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Let's get out into nature. Find peace. Experience relaxation. For example, on enjoyable hikes in the Bavarian Forest, in the Fichtel Mountains, in the Allgäu Alps and in Upper Bavaria. Kneipp in front of beautiful scenery. Meet hop farmers and herbalists at work. We tell you about the most beautiful countryside tours by bike or car. And tips for cross-country trails and tours in winter. Plus listicles of the most beautiful long-distance hiking trails, holiday routes, monastery breweries, castles

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Mit dem Sessellift im Familienskigebiet bequem auf den Gipfel

Family Ski Fun

Insider tip for families, with double chairlift, four T-bar lifts, four conveyor belts, pistes around 5 km long, junior ski circus and toboggan run

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Middle Finger Fighters

Finger wrestling is a traditional Bavarian 'sport'. Our reporter visited the German Fingerhakel Championships in Mittenwald

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Wandertour im Allgäu mit Daniel Bensmann

Under the skin

A mountain tour with the Allgäu skin painter, tattooist and hunter Daniel Bensmann up to Hirschberg and Spieser near Bad Hindelang

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Die Drachenkante meistert Kilian ohne Probleme

Rock Hopping in Franconia

Franconian Switzerland is a paradise for active families. Astrid Därr and her son have tested some of the best family climbing spots

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Herbst an der Donau bei Straubing

Enchanted

Danube fisherwoman Kathi Mayer showed us that her home, the Gäuboden, and the Danube oxbow lakes are mystically beautiful on foggy November days

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Pausen gehören zum Genusswandern. Ausblick vom Trekkingplatz Geusfeld

Steigerwald in Franconia

Pleasure Hiking: The Steigerwald Panorama Trail leads through low mountain landscapes rich in history and species. The next Franconian wine is not far

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Mittelalter und Renaissance: Das Kreuzrippengewölbe ist mit alten gotischen Fresken verziert

And it’s off to the Middle Ages!

The five castles in the network “Mittelalter und Renaissance auf Burgen” offer exciting exhibitions, in addition to old halls and thick walls.

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Die Äbtissin führt Schulkinder durch den Naturerlebnisgarten der Abtei Waldsassen

Abbess Laetitia Fech

Close to decay until the early 1990s, Waldsassen Abbey has been gleaming anew since 2010 thanks to Abbess Laetitia Fech

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Tobias Guggemos: Der Allgäuer Jungbauer ist Cowfitter im Nebenjob

The cow beautician

Allgäu young farmer Tobias Guggemos gets his cows looking beautiful for agricultural shows in the Alpine region

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Bayerische Originale Maibaum: Volle Kraft braucht es für das Maibaum Aufstellen

Bavaria’s most hardworking maypole team

A fresh maypole is erected every year in Ludenhausen, erected by an extremely unconventional traditional society. Our reporter took a look around

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Die Fischzuchtanlage Birnbaum besteht seit etwa 100 Jahren in Epfenhausen

Char instead of Beluga

In Epfenhausen near Landsberg am Lech, Nikolai Birnbaum breeds extremely fine fish and caviar, which are often served in Munich’s top restaurants

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Tatjana and her husband Momme offer winter survival trainings

Winter survival training

How to build snow caves? How to make snow shoes? And how to read animal tracks? We visited a survival training instructor and learned "how to survive"

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Weingut Schenk: Der Jungwinzer in seinen Weinbergen

Winemaker Thomas Schenk

Thomas Schenk does not just produce seriously good wine. He also does it in a way that is as responsible and sustainable as possible

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