EVENTS
Oktoberfests in the US!
Feeling down that Oktoberfest 2016 in Munich is over? Don’t worry, there are still plenty of opportunities to celebrate in the US! Check out our list and find the Oktoberfest nearest you! ARIZONA Tempe Town […]
Munich
NEWS
Oktoberfest: What You Need to Know About the World’s Largest Festival
Over the course of the multi-day festival in Munich—which takes place in 2016 from September 16 to October 3—some 1.85 million gallons of beer and hundreds of thousands of pork sausages and spit-roasted chickens are […]
TRAVEL
Celebrate the Beer Purity Law
May 13, 2016 The 500th anniversary of the beer purity law is going to be celebrated throughout Germany, but particularly in Bavaria. In Munich, a 3-day beer festival will take place from July 22-24 officially […]
NEWS
Oktoberfest in Munich opening this Weekend
Over six million visitors in just 16 days. More than 6.7 million litres of beer served. The world’s tallest drop tower. Munich’s annual Oktoberfest – which begins this year on 20 September – is a […]
FEATURED
A reading and discussion of Daniel Kehlmann’s F
From the internationally acclaimed author of Measuring the World, here is a dazzling tragicomedy about three brothers whose father takes on the occult and both wins and loses.Arthur is a dilettante, a wannabe writer who […]
EDUCATION
Key figure in German expressionism painter Gabriele Münter
Gabriele Münter, born 19 February 1877 was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. She became engaged to her teacher Wassily Kandinsky after taking […]
NEWS
Siemens to abandon major role in atomic-power industry
Even if the mass media have their eyes on other catastrophes, Japans nuclear crisis is still unfolding and it is applaudable that Germany is reacting. According to the Handelsblatt the Munich based power player Siemens […]