Thieves in Bremen stole about 200 bottles of spirits from a local pub ahead of traditional winter kale harvest parties, a beloved tradition in parts of northern Germany. The thieves stole whiskey, gin and other bottles of liquor during the break-in on Saturday night at a pub in the Hemelingen district of the port city of Bremen, police announced on Monday. The liquor had been stocked ahead of a traditional local “kale hike” (Grünkohlfahrt), in which people hike through the winter cabbage fields pulling a handcart stocked with alcoholic drinks before eating a feast of kale in a pub and continui…