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Coronavirus hit small businesses hard, as cafes, restaurants and stores were forced to close throughout spring. As lockdown eased, businesses reopened, but many…
Palmengarten – Theresienwiese
You could be forgiven for thinking that the Theresienwiese is a barren wasteland at the moment, what with Oktoberfest 2020 having been cancelled.…
Munich’s Pop-Up Drive-In Cinema
The Zenith car park has been transformed into Munich’s first pop-up drive-in cinema. Half a dozen young cinephiles – all students/alumni of Munich’s…
Caspar Plautz
Three years ago, a humble potato stall opened at Viktualienmarkt. Nothing unusual there, you might think – the Viktualienmarkt is full of fresh…
Cafe Steinchen
Laim often gets left out. People talk about Westend and its cafes, Pasing and its market – but the in-between is often forgotten.…
Celebrating International Museum Day 2020 in and around Munich
18 May is International Museum Day! One of my most viewed posts is on Munich’s many museums – and while all of the…
DOK.fest 2020
DOK.fest has become a digital festival this year, and the team has managed to pull an entire online film festival out of the…
Support Your Münchner Drinks
As everyone knows by now, it’s a difficult time for small businesses, however popular they are. If you haven’t read this gorgeous piece…
Annika Schüler Porcelain
Annika Schüler makes the most gorgeous pieces of porcelain. If you’re in Munich, you probably know her work from somewhere or another –…
Gabenzäune: “donation fences” in Munich
Together with some fantastic Munich activists, my dear friend Mona Walch has set up “Gabenzäune” around Munich. These are spots where people can…