Autumn’s big hitter is of course Oktoberfest in Munich, which despite the name opens on September 19 and runs for 16 days. The largest folk festival in the world started out as a celebration of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors crowd the Christmas market on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin (John MACDOUGALL) (John MACDOUGALL/AFP/AFP) Security has been ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It all started in the Middle Ages, when sometime in the 1400s German Catholics decided to turn their everyday food ...

Some of my favourite Christmas memories are with my grandparents in Germany. I remember snow drifting past the windows while we sang traditional carols and shared slices of homemade stollen around the ...

Rotkohl — red cabbage braised with apples and onions — is a classic Bavarian side for goose, duck, or pork. This version gets its full flavor from rendered speck, orange zest, and spices like caraway ...

An impulsive decision in late November by my wife Cindy and I to explore German Christmas markets found us in Berlin visiting ...

Security has been tightened at German Christmas markets after recent deadly attacks. But if some online videos were to be believed, they've become barbed-wire fortresses guarded by armoured personnel ...