German Winter and New Year’s Hot Drinks

Hot Wintertime Drinks: Feuerzangenbowle • Glühwein Below you will find recipes for two popular German wintertime hot drinks: Feuerzangenbowle and Glühwein. They both begin by preparing a bowl/pot of hot mulled wine (Glühwein). You can stop at that point for a...

Snow Tires and Winter Driving in Germany

Germany’s “O bis O” Rule • Winterreifen and the Alpine Tire Mark Germany always had requirements for winter tires during the ice and snow season, but in 2015, those requirements turned into a much more specific federal law for all of Germany. And...

May (Mai) in Germany

Der Mai The fifth month of the year in Germany is the month of Maypoles, May Day, Maibock beer, May bonfires, and many more traditions. May is when Germans welcome full-blown spring and early summer. The cold, gray winter is fading away, the days are growing longer,...