The piper got back up after his spill – TikTok/@scottishmaninavan The Tartan Army has arrived in Munich in style, with tens of thousands of Scotland fans taking over the city center ahead of Friday’s Euro 2024 opening match against Germany. Legions of Scottish supporters, many in kilts, have descended on Germany for the national team’s … Read more
There are, I think, easier ways to reach Slovenia from London than the overland route I chose. I think about this as a boy from the raucous football team that shares our Brussels-Frankfurt train kicks my seat again. Their responsible adult has seemingly abdicated responsibility. He may have jumped from the train. It’s somewhat tempting … Read more
Literary Lübeck Lübeck – Queen of the Hanseatic League – has a fading charm and vulnerability that is absent in Berlin, Munich and Hamburg… and in most of Germany. I loved my trip there, wandering the cobbled streets, climbing every brick Gothic church tower – mostly alone! Thomas Mann wrote the unbearably sad novel Buddenbrooks … Read more
Horror lurks in the bright colors of this exciting overview of the group of avant-garde artists Blue Rider, who worked in Munich and the Bavarian Alps in the years before the First World War. Look at Wassily Kandinsky’s paintings of the medieval Bavarian town of Murnau and you might wonder if there is any connection … Read more
The Rosewood Munich is the perfect place to snow in (Davide Lovatti) Is there anywhere more Christmas atmosphere than Munich? Not during my visit. A heavy snowfall lasted two to five days, while the city glittered and shone in the sun under its white cloak. Christmas markets took place in most of Munich’s squares, scenting … Read more