Tag: Bavarian forest
White above, green below – Bavaria
The last ski areas in Bavaria are starting the final season with some fresh snow. The mountain railways are scheduled to run until May 1st at the Zugspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen…
The Glashaus Bar in Zwiesel: The dream of having your own pub – Bavaria
When they go to the bar to renovate, on a Friday for example, it doesn’t take long before someone comes in. The door is open anyway and people are excited.…
Borderline experiences: scary stories from the Bavarian Forest
Ghosts, true dreams, announcements of death: local researcher Karl-Heinz Reimeier from Grafenau collects reports from people in the Bavarian Forest to whom spooky things have happened. Three of them report…
No heating, no water: Why there is so much trouble in two Bavarian places – Bavaria
This Wednesday it is seven degrees in Wenzenbach in Upper Palatinate. Pretty warm for February, pretty icy for a cold shower. The residents of the Roither Berg district currently have…
Konstantin Ferstl’s debut novel “The Blue Border” – Munich
“This is Fidel Castro. From Germany. He’s lovesick, so he’s going to North Korea. Have I forgotten something important?” The first-person narrator of Konstantin Ferstl’s “The Blue Border” cannot be…
Appeal: Avoid fireworks in the Bavarian Forest National Park – Bavaria
The Bavarian Forest National Park Administration has asked visitors not to use fireworks in the national park on New Year’s Eve – to protect the animals. The Bavarian Forest around…
Books about the Bavarian Forest: On the trail of the “New World” – Bavaria
The world is changing at an unprecedented rate. Much of what is called home, which was deeply familiar to people two generations ago and seemed untouchable, has now disappeared. A…
SPD politician Michael Adam on his political comeback and the shift to the right in Bavaria – Bavaria
Michael Adam was a political star until he resigned due to a sex scandal. Now he has been elected mayor by people who are also voting for the AfD. About…
SPD politician Michael Adam on his comeback into politics – Bavaria
Michael Adam was a political star until he resigned due to a sex scandal. Now he has been elected mayor by people who are also voting for the AfD. About…
Man finds 13 kilo mushroom in the Bavarian Forest – Bavaria
If you are born in Bavaria, grow up there, live and work, then you are confronted early and persistently with superlatives: best federal state, best high school diploma, best and…