Guidebook for Munich

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Guidebook for Munich

Drinks & Nightlife

Great local bar/restaurant. Free wifi and friendly staff. Very kid friendly.
Trappentreustraße 23
23 Trappentreustraße
Great local bar/restaurant. Free wifi and friendly staff. Very kid friendly.
The Augustiner beer garden, great atmosphere in summer, well worth a visit.
179 locals recommend
Augustinerkeller
52 Arnulfstraße
179 locals recommend
The Augustiner beer garden, great atmosphere in summer, well worth a visit.
Irish pub by the Frauenkirche, great for a quick pint if you're in town. A stone's throw from Marienplatz.
25 locals recommend
Kilians Irish Pub
11 Frauenplatz
25 locals recommend
Irish pub by the Frauenkirche, great for a quick pint if you're in town. A stone's throw from Marienplatz.
Irish pub near the Gasteig concert hall.
8 locals recommend
Molly Malones
21 Kellerstraße
8 locals recommend
Irish pub near the Gasteig concert hall.
Top notch hotel - but has a great rooftop bar open to the public with amazing views of Munich. If it rains they will give you a free umbrella when you leave.
27 locals recommend
Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich
2-6 Promenadepl.
27 locals recommend
Top notch hotel - but has a great rooftop bar open to the public with amazing views of Munich. If it rains they will give you a free umbrella when you leave.

Everything Else

The annual beer festival is the world's largest and has been going since 1810. It's also a huge fun fair and is suitable for the whole family http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/
532 locals recommend
Münchner Oktoberfest
532 locals recommend
The annual beer festival is the world's largest and has been going since 1810. It's also a huge fun fair and is suitable for the whole family http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/
Fountain you can run through in summer, ice skating and Christmas market in winter. Stone's throw from the main station, top of the main pedestrianised shopping street, Kaufingerstrasse.
129 locals recommend
Karlsplatz
Karlsplatz
129 locals recommend
Fountain you can run through in summer, ice skating and Christmas market in winter. Stone's throw from the main station, top of the main pedestrianised shopping street, Kaufingerstrasse.
You can hang out here or go for a swim in the river on hot days. Small kiosk on the bridge sells drinks including cold beer.
36 locals recommend
Frühlingsanlagen
36 locals recommend
You can hang out here or go for a swim in the river on hot days. Small kiosk on the bridge sells drinks including cold beer.
Munich's 1972 Olympics were held here, the hills in the park are the original rubble from the bombings of WWII. Go up the Olympic Tower! It revolves and is brilliant on a clear day!
632 locals recommend
Olympiapark
21 Spiridon-Louis-Ring
632 locals recommend
Munich's 1972 Olympics were held here, the hills in the park are the original rubble from the bombings of WWII. Go up the Olympic Tower! It revolves and is brilliant on a clear day!
Germany's largest museum, it would take you about two weeks to see it all, but a great museum to dip into.
302 locals recommend
Deutsches Museum
1 Museumsinsel
302 locals recommend
Germany's largest museum, it would take you about two weeks to see it all, but a great museum to dip into.
Home to Bayern Munich and Munich's other football/soccer team - Munich 1860.
229 locals recommend
Allianz Arena
25 Werner-Heisenberg-Allee
229 locals recommend
Home to Bayern Munich and Munich's other football/soccer team - Munich 1860.
Take a day trip on the BOB train direct from Donnersbergerbrücke train station to lake Tegernsee. Amazing beer, beautiful views of the alps and fantastic walking/mountain climbing.
124 locals recommend
Tegernsee
124 locals recommend
Take a day trip on the BOB train direct from Donnersbergerbrücke train station to lake Tegernsee. Amazing beer, beautiful views of the alps and fantastic walking/mountain climbing.

