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Munich surfers want their wave back after city removes beam from river

Rob Beschizza
Dec 29, 2025
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A surfer on the Eisbach River in Englischer Garten, Munich, in June 2025. Photo: mzabarovsky/Shutterstock.

For years, visitors to Munich’s English Garden have enjoyed surfing a permanent 3ft wave in the Eisbach river created by accumulated sediment. After workers cleaned up the bed, the wave dissipated, dismaying surfers and spectators. An underwater bea…

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