September 2004
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The 26th International Oktoberfest Sevens Rugby Tournament will take place this year on Saturday, September 25, 2004, from 9 am to 6 pm. This annual one-day competition has taken place during the middle weekend of Munich’s two-week beer festival since 1978. Some 32 teams from across Europe, Australia and the US will be competing. Catch the action on the playing grounds on Görzer Strasse in Giesing (a 15-minute walk from Giesing station or take Bus 39 to Balanstrasse). For more information and a map visit
www.muenchen-rugby.de/EN/oktoberfest7s.html.
The first English used bookshop has opened in Munich. More than 7,000 books in a variety of categories are in stock in the shop, which has been set up in the offices of TripleD at Westendstrasse 134. Pop in for a browse and refreshments, or donate books you’ve already read in exchange for credits, which can be spent in the store. Pick-up can be arranged for anyone with a large collection of old books. If the venture is a success, the owners are hoping to relocate to the city center, where they are also planning to open a coffee shop with poetry slams and other literary events. The shop is currently open on Thursdays and Fridays from 4 pm to 7 pm and on Saturdays from 2 pm to 6 pm. For more information visit
www.usedbookshop.de.
Join actors, authors and parliamentary delegates in Germany’s first large-scale Fair Trade Campaign. The information event “Fair Feels Good” takes place at the Viktualienmarkt on September 4, between 10 am and 4 pm. Visitors can learn which products have the TransFair seal and find out what part they can play in the fight against world poverty. For further details see
www.fair-feels-good.de.
Calling all you cowboys out there! From September 8 to 12 Augsburg is staging the Western riding event “Americana”—one of the biggest of its kind in Europe. The event takes place in the Messezentrum and tickets can be reserved by calling (018 05) 860 70 05 01. Yee hah!
It’s still more than a month to Halloween—but things are already going batty in the English Garden. On September 23, from 2 pm to 6 pm, the annual children’s festival will take place at the historic roundabout near the Chinese Tower. As well as games, competitions and a tour of the tower, organizers will be putting on a bat display in the evening. For more details contact (089) 38 66 63 90.
If you haven’t made it away this year, or are suffering from post-holiday blues, head for Munich’s Bamboo Beach. In an attempt to bring the tropics to the city, more than 500 tons of sand has been transported to the Kultfabrik entertainment complex in Ostbahnhof, together with palm trees and a pool. Sup a few cocktails, play a spot of beach volleyball or visit the open-air cinema and you’ll soon forget the stress of the city. Entrance is free, but the attraction is open only until September 12, so beach bums better move quickly.
Bamboo Beach, Kultfabrik Ostbahnhof.
Mon.–Thurs. 11 am–11 pm
Fri.–Sun. 11 am until late.
Glow on, head down to Munich’s Kunstbau later this month! To celebrate the gallery’s 10th anniversary, a neon light installation created for the opening in 1994 is back on display in its original underground home.
Untitled (For Ksenia) is one of the best-known pieces by American minimalist artist Dan Flavin. It can be seen until September 26 in the Kunstbau, which was built during the construction of the Königsplatz U-Bahn station. Architect Uwe Kiessler will be giving a presentation on the gallery and his work with Flavin, on September 9 at 7 pm. Entry costs € 6. On September 17, from 9 pm to 1 am, gallery visitors will be treated to a live music set, with tickets for the “optical and acoustic journey” costing € 10.
www.lenbachhaus.de.
