English Garden (Englischer Garten ... is ranked #2 out of 24 things to do in Munich. ... at the garden entrance, a human-made standing wave that allows surfers to try their hand at river surfing ...

The Munich Surf Open is held at the Flosslände—a pair of canals beside the Isar, some five miles south of the Eisbach wave. I pedaled there on my bike too, following the wide basin of the river ...

Munich, Germany, is a long way from the ocean and it’s pretty darn cold this time of year, but that doesn’t stop some hearty surfers from catching a wave. The Eisbachwelle is a year-round ...

Image: PHOTO: Munich's English Garden. (photo via Flickr/digital cat) by Scott Hartbeck Last updated: 10:00 AM ET, Sat September 23, 2017. ... Near the southern entrance to the English Garden, you ...

On 17 May, Mayor Dieter Reiter addressed the Munich surfing community via Instagram: “A sad picture without you surfers,” said the Mayor of Munich, standing in front of the Eisbach wave, which ...

View English Garden in a larger map Visit Atlas Obscura for more on the Eisbachwelle urban wave. Ella Morton is a writer working on The Atlas Obscura , a book about global wonders, curiosities ...