Large beers, Bavarian comfort food and warm weather: Football fans in town for the 2024 Euro Championship will have a hard time escaping Munich’s world-famous beer gardens this summer. But just as Germany is hitting fever pitch, Munich is opening its newest and perhaps most Instagram-friendly tourist attraction – a museum of optical illusions. With […]
Euro 2024 gets under way on Friday night as hosts Germany take on Steve Clarke’s Scotland in their Group A opener. The match in Munich is the first of 51 to decide the next European champions, with the final taking place at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on July 14th. England are in the unusual […]
Vincent Kompany has been unveiled as the new manager of Bayern Munich after leaving his position at Burnley. Here, we look at the tasks facing the former Manchester City captain in his in-tray at the Allianz Arena. Win the Bundesliga Kompany, who won the Championship with Burnley, will be expected to win the Bundesliga with […]
Vincent Kompany has brushed aside concerns he was not Bayern Munich’s first choice by insisting the club have done well to appoint him. The former Manchester City and Belgium captain was confirmed as Bayern’s surprise pick to succeed Thomas Tuchel as manager after a deal was reached with relegated Burnley on Wednesday. Kompany emerged as […]
Vincent Kompany has left Burnley to become the new head coach of Bayern Munich. The 38-year-old Belgian has agreed a contract until 2027 to replace Thomas Tuchel at the Allianz Arena. “Vincent Kompany is the new head coach of FC Bayern, putting pen to paper on a deal until 2027,” read a post on Bayern’s […]
Bayern Munich have agreed a compensation fee of £10.2million with Burnley for Vincent Kompany to become their new manager, according to reports. The German giants have endured frustration in their bid to find a replacement for Thomas Tuchel after it was announced in February that he would depart the Allianz Arena this summer. Tuchel was […]
Bayern Munich are close to appointing Burnley boss Vincent Kompany as their new manager, according to reports. The German giants have endured frustration in their bid to find a replacement for Thomas Tuchel, after it was announced in February that he would depart the Allianz Arena this summer. Tuchel was unable to bow out with […]
Members of the German climate activist group Last Generation breached Munich Airport’s tarmac and glued themselves to a taxiway, disrupting travel for more than 100,000 passengers by forcing the airport to temporarily close on a busy holiday weekend. The airport in southern Germany, the nation’s second largest, shut down completely at 5:19 am (0319 GMT) […]
Members of the German climate activist group Last Generation breached Munich Airport’s tarmac and glued themselves to a taxiway, disrupting travel for more than 100,000 by forcing the airport to temporarily close on a busy holiday weekend. The airport in southern Germany, the nation’s second largest, shut down completely at 5:19 am (0319 GMT) and […]
German authorities closed down Munich Airport temporarily on Saturday after six climate activists broke through a security fence and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways. The activists from the group Last Generation were protesting against flying, the most polluting form of transportation, said the German news agency dpa. Police arrested the six protesters. […]
Thomas Tuchel has confirmed he will leave Bayern Munich following Saturday’s final Bundesliga game of the season at Hoffenheim. Tuchel revealed in his pre-match press conference on Friday that he had failed to reach an agreement to extend his stay at the club, who missed out on the domestic title for the first time in […]
Thomas Tuchel has declared “everything is possible” after being asked if he could yet stay on as Bayern Munich boss. Bayern announced in February that Tuchel is to leave his post at the end of the current season, during which the club have missed out on the Bundesliga title for the first time in 12 […]