In your opinion, what is a must see in Munich?

Question

I know that you could spend a week there and have a great time, but any suggestions for someone with only a few days?

Answer 1

Take an S-bahn ride to the Sternberger See.

Answer 2

I only had one day there to see as much as I could.  I would highly recommend the Glockenspiel and the palace.  There are several little buildings to see on the palace grounds and they are great!  I had lunch at a little outdoor market, where there were some nice homemade things to buy and really good potato salad.  If I had a second day, I would have taken a day trip to Schloss Neuschwanstein.  I have seen so many pictures and looks gorgeous!  It is the castle that Disney modeled his castles after.  Enjoy your trip!

Answer 3

My absolute favorite place is the English garden in the summer.  People walk around nude, and this is so cool.  The area is like Central Park-but with naked people!

Answer 4

Yes, walk around Marienplatz.  Pass on the Deutsche Museum unless you love boredom.  I agree with the Alte Pinakothek, it has many beautiful pieces.  I'm a big fan of the English Garden & the beer garden.  Nymphenburg Castle is cool, Dachau is a must see and if you have time & the means to get to Neuschwanstein Castle, I'd head there as well.  Have fun!

Answer 5

Hey, check out this link;

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Eur...

Great site with lost of things to do and reviews. Also has a great forums for questions just like this. We used it both times we went to Europe and saved alot of $$$ and time, two things you are usually short on when vacationing. Thing we liked about it is alot of the answers you will get will be from people who actually live in the city you are visiting. So if you were to ask what to do in Munich, you will get answers from some of the residents of Munchen and the surrounding area. Very helpful people indeed. Anyway, we loved Munich and are looking forward to our return trip!

One thing I will suggest is, rent a car and drive on the Autobahn along the alps into Austria! Unbelievable drive, beautiful, easy and not as scary as you would think as the Germans are a very disciplined driving bunch.

And if you are not shy, vist Rupertus Therme, a clothing optional day spa. Very relaxing and affording.

If you have a questions, please feel free to e-mail us!

Safe travels

Answer 6

"The Alte Hof, a medieval castle and first residence of the Wittelsbach dukes in Munich still exists in the inner city close to Marienplatz. The Renaissance Mint Yard with its neoclassical façade is situated between the old castle and the Residenz.

The large Residenz palace complex (begun in 1385) on the edge of Munich's Old Town ranks among Europe's most significant museums of interior decoration. Having undergone several extensions, it contains also the treasury and the splendid rococo Cuvilliés Theatre. Many operas were staged here, including the premiere of Mozart's "Idomeneo" in 1781.

Munich is home to a neo-classical opera house of international renown, the Nationaltheater where several of Richard Wagner's operas had their premieres under the patronage of Ludwig II of Bavaria. Today it is the home of the Bavarian State Opera and the Bavarian State Orchestra. Next door the modern Residenz Theatre was erected in the building that had housed the Cuvilliés Theatre before World War II. The Gärtnerplatz Theatre is a ballet and musical state theatre on the left bank of the Isar in the south of the inner city. The modern Gasteig center on the opposite bank houses the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. The third orchestra in Munich with international importance is the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Its primary concert venue is the Herkulesaal in the Residenz. Close to the Gasteig on the bank of the Isar is the Volksbad, a large public bath built in the art nouveau style.

Among the baroque and neoclassical mansions which still exist in Munich are the Palais Törring-Jettenbach with its loggia, the Palais Preysing, the Palais Holnstein (the residence of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising), the Palais Leuchtenberg (the former residence of Eugène de Beauharnais) and the Prinz-Carl-Palais, the official residence of Bavaria's state premier (or Ministerpräsident). All mansions are situated close to the Residenz.

Four grand royal avenues of the 19th century with magnificent official buildings are reminders of the kingdom of Bavaria:

The neoclassical Brienner Strasse, starting at Odeonsplatz on the northern fringe of the Old Town close to the Residenz, runs from east to west and opens into the impressive Königsplatz, designed with the "Doric" Propyläen, the "Ionic" Glyptothek and the "Corinthian" State Museum of Classical Art, on its back side St. Boniface's Abbey was erected. The area around Königsplatz is home to the Kunstareal, Munich's gallery and museum quarter (as described below).

Ludwigstrasse also begins at Odeonsplatz and runs from south to north, skirting the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, the St. Louis church, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library) and numerous state ministries and palaces. The southern part of the avenue was constructed in Italian renaissance style while the north is strongly influenced by Italian Romanesque architecture.



The neo-gothic Maximilianstrasse starts at Max-Joseph-Platz, where the Residenz and the National Theatre are situated, and runs from west to east. The avenue is framed by neogothic palaces which house, among others, the Schauspielhaus (one of the most important German language theatres in the world), the building of the district government of Upper Bavaria and the Völkerkundemuseum (Museum of Ethnology). After crossing the river Isar, the avenue circles the Maximilianeum, home of the Bavarian Landtag (state parliament). The western portion of Maximilianstrasse is known for its designer shops, luxury boutiques, jewellery stores, and one of Munich's foremost five-star hotels, the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten (Four Seasons).

