Germans make the most of wintry weather with skiing, curling and snowy walks

Record ID: 163470

  • Title: Germans make the most of wintry weather with skiing, curling and snowy walks
  • Date: 8th January 2017
  • Summary: BEUERBERG, GERMANY (JANUARY 8, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SKIING PEOPLE QUEUING FOR SKI LIFT VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ON SKI LIFT VARIOUS OF CHILDREN SKIING (SOUNDBITE) (German) SKI LIFT OPERATOR, SABINE VIEWEG, SAYING: "It's really important and really fun. We wait all through the autumn for the snow to finally arrive. It's nice that it's come just before the end of the holidays." (SOUNDBITE) (German) SKIER, SIMONE LICHTE, SAYING: "It's just perfect. The snow is great, it's really fun. We're really happy - she needs to practise a bit and it's just perfect here. It's not far from Munich, it's great. We don't necessarily have to go to Austria!" SKIS ON SNOW AS SKIER SETS OFF GIRL PUTTING ON SKI MASK VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SKIING MUNICH, GERMANY (JANUARY 8, 2017) (REUTERS) MAN CLEARING SNOW IN FRONT OF NYMPHENBURG PALACE PEOPLE WATCHING CURLING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PLAYING CURLING (SOUNDBITE) (German) CURLING PLAYER, HEINZ SCHNEIDER, SAYING: "It's nice when the snow comes down to Munich from the mountains. Maybe we have some difficulties driving, but it's fun." (SOUNDBITE) (German) CURLING PLAYER, EVA BAEUMEL, SAYING: "I don't like winter at all, but you have to get some fresh air at some point in the day for your circulation and for your immune system. But I could do without winter. I could do without curling too because I can't do it! But my family can." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CURLING BERLIN, GERMANY (JANUARY 8, 2017) (REUTERS) TELEVISION TOWER IN SNOW BIRD WALKING IN SNOW PEOPLE WALKING IN SNOW VARIOUS OF BRANDENBURG GATE IN SNOW TIERGARTEN PARK PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH PARK ICY POND SNOWY TREE BRANCHES
  • Embargoed: 23rd January 2017 15:32
  • Keywords: snow curling skiing winter walks
  • Location: MUNICH, BEUERBERG & BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: MUNICH, BEUERBERG & BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Environment,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015Y7Z7LZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Large swathes of Germany were blanketed with snow on Sunday (January 8), as temperatures plummeted across Europe.
    In Beuerberg near Munich, crowds of people took to the slopes for a spot of skiing.
    Children in bright snow suits practised on the gentle slope, accessed via a 300 metre high ski lift.
    "We wait all through the autumn for the snow to finally arrive. It's nice that it's come just before the end of the holidays," ski lift operator Sabine Vieweg said.
    "It's just perfect here. It's not far from Munich, it's great. We don't necessarily have to go to Austria!" said Simone Lichte as she waited for the lift.
    For those who didn't make it to the ski slopes, a different winter sport was on offer in Munich.
    In the gardens of the Nymphenburg Palace, the frozen ground was turned into several curling rinks.
    "It's nice when the snow comes down to Munich from the mountains. Maybe we have some difficulties driving, but it's fun," local resident Heinz Schneider said.
    But not everyone was pleased to be out and about in the cold.
    "I don't like winter at all, but you have to get some fresh air at some point in the day for your circulation and for your immune system. But I could do without winter. I could do without curling too because I can't do it! But my family can," said Eva Baeumel as she watched her family play.
    At the other end of the country, capital Berlin also saw several inches of snow. Families out for a Sunday stroll in the city's Tiergarten park were treated to a winter wonderland of frosty leaves and powdery snow.
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