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Munich (München)
Sightseeing, museums & tourist attractions
Alte Pinakothek
This important art museum is home to a collection of over 800 works dating from the Middle Ages to the Rococo period. It features one of the world's largest exhibits of Rubens' paintings as well as works by Titian, Frans Hals, Altdorfer and Albrecht Dürer.
Barer Straße 27, D-80799 Munich
Tram 27 (stop: Karolinenplatz) U-Bahn Theresienstraße
Tel (089) 23805 216
Website www.pinakothek.de/alte-pinakothek/
Admission Mon-Sat €7, Sun €1; day ticket to all three Pinakothek museums plus the Museum Brandhorst and Schack-Galerie €12
Open Tue 10am-8pm, Wed-Sun 10am-6pm
Alter Peter (Church of St Peter)
Munich's oldest parish church features art dating back six centuries and you can climb the 306 steps for lovely views from the tower.
Rindermarkt 1, 80331 München
S-Bahn Marienplatz U-Bahn Marienplatz
Tel (089) 26 04 828
Church open 7.30am-7pm daily; tower open Summer Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 10am-7pm; Winter Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-6pm
BMW Museum & BMW Welt Munich
The BMW Museum is housed next to BMW's head office in northern Munich. It features exhibits about the history of BMW cars and motorcycles with historic vechicles and prototypes plus displays on alternative fuel and traffic management. BMW Welt Munich is a free exhibition of BMW cars, located next to the BMW Museum.
Petuelring 130, 80788 München
U-Bahn Petuelring
Website www.bmw-museum.de and www.bmw-welt.com
Admission €12; BMW Welt Munich free
BMW Museum open Tue-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat-Sun 10am-8pm; BMW Welt Munich open 9am-8pm daily
Dachau concentration camp
Dachau in suburban Munich was the site of Germany's first Nazi concentration camp, which served as a prototype for other Nazi concentration camps. Although not as large or as well known as Auschwitz, Dachau is one of the best known of the Nazi concentration camps as it was one of the first places to be liberated by American and British troups and it was through media coverage of Dachau that the west was exposed to the horror of the Nazi holocaust. The visitors' centre screens a documentary film about the concentration camp.
Alte Romerstraße, Polin
S-Bahn Dachau, then bus 726 (stop: KZ-Gedenkstätte; direction Saubachsiedlung)
Website www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de
Admission free
Open Tue-Sun 9am-5pm
Deutsches Museum
Munich's excellent Deutsches Museum is the world's largest museum dedicated to science and technology and also one of the world's oldest. It features 50,000 square metres of exhibits relating to most areas of science plus displays of technological achievement such as locomotives, robots and space probes.
Museumsinsel 1, 80538 München
Tram 16 (stop: Deutsches Museum) S-Bahn Isartor
Tel (089) 21 79 - 1
Website www.deutsches-museum.de
Admission €8.50
Open 9am-5pm daily
Englischer Garten
Munich's English Garden is a large city park that is home to four beer gardens (Aumeister, Chinesischer Turm, Hirschau and Seehaus) but is just as well known for its popularity with nude sunbathers.
Bus 54 (stop: Chinesischer Turm)
Frauenkirche
This Munich landmark dates from the 15th century and features artworks dating back 500 years. The cathedral's south tower offers stunning views of Munich and the Bavarian Alps.
Frauenplatz 1, 80331 München
Tram 19 (stop: Theatinerstraße) U-Bahn Marienplatz S-Bahn Marienplatz
Tel (089) 29 00 820
Hofbräuhaus
The world's most famous beer hall is Munich's top attraction and a visit here is a must if you're not able to visit the city during Oktoberfest. The Hofbräuhaus has was originally built by Duke Maximilian I in 1607 and was originally used as a brewery but was remodeled in 1897 as a beer hall after the brewery moved to a new site in the suburbs. It was infamously used by Adolf Hitler for propaganda events during the 1920s, although current management would rather focus on other aspects of the beer hall's colourful history like the scandal in 1908 when someone ordered a lemon soda.
