for, reviewed or approved anything we publish. A handful of rules keeps it that way.
- No advertising, affiliate links or sponsored content. There are no paid placements of any kind, and no trackers either.
- No tickets, reservations or bookings. We are not a seller, and ticketing systems change too often for a guide to describe them reliably. We point you to the official source instead.
- No commercial names. We describe places by what they are, such as a multiplex in Lusail or a metro feeder bus, rather than promote brands. Stadiums, museums, festivals and public landmarks are named, of course.
- No invented detail. If we cannot verify a fact, we leave it out rather than guess.
Where the photos come from
The photographs on the site come from Wikimedia Commons and are published under free licences, mostly Creative Commons, or are in the public domain. Each one is listed on our image credits page with its author, its licence and a link to the original file.
For a few places, notably Stadium 974, Al Janoub Stadium and Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, we could not find a freely licensed photo of usable quality. Rather than show the wrong building, we use an honest stand-in, such as the metro station that serves the stadium or the seafront of the town it stands in, and the caption says exactly what you are looking at.
Spotted a mistake?
Details change, and we would rather hear about an error than leave it standing. Tell us which page it is on and, if you can, where you found the correct information. We correct pages as soon as we have checked the facts.