https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 5-year-old boy couldn’t get over the death of his grandfather, so attached a card to a helium balloon. His parents were surprised to find a box in the post shortly after. https://www.thelocal.de/20160909/boy-sends-card-to-grandad-in-heaven-and-gets-reply Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:18:50 +0200 boy-sends-card-to-grandad-in-heaven-and-gets-reply A police helicopter and patrol cars were called to assist a 'lifeless body' in Düsseldorf that turned out to be less of an emergency than they expected. https://www.thelocal.de/20150618/police-helicopter-rescues-smurf-balloon Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:13:02 +0200 police-helicopter-rescues-smurf-balloon A hot air balloon landing caused a four-hour power outage when it became entangled with a power line while landing on Monday night near Kevelear in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. https://www.thelocal.de/20090714/20585 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:16:00 +0200 20585 Hot air balloon pilots from around the world are in Frankenthal, in the Pfalz over the long weekend, competing for the German Hot Air Balloon Piloting Championships. https://www.thelocal.de/20080501/11627 Thu, 01 May 2008 13:23:00 +0200 11627