Prinzregentenstrasse runs parallel to Maximilianstrasse and begins at Prinz-Carl-Palais, in the northeastern part of the Old Town. Many museums can be found along the avenue, such as the internationally renowned Haus der Kunst (House of Art), the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Bavarian National Museum), the Schackgalerie and the Villa Stuck on the eastern side of the river. The avenue crosses the river and circles the Friedensengel (Angel of Peace), a monument commemorating the 25 years of peace following the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. The Prinzregententheater, another important theatre, is at Prinzregentenplatz further to the east.

Two large baroque palaces in Nymphenburg and Oberschleissheim are reminders of Bavaria's royal past. Schloss Nymphenburg (Nymphenburg Palace), some 6 km north west of the city centre, is surrounded by an impressive park and is considered to be one of Europe's most beautiful royal residences. 2 km north west of Nymphenburg Palace is Schloss Blutenburg (Blutenburg Castle) situated, an old ducal country seat with a late-Gothic palace church. Schloss Fürstenried (Fürstenried Palace), a baroque palace of similar structure to Nymphenburg but of much smaller size, was contemporaneously erected in the south west of Munich. The second large baroque residence is Schloss Schleißheim (Schleissheim Palace), located in the suburb of Oberschleissheim, a palace complex encompassing three separate residences: Altes Schloss Schleißheim (the old palace), Neues Schloss Schleißheim (the new palace) and Schloss Lustheim (Lustheim Palace). Most parts of the palace complex serve as museums and art galleries. Deutsches Museum's Flugwerft Schleißheim flight exhibition centre is located nearby, on the Schleißheim Special Landing Field.

The museums

The Deutsches Museum, located on an island in the Isar, is one of the oldest and largest science museums in the world. Three redundant exhibition buildings which are under a protection order were converted to house the Verkehrsmuseum, which houses the land transport collections of the Deutsches Museum. Several still not centralised museums show the expanded state collections of palaeontology, geology, mineralogy, zoology, botany and anthropology.



The Glyptothek on KönigsplatzThe city has several important art galleries, most of which can be found in the Kunstareal, including the Alte Pinakothek, the Neue Pinakothek, and the Pinakothek der Moderne. Alte Pinakothek's rather monolithic structure contains a treasure trove of the works of European masters between the 14th and 18th centuries. The collection reflects the eclectic tastes of the Wittelsbachs over four centuries, and is sorted by schools over two sprawling floors. Major displays include Albrecht Dürer`s Christ-like Self-Portrait, his Four Apostles, Raffael's paintings The Canigiani Holy Family and Madonna Tempi as well as Peter Paul Rubens two-storey-high Judgment Day. The gallery houses one of the world's most comprehensive Rubens collections. Before World War I, the Blaue Reiter group of artists worked in Munich. Many of their works can now be seen at the Lenbachhaus. An important collection of Greek and Roman art is held in the Glyptothek and the Staatliche Antikensammlung (State Antiquities Collection). Louis I managed to acquire such famous pieces as the Medusa Rondanini, the Barberini Faun and the figures from the Temple of Aphaea on Aegina for the Glyptothek. The Kunstareal will be further augmented by the completion of the Egyptian Museum.

The famous gothic Morris dancers of Erasmus Grasser are exhibited in the Munich City Museum in the old arsenal building. The State Museum of Ethnology in Maximilianstrasse is the second largest collection in Germany of artifacts and objects from outside Europe, while the Bavarian National Museum and the adjoining State Archeological Collections in Prinzregentenstrasse rank among Europe's major art and cultural history museums. The nearby Schackgalerie is an important gallery of German 19th century paintings."

Answer 7

Dachau KZ Memorial Museum in Dachau.  You can get there by bus.  If you have never been to a concentration camp museum, you have to go.  It is an interactive museum and you walk around the ground of the KZ camp.  Plan to spend at least a half a day there.

Answer 8

The "Deutsches Museum", all about science and technology, with lots of experiments for the visitors.

The Alte Pinakothek, an Art Museum, one of the most impressive collections of the classic painters

The Hofbraeuhaus

Get out one day and visit one of mad Ludwigs palaces, Neuschwanstein or Herrenchiemsee.

If you go in summer don't forget to have a look at the Isarauen on a sunny day, loads of topless girls lying in the sun!

Starnberger See

Answer 9

The Glockenspiel... incredible architecture.

Answer 10

Marienplaz is awesome, check out thebeautiful old City Hall for Munich.  While you are there ya gotta hit the Hofbräu Haus.  And Hard Rock Cafe Munich is right there also.

Deutsches Museum has everything from a coal mine to a WWI submarine, WWII jet fighters and airplanes, old cars, actual trains inside it.  I think it is totally awesome.  Plus the beautiful turquoise water of the Isar river runs next to it.

Nymphenburg Castle is OK.  Dachau is kind of a disappointment, the old buildings you can access are almost all gone.  The cool buildings still standing are a German Police Training Academy and you won't get to go there unless your buddy is a Polizehauptkommissar or something.

Ludwig's Neuschwanstein castle is beautiful but there isn't a lot to see on the inside, just get photos of you standing by it and get out of there!

Hab viel Spaß! Wish you much fun in Germany!