Many holidaymakers will find themselves without a car as they return to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, after a car park fire damaged 65 cars on Monday evening.
With the 101st German Catholic Congress in full swing in Münster, a major event that attracts tens of thousands of people every two years, here are some facts you might not know about Catholicism in the country.
While many people might know of Münster as a wealthy uni town or the country's bike capital, few know that it belongs to a strange, violent period in history when radicals tried to set up a theocracy. And iron cages which still hang from a church in the centre of town are a reminder of this.
Calls grew on Monday for the controversial deputy leader of the Alternative for Germany to resign after she mistakenly blamed a car rampage in Münster at the weekend on Angela Merkel’s refugee policy.
German police said on Sunday they did not see an extremist motive behind a ramming attack with a van that claimed two lives and placed the driver's mental health issues in the foreground.
German authorities have for now ruled out a connection to Islamist terrorism after a man rammed customers on a restaurant terrace, killing two people, but much remains unclear about the incident.
At least two people died Saturday when a vehicle ploughed into busy cafe and restaurant terraces in the German city of Münster before the driver shot himself dead.
According to a court judgement in North Rhine-Westphalia published on Monday, bread rolls and coffee aren’t considered a complete breakfast and therefore not subject to taxation.
Skulptur Projekte Münster is an exhibition that only takes place once every decade. And you’re in luck because this year’s edition is still on until October 1st.
Libya's last chemical weapons stocks have arrived safely in Germany after being shipped out of the country, and will now be prepared for destruction, a global watchdog said Thursday.
A student in Münster has made a freedom of information request to the North Rhine-Westphalian authorities, demanding to see copies of the Abitur (high school final exams) before he has to take them.
If you're looking for the best city in Germany for cycling, the German Cycling Club (ADFC) says Münster is top of the class. But cycling enthusiasts tell The Local that even in Germany's bike-friendliest city there's always more to be done.
A video of a naked man driving through a city centre has gone viral in Germany. Exactly who is behind the “Naked Burnout” stunt is unclear – all is known is that he lost a bet.
<b>UPDATE:</b> A tiger killed a zookeeper in front of onlooking visitors on Thursday afternoon. Ten-year-old Rasputin snuck up on the man during feeding time at a zoo in western Germany.
A court ruled on Tuesday that the sale of electronic cigarettes can not be restricted in Germany, as the nicotine-based liquid inside is not a pharmaceutical product. But the ruling could still be overturned by Brussels.
Frantically mating guinea pigs living in a free-love rodent commune at a German university are making so much noise that neighbours have complained to the city's administrative court.
Many migraine sufferers lie down in the dark when they get an attack - and while they're there the best thing to do is have sex, German neurologists have discovered.
Police officers are wasting their time dealing with minor road accidents, and should no longer have to go to record details of drivers whose cars have dents after small collisions, the head of Münster police says.
Three German dolphins are looking for a new home after zoo officials in Münster said they were closing the dolphinarium because they did not have enough money to upgrade it.
Quick-witted locals living near the small German town of Coesfeld saved three young people whose car smashed into their courtyard entrance and caught fire.
