As in many places around the world, cherry trees began blossoming in Munich's Olympic Park, much to the delight of visitors who made use of the start of spring on Wednesday (March 20) to take pictures of the blooming trees.
Visitors and trees alike were radiant in the beautiful Munich weather with sunshine and blue skies.
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00:00 As in many places around the world, cherry trees began blossoming in Munich's Olympic Park,
00:07 much to the delight of visitors who made use of the start of spring on Wednesday
00:12 to take pictures of the blooming trees.
00:14 Visitors and trees alike were radiant in the beautiful Munich weather,
00:18 with sunshine and blue skies.
00:20 The Japanese cherry blossoms in the Olympic Park
00:23 have become a highlight for social media users in Munich.
00:27 Even in poor weather, crowds of people flock to the small meadow to marvel at this natural wonder.
00:33 Phenology, which defines seasons according to the first appearance of plants in the year,
00:38 takes the cherry blossom as an indicator for early spring.
00:41 The cherry trees in the Olympic Park were planted in 1972
00:45 and were a gift from the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.
00:49 Munich and the city on the island of Hokkaido have been twinned
00:52 since the Bavarian capital hosted the Olympic Summer Games that year.
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