A sedate Stein (or six) at a beer garden, in the shade of horse-chestnut trees, is a Bavarian pastime going back centuries. So integral is the custom, any whiff of interference rouses the usually peaceful beer-lovers to…
Bavaria is Germany’s largest and most dynamic state, combining industrial might with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Here, we take a tour through the Bundesland’s cities, towns and rural villages and discover a region that…
Australia’s enterprising business community is known for spotting the best opportunities abroad – but Germany’s largest and most dynamic state, Bavaria, isn’t usually their first port of call. Invest in Bavaria set out to…
Grüss Gott and welcome to Monocle’s Bavaria Special Edition newspaper. We travel across the region and witness a thriving start-up scene to complement world-leading firms that are tempting talent to one of the most powerful…
The latest issue has an interior furnished with our second Design Directory of the year; find out how to build a happier home and optimise your office space. Elsewhere in the magazine we travel to a Baltic boomtown and…
Reminiscing about an inviting café in Munich has been making Tyler Brûlé rather happy this month. The Bavarian capital, with its fine-tuned urban elements and buzzing businesses, is a prime example of a liveable city.
In world where everyone seems to dress the same something rather special is stirring in Bavaria, where young men are rediscovering the joys of lederhosen and women the upfront joys of the dirndl.
It has been a traumatic 9 days for the southern German state of Bavaria. Just after 22.00 on Sunday evening a Syrian asylum seeker detonated a bomb in the town of Ansbach, killing himself and injuring 15. The attack foll…
If you need to get a mobility business off the ground, we explain why the industry’s movers and shakers prefer ‘built in Bavaria’ to Silicon Valley right now. Plus: feeling the need to get your beach body sorted in time for…
Angela Merkel returned from her summer holiday yesterday but any relaxation she might have snatched while away must have evaporated instantly. Although she’s been in power for more than a decade, Germany’s chancellor can…
Identifying a gap in a market is the easy part; creating a pioneering company to plug that gap requires a bit more skill. We present five firms that have found their niche and done the hard work too.
For centuries, German porcelain meant traditional designs from old-school manufacturers such as Meissen or KPM. Hering Berlin has managed to bring an old craft into the present with timeless pieces that are as wonderful to…
