Surfs down in Munich, river dredging kills legendary inland surf spot

Munich’s beloved urban surf spot, the Eisbachwelle, is dead. Killed not by climate change or capitalism, but by an overachieving municipal cleanup crew with a dredger and apparently no chill.

“And it’s very sad the wave is not working,” says Netzer, staring at where the wave once regularly appeared, just below a bridge that marks the entrance to the city…