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Beer is one of the most popular beverages in Germany. Beer making dates back thousands of years.
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Funkel: 'We would go out for a few beers and nobody noticed'
Düsseldorf coach Friedhelm Funkel spoke to DW about how coaching has changed over the years – and social media.
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The Greek island of Chios is the only place in the world where the multipurpose mastic resin is cultivated.
A 'taste of Palestine' that's kosher and halal
For a quarter century, the Taybeh Brewing Company has pioneered Palestinian beer to bring hops to the Holy Land.
Australia suffers heat wave
Temperatures reached 46.6 degrees Celsius in the South Australian capital of Adelaide.
Brewing organic beer in Bavaria
In Bavaria, one brewery has been making organic beer for decades.
Bavaria in fact and fable
Lederhosen, beer and oompah music: take a look at Bavarian clichés.
A winter beer on Bavaria's holy mountain
A trip to Germany's largest order-run monastery brewery.
Who buys this stuff?
Whatever bonkers item you want, you can probably order it online. Wackiness sells.
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Oktoberfest – a Bavarian export
A Bavarian success story - even Yangon in Myanmar celebrates it’s own two-day Oktoberfest.
Our changing climate
1.5 is the new 2 degrees. With rising temperatures, a lot is at risk. What might we lose and how can we save it?
Climate change is coming for your beer, too!
Rising temperatures and extreme drought could severely affect yields of barley, one of beer's main ingredients.
Stop the waste – make beer out of bread!
A brewery in Brussels makes unsold loaves into beer. What better way to recycle?
Less beer in a warming world
Extreme weather may hit barley yields, resulting in shortages of beer around the world.
Oktoberfest – a Bavarian export
A Bavarian success story - even Yangoon in Myanmar celebrates it’s own two-day Oktoberfest.
Tomorrow Today - The Science Magazine
The appeal of crowds; slow baking; gut bacteria and how it relates to health; tasty meals for seniors.
Crowd psychology - the more the merrier
What really motivates masses of people to flock to Munich's Oktoberfest every year?
Berlin and Beyond: Oh Oktoberfest!
Every fall, Oktoberfest comes to Berlin. Does the city embrace this profoundly Bavarian tradition?
Oh Oktoberfest!
Tamsin Walker went to check out this year's Oktoberfest celebrations in Berlin — Germany's most un-Bavarian city.
Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest
Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? Come with us to Munich, Germany, but watch out for 'super recognizers.'
Oktoberfest – Dirndls, lederhosen and beer
DW reporters from three nations at their first Oktoberfest. Culture shock or just one big party?
Man dies after fight at Munich's Oktoberfest
A man has handed himself over to police after a 58-year-old man died at the Oktoberfest.
Surprising facts about the Oktoberfest
Five things you should know before you visit the Oktoberfest.
5 things you should know before going to Oktoberfest
We explain why the Oktoberfest starts in September and why you should exercise caution when drinking the beer.
5 things you should know before going to Oktoberfest
We explain why the Oktoberfest starts in September and why you should exercise caution when drinking the beer.
Oktoberfest kick-off
Some seven million liters of brew are expected to flow at the world’s largest beer festival.
Germany's Oktoberfest gets underway
Munich's mayor, Dieter Reiter, has tapped the first keg of beer to open Germany's most famous festival.
11 facts about lederhosen for Oktoberfest
Here's everything you need to know about Oktoberfest's favorite leather shorts.
Euromaxx - Lifestyle Europe 18.09.2018
The French theater troupe Ilotopie, DW series Meet the Germans, and the Wall Museum in Berlin.
Lufthansa crew wears dirndl and taps beer
Before the Munich Oktoberfest begins on Saturday, Lufthansa is sending its crew in Bavarian costume on their journey.
Picture book scenery in Germany
Exploring the Tölzer Land region, the Lahn River valley and Upper Franconia.
Archaeologists tap ground at world's oldest brewery
What came first, the bread or the beer? Archaeologists who found an ancient alcohol production site may have an answer.
Big data - The tracks we leave
What preferences for certain product brands can reveal about your political views.
Leavenworth in the USA: It couldn't be more Bavarian
An American village styled entirely in Bavarian fashion attracts one million tourists a year.
Oktoberfest reveals its official 2018 beer mug
Symbols of Munich's beer festival all appear on the new official Oktoberfest ceramic beer mug.
"Super-Recognizers" to make Oktoberfest safe
More video surveillance and special police officers are to increase security at the Munich Oktoberfest.
Hofbräuhaus: Beer brewing tradition
The Hofbräuhaus tavern and brewery in Munich is famed the world over.
Inside Europe: Germany's craft beer producers thirst for change
Germany is famous for its beers — there are around 5,000 brands in the country; many of them brewed according to a 500-year-old beer purity law called the Reinheitsgebot. Recently, Germany’s beer market has been opening up to new brewing methods, and because of that, craft beers have been trending. In the Rhineland, however, old tastes die hard, as Shay Meinecke has been finding out.
Beer Painting
French duo NAART has invented the art of "Beer Painting".
De Beers to move 200 elephants to Mozambique
The diamond producer has said its reserve in South Africa is overpopulated with the pachyderms.
Where are the beer bottles?
A brewery in Bochum just asked its customers to bring their empty beer bottes back before they go on vacation.
German beer producers running out of bottles
With the summer heat leading to increased beer consumption, some breweries in Germany are lacking one key component.
German-Israeli birthday brew
German and Israeli brewers have created '70', a beer to mark the anniversary of Israel's founding.
From waste bread to beer
A brewery in Austria has figured out how to create its own unique beer from bread that's been saved from the bin.
Strokes of genius
When it comes to protecting the environment, sometimes the most unusual ideas are the best ones.
UK beer supplier starts rationing supplies
A shortage of industrial CO2, the gas that puts the fizz into beer and soda, has left European beverage firms on edge.
Oktoberfest beer mug to cost more than €11
A one liter beer mug at the Munich Oktoberfest will cost more than 11 euros in some tents for the first time this year.
Hundreds of alcohol-free beers in Germany
With a plethora of micro breweries, German beer drinkers now have some 400 alcohol free brews to choose from.
Royal nuptials to deliver beer bonanza.
The royal wedding is tipped to give a multi-million pound shot in the arm to some sections of the UK economy.
Brewer banned from using 'wholesome' claim
Germany's Federal Supreme Court rules that brewer cannot use "wholesome" label on its beer.
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