Sightseeing

Munich's main square with the famous Glockenspiel. In winter there is a beautiful Christmas market here with a huge Christmas tree.
861 locals recommend
Marienplatz
Marienplatz
861 locals recommend
Munich's main square with the famous Glockenspiel. In winter there is a beautiful Christmas market here with a huge Christmas tree.
Famous square where Hitler used to make his speeches between the two lions. Take the Hitler walking tour here: http://www.munichwalktours.de/en/hitler%E2%80%99s-munich-third-reich-tour/
206 locals recommend
Odeonsplatz
3 Odeonspl.
206 locals recommend
Famous square where Hitler used to make his speeches between the two lions. Take the Hitler walking tour here: http://www.munichwalktours.de/en/hitler%E2%80%99s-munich-third-reich-tour/
Awesome river surfers, can be found here every single day of the year, no matter what the weather.
382 locals recommend
Eisbachwelle
Prinzregentenstraße
382 locals recommend
Awesome river surfers, can be found here every single day of the year, no matter what the weather.
Large art exhibitions can be found here - this is one of Munich's Nazi remnants. Look up when you are outside by the columns and you will see swastikas on the ceiling. http://www.hausderkunst.de/en/
207 locals recommend
Haus der Kunst
1 Prinzregentenstraße
207 locals recommend
Large art exhibitions can be found here - this is one of Munich's Nazi remnants. Look up when you are outside by the columns and you will see swastikas on the ceiling. http://www.hausderkunst.de/en/
The original fairy tale castle. Beautiful and well worth a visit and guided tour, but will take a day. Trips from Munich are offered daily. http://www.neuschwanstein.de/englisch/tourist
541 locals recommend
Neuschwanstein Castle
20 Neuschwansteinstraße
541 locals recommend
The original fairy tale castle. Beautiful and well worth a visit and guided tour, but will take a day. Trips from Munich are offered daily. http://www.neuschwanstein.de/englisch/tourist
Harrowing but worth a visit. The world famous Dachau concentration camp. http://www.munichwalktours.de/en/dachau-memorial-concentration-camp/
71 locals recommend
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
75 Alte Römerstraße
71 locals recommend
Harrowing but worth a visit. The world famous Dachau concentration camp. http://www.munichwalktours.de/en/dachau-memorial-concentration-camp/
Dachau is a beautiful city with a palace at the top of the hill, which overlooks Munich. A must see if you are in the area or visiting the concentration camp.
11 locals recommend
Dachau
11 locals recommend
Dachau is a beautiful city with a palace at the top of the hill, which overlooks Munich. A must see if you are in the area or visiting the concentration camp.
Beautiful cathedral in the centre of Munich. You may walk in to a service going on. http://www.muenchner-dom.de/start Dare to put your foot in the devil's footprint at the back of the cathedral.
7 locals recommend
Cathedral of Our Lady
7 locals recommend
Beautiful cathedral in the centre of Munich. You may walk in to a service going on. http://www.muenchner-dom.de/start Dare to put your foot in the devil's footprint at the back of the cathedral.
Based on Versailles Palace, this is a beautiful palace set in stunning grounds.
583 locals recommend
Nymphenburg Palace
1 Schloß Nymphenburg
583 locals recommend
Based on Versailles Palace, this is a beautiful palace set in stunning grounds.
If you are feeling brave, climb the 299 steps to the top of this church for great views of Munich. Directly next door to the Viktualienmarkt.
178 locals recommend
St. Peter's Church
1 Rindermarkt
178 locals recommend
If you are feeling brave, climb the 299 steps to the top of this church for great views of Munich. Directly next door to the Viktualienmarkt.
Former palace of the king, recently refurbished and host to concerts and other events. Christmas market in winter.
135 locals recommend
Munich Residenz
1 Residenzstraße
135 locals recommend
Former palace of the king, recently refurbished and host to concerts and other events. Christmas market in winter.
Take a day trip to this beautiful alpine town, where the Passion Play has been performed every 10 years since 1634.
24 locals recommend
Oberammergau
24 locals recommend
Take a day trip to this beautiful alpine town, where the Passion Play has been performed every 10 years since 1634.
Museums and open spaces with open-air cinema in July.
183 locals recommend
Konigsplatz
Konigsplatz
183 locals recommend
Museums and open spaces with open-air cinema in July.