Am Platzl 9, München
Tel (089) 22 16 76
Website www.hofbraeuhaus.de
Open 9am-11.30pm daily
Neue Pinakothek
The Neue Pinakothek houses a collection of European artwork spanning the period from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. It includes works by Thomas Gainsborough and Francisco Goya although it is best known for its extensive collection of 19th century German art, which includes the private collection of King Ludwig I.
Barerstraße 29, 80799 München
Tram 27 (stop: Schellingstraße) U-Bahn Theresienstraße, Theresienstraße
Tel (089) 238 05 195
Website www.pinakothek.de/neue-pinakothek/
Admission Mon-Sat €7, Sun €1; day ticket to all three Pinakothek museums plus the Museum Brandhorst and Schack-Galerie €12
Open Mon 10am-6pm, Wed 10am-8pm, Thu-Sun 10am-6pm
Nymphenburg Palace (Schloß Nymphenburg)
This impressive baroque palace was the summer residence of Bavaria's royalty. It features a lavishly decorated interior including the Gallery of Beauties and a breathtaking banquet hall. The palace is surrounded by extensive gardens and several pavilions.
Schloß Nymphenburg, München
Tram 17 (stop: Schloß Nymphenburg)
Tel (089) 179 08-0
Website www.schloss-nymphenburg.de
Admission €5
Open 1 Jan-31 Mar 10am-4pm daily; 1 Apr-15 Oct 9am-6pm daily; 16 Oct-31 Dec 10am-4pm daily
Olympic Park
The ill-fated 1972 Olympics (starring Eric Bana) were held in the Olympic Park north the city centre. The complex features sport and concert venues and the BMW Museum is nearby. Tours of the complex are available as are activities such as a roof climb on top of the Olympic Stadium (€39), abseiling down into the stadium (€45) and a flying fox (€35).
Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21, D-80809 München
U-Bahn Olympiazentrum
Tel (089) 30 67-0
Website www.olympiapark-muenchen.de
Tours €6-11.50
Olympic Stadium open 9am-6pm (except during events); Olympic Tower open 9am-midnight
Palaces Schleißheim
This complex that encompases the Lustheim Palace plus the Old and the New Schleißheim Palaces is one of Germany's major concentrations of baroque palatial architecture. The Neues Schloss Schleißheim was built between 1701 and 1726 and features a lavishly decorated interior as well as the State Gallery of EUropean Baroque Painting. The Altes Schloss Schleißheim (old palace) dates from the late Renaissance and houses exhibits from the Bavarian National Museum. Schloss Lustheim was Maximilian Emanuel's hunting palace that was built to celebrate the emperor's daughter's wedding in 1685. It features a collection of over 2000 pieces of Meissen porcelain.
Max-Emanuel-Platz 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim
Tel (089) 31 55 272 (Altes Schloss Schleißheim), (089) 31 58 72-0 (Neues Schloss Schleißheim and
Schloss Lustheim)
Website www.schloesser.bayern.de/englisch/palace/uebers/schl_ges.htm
Admission €6
Open Jan-Mar 10am-4pm daily; Apr-Sep 9am-6pm daily; Oct-Dec 10am-4pm daily
Pinakothek der Moderne
Germany's largest museum of modern art features a large collection of contemporary art from the 20th and 21st centuries including works by Georges Braque, Salvador Dalí, Wassily Kandinsky, René Magritte, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Andy Warhol.
Barer Straße 40, 80333 München
Tram 27 (stop: Karolinenplatz) U-Bahn Königsplatz
Tel (089) 238 05 360
Website www.pinakothek.de/pinakothek-der-moderne/
Admission Tue-Wed 10am-6pm, Thu 10am-8pm, Fri-Sun 10am-6pm
Open Mon-Sat €10, Sun €1; day ticket to all three Pinakothek museums plus the Museum Brandhorst and Schack-Galerie €12
Viktualienmarkt
Munich's most famous open-air market is centrally located near Marienplatz. It features stalls selling fresh food including traditional Bavarian fare as well as local crafts.
Am Viktualienmarkt 6, 80331 München
S-Bahn Marienplatz U-Bahn Marienplatz
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