The second edition of Oktoberfest starts on Thursday in Timisoara with traditional dishes from Bavaria and beer for everybody, as well as many surprises, promise the organisers. ‘ Dear ladies and gentlemen, you Banat people, you Timisoara inhabitants and you beer lovers, come to Oktoberfest’ is the announcement made to the public. According to the hosts, the present edition will bring for the public Uncle Hans – the mascot, the parade of chariots with beer, the Read more [...]

A poultry farmer whose contaminated eggs caused a Salmonella outbreak at a Birmingham, UK hospital has been arrested over the death of a man in Austria. Five patients died at Heartlands Hospital in Bordesley Green and the bacteria was traced back to eggs from factory Bayern Ei in Bavaria, Germany. The same source of Salmonella is blamed for the death of a 75-year-old man. Factory owner Stefan Pohlman is in custody accused of grievous bodily harm causing death, said a German lawyer. The salmonella Read more [...]

Dan Shafer — September 23, 2015 September 24, 2015 - 08:00 PM Cafe Bavaria(414) 271-7700www.cafebavaria.com/Pull up a chair on Thursday, September 24th at 8:00 at Cafe Bavaria in Wauwatosa for a 4-course dinner paired with 5 scrumptious biers! The Munich-inspired menu includes a trio of bruschetta, mushroom strudel, country fried quail, and spiced cherry poached pears with house-made Read more [...]

Click photo to enlargeIt is often said that Oktoberfest is a celebration of the harvest and beer-making, but it's actually rooted in something deeper: love. According to numerous sources, the origin of the traditional and much-enjoyed fall celebration is Oct. 12, 1810, the date on which Bavarian Crown Prince Louis, later King Louis I of Bavaria, married Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. To mark the occasion, the citizens of Munich were invited to participate in the grand fête on the grounds Read more [...]

For more than 200 years as summer turns to autumn Bavaria has celebrated its passion for beer. Oktoberfest has become a worldwide attraction, but in 2015 Munich has more than lederhosen-clad boozers and oompah bands heading to the city. In the past few weeks more than 80,000 migrants have arrived here and as Europe's leaders discuss the refugee crisis many at the beer festival are worried Germany is being too generous. :: In Depth: Journey To Europe One man says Syrians should Read more [...]