Decades From Home - A Podcast About Germany Episode 95: Panic at the Heide Park
We’re back from Bonn, but we still have some important things to discuss, namely how did all that Haribo taste. Simon might be putting off trying the cake flavoured Gummibärchen, but Nic has been glorying in the wide open spaces of novelty flavour country. Nic has also been to Bamberg recently, which gives us a chance to talk Rauchbier and whether one of Bavaria’s most famous cities is really “the Venice of Germany”.
Oktoberfest ended this week, and despite many expecting it to be the busiest for years, numbers were actually down, as were beer sales. More disturbingly were the numerous reports of inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment directed towards women working in beer tents or stands throughout the Wiesn. We look at some of these reports and what it means for Bavaria’s most famous festival.
We travel back in time for the second part of our Bonn meetup, where Simon shares his experiences of being in Britain for the Queen’s funeral, the chaos enveloping the British government, and why Britain has such a problem talking about its history. We finish the show with Simon’s recollections of being thrown out the famous Heide Park Resort.
Oktoberfest Articles:
Die fremde Hand am Hintern
"Verschwinde, hau ab!", hat die Chefin mir nachgerufen
„Wenn es abends voll wird, dann ist es nur noch eklig“
„Ich habe zehn Tage gekellnert und 100 Euro draufgezahlt“
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Ukraine Crisis Media Centre - A list of different donation pages to help the Ukrainian military response.
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Theme tune courtesy of Kloß mit Soß