Friday Photo: Strong beer season begins in Germany
JOHANNES SIMON/Getty Images MUNICH, GERMANY – MARCH 08: (L-R) Comedians Christoph Zrenner, Norbert Heckner and Andreas Bocherding perform as German politicians Horst Seehofer, Guenther Beckstein and Erwin Huber during a screenplay as strong beer season kicks off at the Nockherberg beer hall on March 8, 2007, in Munich, Germany. Traditionally politicians and celebrities sit in ...
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MUNICH, GERMANY - MARCH 08: (L-R) Comedians Christoph Zrenner, Norbert Heckner and Andreas Bocherding perform as German politicians Horst Seehofer, Guenther Beckstein and Erwin Huber during a screenplay as strong beer season kicks off at the Nockherberg beer hall on March 8, 2007, in Munich, Germany. Traditionally politicians and celebrities sit in the audience and are publicly mocked by a comedian on the opening day of the strong beer season.
MUNICH, GERMANY – MARCH 08: (L-R) Comedians Christoph Zrenner, Norbert Heckner and Andreas Bocherding perform as German politicians Horst Seehofer, Guenther Beckstein and Erwin Huber during a screenplay as strong beer season kicks off at the Nockherberg beer hall on March 8, 2007, in Munich, Germany. Traditionally politicians and celebrities sit in the audience and are publicly mocked by a comedian on the opening day of the strong beer season.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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