Riding High

Although one of Germany’s most powerful business cities, Munich is adept at balancing work with play, writes Jenny Southan

Even on a crisp spring day in March, the Bavarian city of Munich can sport piles of snow at the side of the road. Still, the chill doesn’t dissuade a group of men from donning wetsuits and climbing into the churning Eisbach, which flows through the expansive Englischer Garten public park. Running parallel to the Isar River, this man-made waterway is famous – believe it or not – for surfing. One by one, the men cautiously hold their boards at the base of the permanent roiling wave forged at the entrance to the Prinzregentenstrasse Bridge. And, one by one, they wipe out – their boards whipped from under them by the violent current, ripping them downstream by the ankle. After a short while, a woman plunges in – she catches the…

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