A student stranded 5,000ft up an Alpine mountain peak as he searched for the perfect spot for a photo is facing a rescue bill of thousands of pounds. The 20-year-old has started the trek up the mountain between the Salzburg Province, Austria, and the German Free State of Bavaria in…
Fans of the new Netflix hit "The Empress" will soon be able to book a stay in one of the main filming locations featured in the show on Airbnb. The lavishing palace named Weissenstein castle, located in the Pommersfelden, Bavaria will open its doors and welcome holidaymakers as of 7pm…
An injured lone hiker trapped on an Alpine peak by snow and ice storms needs a "miracle" to survive, say rescuers. The man has been named only as Julian P., 24, and he was reportedly injured while hiking up the Hochkalter peak, the largest in the area, in the Berchtesgaden…
Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a 1,400-year-old folding chair from an early medieval woman's grave. The surprise find was made in Endsee, Bavaria state, south-eastern Germany, earlier this month. The folding chair was made from iron and is extremely rare, being only the second such piece dating from the early…
A 25-year-old man who disappeared at a traditional German oompah band festival has been found dead in a lake. The young man was named as Tobias Dreiseitel by police and he vanished at the Brass Wiesn festival in the municipality of Eching, in Bavaria, in south-eastern Germany on 5th August.…
An astonishingly well-preserved 3,000-year-old statue of a magical water goddess has been unearthed by amazed archaeologists in Germany. The clay figurine was found in a stream where a prehistoric riverside colony had settled between the 8th and 6th centuries BC. Archaeologists believe the 19-centimetre (7-inch) clay figure had been left…
Police have saved 72 puppies after they pulled over a van transporting them in appalling conditions. Horrified officers in Waidhaus, Bavaria, southern Germany, found dozens of pups crammed into tiny cages inside the van. Many were dying from dehydration after being left without water on what was due to be…
One of a pair of young bearded vultures released into the German wild more than 100 years after their disappearance has been found dead. Female bearded vulture pair Wally and Bavaria were released into the wild in the Berchtesgaden National Park in southern Germany last summer. The species - Gypaetus…
German customs officers have seized a protected tortoise skeleton along with its shell that was shipped from Switzerland to Germany as a home decoration. The officials at the Donauwoerth Customs Office located in the southern German state of Bavaria found the tortoise and its shell in a package on 19th…
Fears are growing after two young bearded vultures that were released into a national park in Germany for the first time in 140 years appear to have vanished. Greenpeace said in a statement obtained by Newsflash that it is now waiting for signs of life as fears increase over the…