Food Scene

Great breakfast/brunch! http://www.cafe-westend.com/
44 locals recommend
Cafe Westend Gaststättenbetriebs GmbH
50 Ganghoferstraße
44 locals recommend
Great breakfast/brunch! http://www.cafe-westend.com/
Awesome brunch with live music Sunday mornings. Reservations a must, but worth it. Part of the Hotel Mariandl http://www.mariandl.com/en/
14 locals recommend
Café am Beethovenplatz
51 Goethestraße
14 locals recommend
Awesome brunch with live music Sunday mornings. Reservations a must, but worth it. Part of the Hotel Mariandl http://www.mariandl.com/en/
Munich's largest brewery, Augustiner (and not Löwenbräu as many think). Beer served straight from a wooden barrel. Great Bavarian food. Horses for the Oktoberfest stay in stables by the toilets.
120 locals recommend
Augustiner Bräustuben
19 Landsberger Str.
120 locals recommend
Munich's largest brewery, Augustiner (and not Löwenbräu as many think). Beer served straight from a wooden barrel. Great Bavarian food. Horses for the Oktoberfest stay in stables by the toilets.
Lovely Irish pub, food is standard pub grub. Gets busy at weekends.
52 locals recommend
Kennedys Bar & Restaurant, Munich
11 Sendlinger-Tor-Platz
52 locals recommend
Lovely Irish pub, food is standard pub grub. Gets busy at weekends.
Just inside the main station.
23 locals recommend
Starbucks
15-16 Odeonspl.
23 locals recommend
Just inside the main station.
Just because we all love a good coffee.
23 locals recommend
Starbucks
15-16 Odeonspl.
23 locals recommend
Just because we all love a good coffee.
Funky cafe that also sells awesome things.
118 locals recommend
Aroma Kaffeebar
24 Pestalozzistraße
118 locals recommend
Funky cafe that also sells awesome things.
Lovely cafe near the river.
30 locals recommend
Hungriges Herz
42 Fraunhoferstraße
30 locals recommend
Lovely cafe near the river.
Beer garden by a lake in the English Garden. Gets very busy on hot days.
148 locals recommend
SEEHAUS im Englischen Garten
3 Kleinhesselohe
148 locals recommend
Beer garden by a lake in the English Garden. Gets very busy on hot days.
Very popular beer garden, oompa music played in the Chinese Tower, great location in the middle of the English Garden.
238 locals recommend
Restaurant and Beer Garden at the Chinese Tower
3 Englischer Garten
238 locals recommend
Very popular beer garden, oompa music played in the Chinese Tower, great location in the middle of the English Garden.
Closest Indian restaurant and also one of the best in the city.
Royal India Restaurant
117 Westendstraße
Closest Indian restaurant and also one of the best in the city.
Amazing Mexican food, recommended by genuine Mexicans. If you're this way, pop in for a taco!
23 locals recommend
CONDESA - Authentic Mexican Taste
6 Münchner Freiheit
23 locals recommend
Amazing Mexican food, recommended by genuine Mexicans. If you're this way, pop in for a taco!
Very pricey but amazing Japanese restaurant, just off the main designer shopping street and next door to the Kempinski Four Seasons Hotel.
TOSHI Restaurant & Bar
18 Wurzerstraße
Very pricey but amazing Japanese restaurant, just off the main designer shopping street and next door to the Kempinski Four Seasons Hotel.
Beautiful, traditional coffee house where you can choose from a huge array of cakes.
33 locals recommend
Café Luitpold
11 Brienner Str.
33 locals recommend
Beautiful, traditional coffee house where you can choose from a huge array of cakes.
Famous beer hall where Hitler used to give his speeches, but generally overrun with tourists and bad service.
343 locals recommend
Hofbräuhaus München
9 Platzl
343 locals recommend
Famous beer hall where Hitler used to give his speeches, but generally overrun with tourists and bad service.
English-style tea shop, great food and yummy tea and cakes.
8 locals recommend
The Victorian House Brown's Tea Bar
60 Türkenstraße
8 locals recommend
English-style tea shop, great food and yummy tea and cakes.
Organic vegan restaurant. Amazing food, although reservations recommended. Also randomly close for private events, so check they're open.
6 locals recommend
Gratitude Eatery Munich
55 Türkenstraße
6 locals recommend
Organic vegan restaurant. Amazing food, although reservations recommended. Also randomly close for private events, so check they're open.
Great traditional Bavarian food, gets busy but worth it.
50 locals recommend
Alter Simpl
57 Türkenstraße
50 locals recommend
Great traditional Bavarian food, gets busy but worth it.
Bavarian restaurant where Hitler was banned for not paying his bill. Good food, pool tables and ping pong tables in the basement.
35 locals recommend
Schelling-Salon
54 Schellingstraße
35 locals recommend
Bavarian restaurant where Hitler was banned for not paying his bill. Good food, pool tables and ping pong tables in the basement.
New and funky coffee shop. Gorgeous chocolate cake.
La Vokue
137 Landsberger Straße
New and funky coffee shop. Gorgeous chocolate cake.
Cellar bar inspired by Bretcht's Three Penny Opera. Next door to the English cinema Lichtspiele, right by the river Isar.
Restaurant & Bar Dreigroschenkeller
2 Lilienstraße
Cellar bar inspired by Bretcht's Three Penny Opera. Next door to the English cinema Lichtspiele, right by the river Isar.
Cheap and cheerful Italian. Always worth a visit after shopping as it's right in the centre, then just hop on the tram 18 back home.
16 locals recommend
Bella Italia
8 Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße
16 locals recommend
Cheap and cheerful Italian. Always worth a visit after shopping as it's right in the centre, then just hop on the tram 18 back home.
Nice centrally located Italian restaurant. Not super cheap but good food and wine, and lovely outdoor area in summer.
10 locals recommend
La Vecchia Masseria
3 Mathildenstraße
10 locals recommend
Nice centrally located Italian restaurant. Not super cheap but good food and wine, and lovely outdoor area in summer.
Cheap and cheerful Chinese all you can eat lunchtime buffet, including sushi.
GoldenTea (China Express)
4 Sonnenstraße
Cheap and cheerful Chinese all you can eat lunchtime buffet, including sushi.
Nice Indian restaurant close to the English Cinema. Fast service if you're heading to a screening and only have limited time.
19 locals recommend
Maharaja Indisches Restaurant
79 Blutenburgstraße
19 locals recommend
Nice Indian restaurant close to the English Cinema. Fast service if you're heading to a screening and only have limited time.
Upmarket vegetarian restaurant.
22 locals recommend
Prinz Myshkin
2 Hackenstraße
22 locals recommend
Upmarket vegetarian restaurant.
Great Sunday buffet brunch with live jazz music.
9 locals recommend
The Big Easy
46 Frundsbergstraße
9 locals recommend
Great Sunday buffet brunch with live jazz music.

