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Restaurant Review- Bar Comercial

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Bar Comercial is a place where modern city atmosphere meets classical Italian charm.
The bar is located in the Theatinerstraße 16, between the Marienplatz and the Odeonsplat as part of the Fünf Höfe, a shopping arcade with five different courts.
The modern architecture surrounding the bar features an impressive piece of art by Olafur Eliasson, a steel ball hanging from the ceiling, which gives the outside dining area of Comercial its individual character.
The bar has a broad cocktail menu...

Westend is Munich's best end

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Tucked behind the landmark Augustiner's Brewery on Landsberger Street, the Westend Quarter of Munich is growing in both its diversity and vibrancy. Long known as a place where mostly Turks, Greeks and Balkan peoples lived, it has experienced a large influx of young Germans in the last couple years. Yet, it still has a multi-cultural charm displayed in its plentiful Kebap houses, numerous Greek taverns and clubs (public and private), a Greek bakery, great Italian Trattorias, a Croatian restaurant...

Film about choice, devastatingly on the mark

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

"Land of Oblivion" written/directed by Michale Boganim

Films shown at film festivals can be hit or miss affairs. Often the only thing that attracts viewers is a title, a brief blurb or if one is lucky a two minute trailer. And sometimes these do not properly prepare a viewer for the exquisite gift that awaits them upon seeing a particular film. "Land of Oblivion", the first feature film from writer/director Michale Boganim may very well be the best on offer at the Filmfest Munich 2012. It is...

Lehel Carré

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Having taken place for the first time last year and already created a name for itself, this year's gastronomic Foodmarkt is certain to be just as delightful.

At Thierschplatz and taking place this weekend on the 7th and 8th of July, this feast for the senses will be showcasing culinary products from small and individual manufacturers. Excellent wines from across Germany and Italy are available to sample and purchase and rich delicacies will populate the stalls. High-quality meats can be sampled...

Crew Ale, others, moving beer forward in Germany to move it back

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Germans Do Beer
The world associates certain things with Germany: fast, well-built cars, sauerkraut, apple-strudel, and of course, beer. There are approximately 1,250 different breweries in Germany-about the same amount that the rest of Europe has combined. Beer tradition in Germany, and especially Bavaria, is over 1,000 years old. Weihenstephan Brewery, a few kilometres north of Munich near Freising, claims to be 'the oldest brewery in the world'. Many Germans, and this goes doubly for...

Surfing the Garden Since '72

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

A quick check of Wannasurf.com, a Google maps powered interactive surf finder, shows pretty slim pickings for Germany. "Not as good as Hawaii, but better than let's say, Kansas" is how one Munich river surfer who declined to give this reporter her name, described Germany's over all domestic surfing potential. "In the north, I have to go to Denmark, or the Netherlands." Not quite as negative as it might sound, because shortly thereafter she winked and said, "That's OK, I actually like...

'Great Expectations' for Tollwood's Summer 2012 Festivities

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

'Schöne Aussichten' or 'Great Expectations' is this year's motto for Tollwood's Summer Festivities.  A feast for the eyes and ears, the Tollwood 2012 summer programme encompasses everything from outdoor contemporary theatre to the world's gastronomic industry. Street performance, walk-in artwork, children's entertainment, and arts and crafts are also on the menu! The biannual festivities are taking place in Munich's Olympia Park from Friday the 29th of June to Tuesday the 24th of July.  When...

Ukraine, Country on the Border (part 4a)

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

World War Two was Fought in Ukraine
The Ukrainians had always felt that the Bolsheviks were controlled by Jews, and that of all the enemies of Ukraine in the world, Russia was number one. The OUN split into two factions the OUN-M, which wanted to use political means from their base in Prague to achieve statehood, and the OUN-B, which wanted use violence or any other means necessary to gain statehood, and it remained in Ukraine. Fascism was the modus operandi in Europe at this time and for the...

Ukraine, Country on the Border (part 4)

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Part IV - Ukraine's Golden Age and Troubles

"The history of my life is a part of the history of my homeland." -Taras Shevchenko

After the signing of the Agreement of Pereiaslav in 1654, the slow but inexorable amalgamation of Ukrainian remnants of the Kyivan Rus' along the Dnepr River began. The Muscovites, now known as Russians, continued their push south and west where they clashed with the very powerful Tartars who had the backing of the Ottoman Empire. The center of culture, language and...

Filmfest München Rolls Out the Red Carpet

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

As much as Munich has to offer, independent film is not something one normally gets here. German films are shown throughout the year, of course, and a handful of art houses still exist. French and other European cinema, as well as unusual documentaries are sometimes shown, but those theatres are off the beaten path.

The exception to this dearth of independent film is the one week of the year that the Filmfest München takes place. Along with German productions from the smallest to the biggest...

It's Kyiv and not Kiev

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

In my my five-part series "Ukraine, a country on the border", many readers (and editors!) have asked why I have chosen to spell the capital of Ukraine as Kyiv, and not Kiev, which is better known in the West. So I thought now might be a good time to explain my rationale.

One of the most frustrating things about Ukraine for Ukrainians does not take place within its borders, but outside them. For a country so large geographically, with a history so rich, deep and lengthy, and being a center of so...

Lagwagon and Useless I.D. rock the Feierwerk

September 27, 2025 • 12:00 AM

This past weekend legendary pop-punk outfit Lagwagon performed to a sold out audience at the Feierwerk's Hansa 39. Local punk band Screed opened with mostly old material even though their new album has been recorded and will be released in October.  Their style fits quite well with touring bands as they describe themselves as being in the vein of NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords bands.  Screed's last album can be downloaded for free at their website, which you can find here. The Second band of the...

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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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