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Teenage girl drowns in Eisbach

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

The surfing-wave in English Garden is a popular highlight with both tourists and locals. A reminder of Munich's relaxed approach to life, riding the wave has been illegal since 2010 and was only permitted because of a land exchange between the city of Munich and the state of Bavaria.

Riding the "standing wave" is recommended only for experienced surfers and considered dangerous. Swimming and bathing is prohibited in this area. The warning signs are there - but no one ensures that the prohibition...

German Vaccinations to be Enforced

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Recently, Italian legislators cracked down on parents who have deliberately refused to vaccinate their children, and next month Germany is following suit with fines of up to EUR2,500 for parents who fail to ensure certain vaccinations are carried out at the appropriate time. The anti-vaccine movement, mainly composed of well-intentioned, albeit scientifically-illiterate parents, is largely responsible for the worrying reduction in child vaccinations against diseases which were once nearly...

Coffee-to-No-Go Campaign

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

The municipal committee of Munich has unanimously voted for an extensive campaign against the usage of disposable paper coffee cups.

Environmentalists nationwide are worried about the immense amount of garbage that is caused by disposable cups. Almost 3 billion cups are thrown away every year in Germany. That is 7.7 million cups a day, 320.000 per hour, 40.000 tons of garbage a year - for a usable product lifetime of only 15 mins. Also the waste of resources needed for the production of the cups...

Cycling Survey Results for Munich

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Munich still has to improve a lot when it comes to bicycle friendliness. That is the result of a survey conducted by the German bicycle club (ADFC). Around 120.000 people in more than 500 cities in Germany gave their opinions on the bicycle atmosphere in 39 carefully selected communities via questionnaires - Munich is only placed 13th in this list Cycling has become part of the fabric of life in Bavaria's capital city, but isn't always appreciated according to the survey. On the negative side...

FC Bayern München Celebrates Victory

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

FC Bayern München is yet again the German championship Bundesliga winner for the 27th time - and the 5th time in a row. Reason enough to celebrate with the fans! Therefore the football team will present themselves on the town hall balcony at Marienplatz from around 8pm on Saturday 20th 2017. The Warm-up party starts at 6pm. Because of security measures Marienplatz, where the town hall is situated, is likely to be blocked when overcrowded. Expect delays for this family-friendly affair and...

Munich Airport 25th anniversary

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

25 years ago, on May 17th 1992, Munich's Franz Josef Strauss airport went into operation. The anniversary will be celebrated with a varied programme of events. Being one of Europe´s most important aviation turnstiles (and the only European airport in the World's five top airports for 2017), the relocation of the airport from Munich-Riem to Erdinger Moos overnight from May 16th to May 17th 1992 was a true mammoth project. In spite of the difficult logistics everything went smoothly and Munich...

Siemens to Cut 1700 Jobs

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

As part of a major efficency drive, the German technology and engineering conglomerate Siemens, is to cut 1700 jobs over the next few years.  The munich-based giant confirmed that IT services are most directly affected, with just over 1300 jobs to go in that area within approximately three years. In the same period, 9000 new positions will be created across various other divisions, and employees affected by the changes will be encouraged to apply elsewhere within the company. It is hoped...

Amazon Lockers for Munich

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Amazon plans to become more and more independent from the classical parcel services business model. Therefore the online giant set up their own amazon lockers - a grey variation of the DHL Packstations - in Germany. The first ones were placed in supermarket car parks in towns like Dortmund, Essen and Augsburg and since then have also reached Munich.

According to an article on t3n, an Amazon spokesman commented: " We are planning to set up more lockers in and around Munich in the near future."

If...

Chinese Finals is a First

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

For the first time ever seven Bavarian students are about to take their high school diplomas (Abitur) in Chinese.

During the five years of learning the language, the students also had the opportunity to take part in two exchange programs with Taiwan.

The Munich St. Anna-Gymnasium in Lehel, is the only Bavarian grammar school offering Chinese as a third foreign language to study at A level.

Being a pilot project, it is supported by the Bavarian Ministry of Education and the Arts, and Würzburg...

S-Bahn Weekend Maintenance Closures

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Starting on Friday, May 12th 2017 at 10:45pm and ending on Monday, May 15th 2017 4.30am, the S-Bahn Stammstrecke (main line) will be out of service due to repair and maintenance work.

S-Bahn lines to/from the west of Munich will start and end at Pasing or Hauptbahnhof. The S2 will end during the day at Heimeranplatz also.

S-Bahn lines to/from the east of Munich will start and end at Ostbahnhof.

The airport line S8 will go at all times but leave out the stations between Pasing and Ostbahnhof and...

Is Munich going to explode?

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Munich is growing faster than expected. According to the newest demographic report, the number of inhabitants in the city of Munich might rise up to 1.8M by 2030 - that is 100.000 people more than the last prognosis showed. At the beginning of May the Munich planning department is going to present the latest report to the city council. The rapid growth will be one of the biggest political challenges of the next decade: public transport, infrastructures, housing, day care centers and schools are...

British citizen dies in Maxvorstadt incident

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

A 24 year old British citizen has been found seriously injured on the pavement of Max-Joseph-Straße in the early hours of Thursday, May 4th 2017. He died shortly after in hospital as all attempts to reanimate him failed.

Forensic examinations have provided proof that the man who was registered in a hotel near Munich, apparently fell from the roof of the building.

According to the police, it is still unknown what caused the incident but there is circumstantial evidence which points to suicide.

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