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The Loveliest Lullaby

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Could there be a song that is universally known to all Christians and many more of other denominations? It is said that the Advent classic, Silent Night, is sung in 52 languages. It was composed 200 years ago this coming Christmas. Here is the story of how it all began. Consider the catastrophe. A performance is expected, everything is set, anticipation runs high and then your organ breaks down on Christmas Eve. A mouse nibbling the bellows was suspected. One might consider some hopeful...

Arte: Caminos de luz

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

  Existen mundos paralelos. Y en esos espacios miles son los seres humanos que hacen y terminan sus logros. Y vuelven a empezar con el mismo entusiasmo que al comienzo. Y con la obra en mano salen a la calle guiados por la virtud.  Esa virtud convertida en fuerza que en varias situaciones los mantienen erguidos. Erguidos ante la incertidumbre de futuras tempestades. Así es el trabajo del artista.  Crea, pero con eso no basta, hay que mostrar lo que realizó, como quien presenta a...

Road ProJect Under Stonehenge Endangers 6,000 Year Old Site

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Plans for an uderground dual carriage way could badly damage a major archaelogical site near the world heritage site, experts warned. Hoofprints of wild cattle known as aurochs have recently been found at excavations a mile and a half from the stone circle in Wiltshire. In statements published by Tom Bawden, enviroment correspondant for the british free newspaper METRO, the University of Buckingham archaelogist, David Jacques, confirmed that the hoofprints are 6,000 years old, as carbon dating...

The Meerkats are back in Town

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Munich Zoo (Tierpark Hellabrunn) proudly presents their new inhabitants - three male and one female meerkat that moved in right next to the giraffes' enclosure.

Coming from a wildlife park in Saxony, the four little predators are busy exploring their new Bavarian environment and scraping around for food.

Despite the fact that the animals originally stem from Africa, the local winter weather does not bother them. They either retreat into the cave system or lie down underneath the heat lamps or on...

Top 10 Sledging Hills for Kids in Munich

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

If you're looking for a sledging opportunity in Munich where you can easily take your kids without much fuss, here are some suggestions:

1. Olympiaberg in Olympic Park
The highest sledging hill in Munich also offers the best panoramic view and a large variety of sledging routes. You can chose from long and flat slopes for the little ones to steep high speed slopes for the more adventurous tobogganist. Additionally there is a snow tubing rack directly at the Olympic Lake.
How to get there: U3 to...

Foo Fighters meet Lollapalooza Berlin

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

"We've played Lollapalooza before, but we've never played Lollapalooza Berlin!" 85,000 people, 22 years of rock'n'roll music, 9 records encored in a smashing playlist and a show to remember. This was the music festival Lollapalooza Berlin and the only concert in 2017 for Foo Fighters (so far) in Germany, as part of their tour "Concrete and Gold". Dave Grohl (front and guitar), Taylor Hawkins (drumms), Nate Mendel (bass), Chris Shiflett (lead guitar) and Pat Smear (rhythm guitar) rocked the...

How to have fun playing online?

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

In recent years, technology has become a part of our lives and, for this reason, it is important to emphasize that many habits have changed. In which way? Today we spend more time with our smartphone, tablet or PC and this is an incontrovertible fact: both adults and teenagers are always connected and, for that reason, there are new ways of having fun.

If we open the app store of our devices, we notice that there is a big number of applications dedicated to fun. There are some applications with...

Tollwood Summer Festival 2017

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

From the 21st of June to the 16th of July, Olympiapark South in Munich hosts this year's Tollwood Summer Festival.

For the next 26 days visitors are invited to enjoy the full variety of theater and performance groups, live concerts and the "Market of Ideas".

There is a lot to discover such as the market stands with handicraft and international gastronomy. In other spaces visitors can be active themselves and ake part in activities. Over 70 percent of all performances - including children's...

Biergarten Season Finally Arrives

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

It´s summer in the city and most Munich people can be found in what they call their second living room: their favorite Biergarten (beer garden).
If you are new in town or visiting as a tourist you might have already had the opportunity to rest in the shade of a tree and enjoy a cold beer and a giant pretzel (Bavarian: Brezn) - and you may have wondered about a few things: why are customers allowed to bring their own food? Why do they sit on beer benches rather than decent chairs? And why is the...

Frühlingsfest (spring festival) 21.04.2017 - 07.05.2017 Theresienwiese

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The 53rd "Mini-Wiesn" is currently taking place at the Theresienwiese München, providing young and grown-up visitors with a large range of market stalls, fairground rides and the obligatory and beer tents.

Next to the popular fairground amusements there are also some highlights you shouldn't miss:

Auer Dult Spring Fair

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

First mentioned in 1310, the Auer Dult has a long history as a church feast and traditional market in Munich. With around 300 participants, it developed into a huge market for kitchen utensils, pottery, antiques, arts and crafts and novelties accompanied by food stalls and a small fairground to please the little ones.

Three times a year you can visit the Dult on the Mariahilfplatz:

VictoriaBrides Now Helps Users to Organize Real Dates

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Recently, dating platform Victoria Brides has launched a new offline service that helps users to go on a real date with their Ukrainian, Moldavian, Latvian, Georgian, and Russian brides. The service is fee-paying and called "Request Meeting". Victoria Brides premium dating site, aimed to help men and women from every corner of the world become acquainted and build a relationship with each other, has recently taken a decision to provide additional support and assistance to its users. Now, every...

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Christoph Scheuerecker: ,,Ereignis: Erzählung"

Join us at the Kunstraum in der Au for the exhibition titled ,,Ereignis: Erzählung" by Christoph Scheuerecker, focusing on the captivating world of bees. This exhibition invites visitors to explore the intricate relationship between bees and their environment through various artistic expressions,...

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