Entertainment & Activities

On hot summer days most of Munich descends here for sunbathing, relaxing and swimming in the ice cold stream.
382 locals recommend
Eisbachwelle
Prinzregentenstraße
382 locals recommend
On hot summer days most of Munich descends here for sunbathing, relaxing and swimming in the ice cold stream.
Europe's largest beer garden with fenced-off deer right next to it. Can be found in the middle of a park with playgrounds and ping pong tables. You can bring your own food to beer gardens.
135 locals recommend
Königlicher Hirschgarten Restaurant & Biergarten & take away
1 Hirschgarten
135 locals recommend
Europe's largest beer garden with fenced-off deer right next to it. Can be found in the middle of a park with playgrounds and ping pong tables. You can bring your own food to beer gardens.
Very central market and beer garden. Beautiful in all seasons.
437 locals recommend
Victual Market Beergarden
9 Viktualienmarkt
437 locals recommend
Very central market and beer garden. Beautiful in all seasons.
Swim in the river Isar and have a BBQ on the banks. Lots of groups of young people go here in summer, light bonfires and play music or sing songs. Also very family friendly. Really great location.
222 locals recommend
Flaucher
8 Isarauen
222 locals recommend
Swim in the river Isar and have a BBQ on the banks. Lots of groups of young people go here in summer, light bonfires and play music or sing songs. Also very family friendly. Really great location.
Free! And very popular with tourists. Also has a restaurant and shops for merchandise.
326 locals recommend
BMW Welt
1 Am Olympiapark
326 locals recommend
Free! And very popular with tourists. Also has a restaurant and shops for merchandise.
Alternative Christmas market on the site of the Oktoberfest. Amazing stalls where you will find all your Christmas presents. Opens at 2pm every day in December until Christmas Eve. Only organic food.
25 locals recommend
Tollwood Winterfestival
25 locals recommend
Alternative Christmas market on the site of the Oktoberfest. Amazing stalls where you will find all your Christmas presents. Opens at 2pm every day in December until Christmas Eve. Only organic food.
The summer version of the winter festival, held in a different location at the Olympic Park. Stalls, shows, it's a brilliant international family festival over two weeks. Only organic food.
39 locals recommend
Tollwood Sommerfestival
20 Waisenhausstraße
39 locals recommend
The summer version of the winter festival, held in a different location at the Olympic Park. Stalls, shows, it's a brilliant international family festival over two weeks. Only organic food.
Medieval Christmas market during the month of December with stage and entertainment for kids and adults. Amazing food.
Wittelsbacherplatz
Wittelsbacherplatz
Medieval Christmas market during the month of December with stage and entertainment for kids and adults. Amazing food.
Botanical gardens, with indoor as well as outdoor areas. Part of the palace of Nymphenburg.
47 locals recommend
Botanischer Garten station
47 locals recommend
Botanical gardens, with indoor as well as outdoor areas. Part of the palace of Nymphenburg.
Hop on the S-Bahn S6 to Starnberg, stop is right by the lake, you can swim here in summer, go to cafes or take a boat tour across the lake. King Ludwig II drowned in this lake, presumed murdered.
210 locals recommend
Lake Starnberg
210 locals recommend
Hop on the S-Bahn S6 to Starnberg, stop is right by the lake, you can swim here in summer, go to cafes or take a boat tour across the lake. King Ludwig II drowned in this lake, presumed murdered.
Munich Zoo!
254 locals recommend
Munchener Tierpark Hellabrunn
30 Tierparkstraße
254 locals recommend
Munich Zoo!
Organic, vegan ice cream. Sweetened with date juice rather than sugar. Amazing place!
7 locals recommend
iceDate - The vegan organic Eismanufaktur
91 Amalienstraße
7 locals recommend
Organic, vegan ice cream. Sweetened with date juice rather than sugar. Amazing place!
Annual medieval jousting tournament, great days out for the whole family, although it's not that close to Munich.
Schloss Kaltenberg Königliche Holding und Lizenz KG
8 Schloßstraße
Annual medieval jousting tournament, great days out for the whole family, although it's not that close to Munich.

