Munich

Munich Addressing Shortage Before Advent of Oktoberfest Celebration

Prost! ©oscar quiroz With the traditional fest kicking off in less than eight days, Munich is working with a crisis for this year’s Oktoberfest–a bottle shortage. There is plenty of beer, but not enough bottles. Heiner Müller, manager at the Paulaner and Hacker-Pschorr breweries, has said that there aren’t enough bottles to supply the [...]

Munich Oktoberfest 2012 By the Numbers [Infographic]

Brit Falls Asleep Wedged Between High Speed Train Cars

Train © Kokonis A drunk British man had a lucky escape after he fell asleep wedged between two carriages of a 190 mph express train. He was only rescued when passengers at the station in Munich, Germany, spotted him five minutes before the train pulled out and alerted police. The British reveller had passed out [...]

Confessions of an Oktoberfest Waiter

Oktoberfest ©andrijbulba We are almost a week into Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany and MSNBC offers this interesting inside look at the festivities, from the perspective of the Oktoberfest waiter. Surprisingly, the author confesses that most servers actually really enjoy American tourists. Americans are easier to talk to. They’re not so complicated. If you tell them [...]

10 Things to Do in Munich Now (Besides Oktoberfest)

Munich has much more to offer than just a beer festival. Isabel Eva Bohrer shares 10 things to do in her hometown.

Lufthansa Flight Attendants Wear Traditional Bavarian Costumes for Oktoberfest

Lufthansa Jet © Andres Rueda In celebration of upcoming Oktoberfest, German air carrier Lufthansa will be dressing its air stewards and stewardesses in traditional Bavarian costume. The crew will don their garb on select international flights from September 13th until October 2nd. We’re betting the pre-flight safety demonstration is infinitely more interesting when performed by [...]

Human Remains Found in Suitcase at Munich Airport

Evidently, it’s never a dull day when you’re an airport security officer. Officers at Munich airport were aghast when they uncovered a skull and bones in a suitcase belonging to two female passengers. The women were on a stopover on their way from Sao Paolo to Naples, and the reason for the morbid baggage was [...]