Munich authorities are trying to recover a renowned river wave in the city center that has drawn in surfers for decades. The wave mysteriously vanished after what ...

The Eisbach wave in the English Garden—one of the world’s most famous urban surf spots—remains closed: Surfing is currently not permitted. One year after the fatal accident in April 2025, the City of ...

A woman who was injured on April 16 at a popular river surfing spot called the Eisbach wave in Munich has died. Her name has not been released. According to reports, the 33-year-old victim fell off ...

The surfers of Munich – yes, landlocked capital of Bavaria, smack dab in the middle of Western Europe, and far from any ocean – are prost’ing today. Why? Munich’s famed river wave is finally back. The ...

City authorities are putting up unnecessary resistance to restoring the world-famous surf spot, the local sports association said. A months-long effort to restore Munich's famous "Eisbach" wave is ...

Munich authorities are trying to recover a renowned river wave in the city center that has drawn in surfers for decades. The wave mysteriously vanished after what should have been routine cleaning of ...

Precisely how the Eisbach wave formed or why it vanished is not clear, but for a number of reasons, a lot of work has been done at the site this yearStephan Rumpf/SZ Photo/picture alliance Munich's ...