Munich – November 03, 2026 -- LOBERON's pop-up stores in Munich and Hamburg are open until the end of January 2027, and both launched with grand opening events featuring designer Guido Maria Kretschmer and his joint home collection with the brand.
Munich – November 03, 2026 -- Germans are the most likely in Europe to say that "cute" no longer just means "cute-looking." A new Sanrio-commissioned study finds that 50.8% of German respondents see the word's meaning shifting, the highest share of any of the five countries surveyed.
Munich – November 03, 2026 -- German travelers planning for 2027 want to book by mood, drop the extras they won't use and, in some cases, hand their inbox to an AI agent while they are away, according to Booking.com's latest forecast.
It is the eleventh edition of the annual forecast. It draws on a survey of German travelers and on insights from the industry. For its 30th anniversary, the company also added input from its own travel and technology experts, who identified nine trends.
Munich – November 03, 2026 -- Germany's Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) recommends meningococcal B vaccination for all children from two months until their fifth birthday, and health insurers across Germany cover the cost. For Stefanie, who survived meningococcal sepsis at age two, the shots did not yet exist.
Munich – November 02, 2026 -- Xiaomi's Vision Gran Turismo hypercar concept is now part of Gran Turismo 7, and the company let guests race it virtually at a Munich event.
Xiaomi's design chief explained the hypercar concept in Munich
At the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo Experience Event, Jean-Arthur Madelaine, Head of Design at the Xiaomi Europe R&D and Design Center, walked guests through the vision behind the car. He described how Xiaomi is rethinking the limits of hypercar design. Guests then drove the concept in Gran Turismo 7.
Munich/Hamburg – October 31, 2026 -- Men aged 45 and older in Germany can get a prostate cancer screening once a year, and statutory health insurers cover it. AstraZeneca and MSD Sharp & Dohme are using Movember, the international men's health awareness month built around the mustache, to push that message through their "Nichts verpassen" ("Miss nothing") campaign.
Munich – October 30, 2026 -- A 3x2 meter triptych about birth, life and death on a farm was presented to about 80 guests at the Herrmannsdorfer bistro on Munich's Viktualienmarkt, with ham that had matured in the same room as the painting served alongside it.
Munich – October 30, 2026 -- A new international patient film released for HPP Awareness Day follows three people living with hypophosphatasia (HPP): Antje from Germany, Mario from Brazil and Lisa from the USA.
The three describe years of symptoms, uncertainty and a long road to diagnosis. They also show how the rare inherited disease can affect social life, family and plans for the future, and what relief the correct diagnosis brought them.
Munich – October 30, 2026 -- A new botulinum toxin approved in the EU since July 2026 starts working within eight hours but wears off after just two to three weeks, giving first-timers a short-term preview of aesthetic treatment.
Munich – October 30, 2026 -- Annette Dittert's "Dear Britain" has won the Bayern 2 audience award at the Bavarian Book Prize, chosen by radio listeners from five titles. The winner was announced on Thursday evening, October 29, at the ceremony in Munich's Allerheiligen-Hofkirche.