Shopping

Munich's main shopping strip from Karlsplatz to Marienplatz.
156 locals recommend
Kaufingerstraße
Kaufingerstraße
156 locals recommend
Munich's main shopping strip from Karlsplatz to Marienplatz.
For the well-heeled, here you will find all designer stores you can imagine.
149 locals recommend
Maximilianstraße
Maximilianstraße
149 locals recommend
For the well-heeled, here you will find all designer stores you can imagine.
We love Tiffany's.
Tiffany & Co.
11 Perusastraße
We love Tiffany's.
Apple's flagship German store.
7 locals recommend
Apple Rosenstraße
1 Rosenstraße
7 locals recommend
Apple's flagship German store.
Discount retail park, coach there and back from outside the Sofitel hotel by the main station. http://www.ingolstadtvillage.com/en/home/home
7 locals recommend
UGG
1 Otto-Hahn-Straße
7 locals recommend
Discount retail park, coach there and back from outside the Sofitel hotel by the main station. http://www.ingolstadtvillage.com/en/home/home
Drugstore selling all the toiletries you can imagine. Directly next door to Lidl supermarket.
113 locals recommend
dm-drogerie markt
65 Karl-Theodor-Straße
113 locals recommend
Drugstore selling all the toiletries you can imagine. Directly next door to Lidl supermarket.

Arts & Culture

Concert venue if you are missing classical music.
90 locals recommend
Gast
5 Rosenheimer Str.
90 locals recommend
Concert venue if you are missing classical music.
English-language cinema showing the latest releases. Great cinema and close to home.
80 locals recommend
Cinema Filmtheater
31 Nymphenburger Str.
80 locals recommend
English-language cinema showing the latest releases. Great cinema and close to home.
This is actually a cinema showing mostly English-language films in tiny theatres. Quaint and awesome, it also has been showing the Rocky Horror Picture Show every Saturday since 1977.
64 locals recommend
Kino Museum-Lichtspiele
2 Lilienstraße
64 locals recommend
This is actually a cinema showing mostly English-language films in tiny theatres. Quaint and awesome, it also has been showing the Rocky Horror Picture Show every Saturday since 1977.
Concert venue and general rock club close to home.
34 locals recommend
Backstage Concerts GmbH
6 Reitknechtstraße
34 locals recommend
Concert venue and general rock club close to home.
Three museums next to each other - the old with old masters, new with impressionists and 20th century art, and the modern with photographic exhibitions and modern installations. Only 1 euro on Sundays
192 locals recommend
Pinakotheken station
192 locals recommend
Three museums next to each other - the old with old masters, new with impressionists and 20th century art, and the modern with photographic exhibitions and modern installations. Only 1 euro on Sundays