REVEALED: 10 of the best hiking day trips from Munich

With Germany slowly coming back to life again, former reporter at The Local Shelley Pascual has been reflecting on the most memorable hikes she went on during those long, lockdown months.

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Gunman’s friend arrested for ‘planning school attack’

Bremen mall evacuated due to escaped psychiatric patient

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Woman who refused ID to cop in sweatpants fined €8,500

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Woman’s body pulled out of frozen cesspit

Top cop keeps job despite rape conviction

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First heavy snow falls in southern Germany

Germany bans Marlboro ‘Maybe’ cigarette ads

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Bayern go top and eye 30-year record

Merkel and rivals upbeat after coalition talks

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German universities slip in world rankings

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Oktoberfest tents told to stop skimping on beer

Bavaria warms up for election with TV fight

Munich trumps Berlin as Euro 2020 candidate

New in German cinemas: ‘We’re the Millers’

Cop claims sauna call-out led to new illness

Village builds giant rake in search for turtle

Ribery, Robben strike as Bayern win again

Report: Police bias held up neo-Nazi case

Swarm of bugs drives family out of home

New in German cinemas: ‘The Bling Ring’

Blood donor barred as ‘German too poor’

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Twins die together on same day after 83 years

Hostage-taker ‘shot twice by police’

Baby seals to socialist offices – in pictures

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Lack of Catholics kills holiday in unlucky areas

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Jobless youth spurn apprenticeships

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Jail for police officer who punched woman in face

Neo-Nazi victims get their day in court

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Castle brewers defy beer makers death knell

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Bavarian leader: charge foreigners autobahn fee

BMW expects drop in European demand

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Bavaria to reform asylum after hunger-strike

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Police clear Munich hunger strike camp

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New in German cinemas: ‘World War Z’

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Bahn feels heat as cooling systems fail

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Oktoberfest beer price reaches heady heights

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CSU politicians threaten to sue critical pensioner

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Police find body lying ‘among 50 snakes’

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Nationwide cannabis limit rolls nearer

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Justin Bieber’s monkey becomes ‘German’

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Beate Zschäpe: neo-Nazi of mystery

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Cops call spider man after catching tarantula

Bavaria nepotism scandal: 79 MPs named

‘Racism is in society’s wallpaper’

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German tackles bird deaths with cat tax idea

Bayern’s Hoeneß said to hide cash in Swiss bank

Hamburg voted most attractive German city

Turkish media ensured access to neo-Nazi trial

Lufthansa staff to stage strike on Monday

‘Inhumane’ authorities separate refugee family

Stuttgart to face Bayern in German Cup final

New in German cinemas: ‘I Give It a Year’

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Treble-chasing Bayern blast into Cup final

Provincial judges hurt Germany’s image abroad

Swiss CD sparks nationwide tax raids

Court gives foreign press access to neo-Nazi trial

All-German Champions League final in sight

Dutch horsemeat sold as beef for two years

Damaged Lufthansa plane crosses Atlantic

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Airborne car smashes through barn

Pirates put sex and drugs on Bavaria election plan

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Council blocks neo-Nazi conference with mud

Turkish paper appeals to top court over trial

Munich tinkles street pianos’ ivories

New in German cinemas: ‘Beautiful Creatures’

Young Bavarians steal hydrangeas for highs

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Bayern put a foot in Champion League semis

Metal workers enter huge warning strikes

Glass ceiling intact in most top German firms

Easter holiday ‘dance ban’ curbs clubbers

Supermarket Aldi starts budget bus lines

New in German cinemas: ‘Identity Thief’

Young Germans happy to answer phone on loo

Drivers brace for major Easter traffic jams

Turkish media fail to get seats at neo-Nazi trial

Icy spring sets records for deep freeze

Lufthansa cancels 500 flights ahead of strike

New in German cinemas: ‘The Croods’

Munich man rolled over by train survives

Germans to go green for St. Patrick’s Day

German cities see increase of break-ins

Friend reportedly helped neo-Nazi on the run

New in German cinemas: ‘Take This Waltz’

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Ballack confirms June goodbye game

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Record-breaking Maze wins Garmisch downhill

German Catholics bid farewell to their pope

Bayern top dog after downing Dortmund

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Dortmund out to shatter Bayern’s ‘perfect’ season

Flu infections run rampant in Bavaria

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‘Germans care about good work-life balance’

New in German cinemas: ‘Les Misérables’

Five teens held after sexual attack at party

Union calls more public workers out on strike

Bayern secure Liga lead with Wolfsburg win

HIV man loses restaurant loan ‘for own protection’

Deutsche Bahn sues train builder over faults

Court delays neo-Nazi murder trial for press

New in German cinemas: ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’

Artist calls for genital close-ups via Facebook

‘Don’t act German or conform to German ways’

Biggest Bavarian brewer bans GM from beer

Red face for Green head who high-fived Iran rep

Munich officer broke woman’s nose in cell

Job centre offers teen work at brothel

Classy Germany break French curse

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France’s Ribery eager to face Bayern team-mates

Icy autobahn causes 23-car pile-up in Bavaria

Munich Re quadruples profit despite hurricane

Bavaria, Hesse challenge aid to poorer states

Bavaria to revamp post-war politics college

Mother of neo-Nazi says fair trial unlikely

Syrian opposition meets Russian, US leaders

Syrian opposition calls for help in Munich

World leaders head to Munich for security talks

Thief returns Munich hotel loot 40 years later

Neo-Nazi faces 10 murder accomplice charges

Gay chatroom hustler extorts €865,000

New in cinemas this week: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Germans lose their thirst for beer

Police raid paper HQ for forum user’s details

American football touches down in Germany

Russian star to lead Munich Philharmonic

First German to trek to South Pole returns

Siemens earnings and orders dip in first quarter

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Eriksson refuses 1860 Munich coaching job

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