Blossoming cherry trees in front of colourful house facades in Maxvorstadt in Munich
What makes Munich's corners so special

Hood love Munich

Munich's neighbourhoods are diverse, contrasting and worth exploring. Dive deep into the individual districts of Munich and discover the charm and special features of each corner, street and alley.

Urban & Districts
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Overview and test: Adventure neighborhoods

Is it really all Munich?

Munich's districts could not be more different. Find out here how they came to be and which district suits you best. With Test!

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Discover Munich's highlights from a very special perspective after just a few seconds in the lift!

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Discover Munich's highlights from a very special perspective after just a few seconds in the lift!

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Alter Peter, Frauenkirche and Neues Rathaus: the Munich skyline in the evening light.

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Explore the Neue Rathaus on Marienplatz with an official City of Munich tour guide. A visit of the famous law library is also included!

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Explore the Neue Rathaus on Marienplatz with an official tour guide. A visit of the famous law library is also included!

Magistrates, Monachia and magnificent celebrations: explore the Neue Rathaus on Marienplatz with an official City of Munich tour guide. A visit of the famous law library is also included!

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A woman is taking a picture of the Glockenspiel at Neues Rathaus in Munich.

Virtual Tour Munich

Explore Munich on a virtual and personal live tour with your official guide of the city. 

Explore Munich on a virtual and personal live tour with your official guide of the city. 

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Special streets: Tegernseer Landstrasse

The diversity of Giesing

The Tegernseer Landstrasse in Obergiesing impresses with its diversity and the quarter-love of the people of Giesing.

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A young woman stands in an empty, light-flooded entrance hall of a museum in Munich.
Hood love: Kunstareal

The power of culture

The museum area is notable for its unique concentration of top-class museums and art spaces – right at the heart of one of the city’s liveliest districts.
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Out and about with ... Laura Schieferle

A walk through Kunstareal: Laura Schieferle

Our author meets Munich personalities for a walk: this time Laura Schieferle shows us her art area.
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Panoramic view of the inner city of Munich at sunset with the Müllersches Volksbad in front and the towers of the Alter Peter, Heilig-Geist-Kirche and Frauenkirche in the background.
Hood love: Altstadt

The city centre

There are few other cities which are as focused around their centres as Munich – but unlike other city centres, Munich’s Altstadt is a place that’s actually full of life being lived.
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A couple walks down the hill along green meadows on a path in Luitpold Park.
Hood walk with Rainer Langhans

'We were in paradise and flew out again'

Schwabing is probably the best known of Munich's districts. And hardly any resident is associated with Schwabing as much as the bon vivant Rainer Langhans.

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Facade of a building in the district Schwabing in Munich.
Hood love: Schwabing

Living nostalgia

Schwabing is the district that is associated with Munich all over the world, reminiscent of golden times and evoking a good feeling.
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An older man in a jacket stands on a square and looks into the camera.
Hood walk with Christian Ude

“I wanted to symbolically bring Munich’s Jews back into the city centre”

Munich’s former Lord Mayor takes us on a stroll through the historic Altstadt district and shares his memories of both obstacles and successes.
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A man in sunglasses walks along a wall in Munich and laughs.
Hood walk with Patrick Lindner

"I think Giesing has a cult appeal"

Giesing used to be a working-class neighbourhood. That has changed. The popular singer Patrick Lindner shows us his neighbourhood.

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The Hans-Mielich-Strasse in the district Untergiesing in Munich
Hood love: Giesing

Everything stays different

Giesing was formerly a working-class district, and it retains a raw charm to this day – while at the same time offering proof that a certain amount of gentrification enrich.
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Sports & Leisure
Players from TSV 1860 Munich and Würzburg kickers play football at Grünwalder Stadion.
Football report

Kick it in Giesing!

Between Grünwalder Stadion and football pubs, true football culture is still lived in Giesing, the home of 1860 Munich.
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View on St. Paul cathedral from Landwehrstraße in Munich
Hood love: Bahnhofsviertel

Colourful and loud

Munich’s Bahnhofsviertel encompasses multicultural communities, exciting restaurants, young artists and galleries.

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A woman with a pink mackintosh and flying hair walks towards the entrance of a main station.
Hood walk with Polina Lapkovskaja

“There is great acceptance here”

Bahnhofsviertel is the melting pot of the city. Artist and musician Polina Lapkovskaja shows us her diverse favourite city district.
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A front door of a residential house between two shops at Landwehrstrasse in Munich.
Special streets: Landwehrstrasse

Travel the world – just outside Hauptbahnhof train station

Landwehrstrasse in Munich is captivating in its diversity – a little trip around the world through the Bahnhofsviertel.
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A parked car at Sedanstrasse in Munich.
Hood love: French Quarter

Live and let live

The so called French Quarter as a part of Haidhausen is Munich’s most liberal district. It is a place where people appreciate quality without feeling the need to show off about it.

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Districts of Munich
People at the Siegestor in Munich

A district full of life and adventure

Maxvorstadt is a bustling district: education, culture and business meet a colourful urban offering.

Maxvorstadt is a bustling district: universities, cultural temples and business meet small cafés, bars, restaurants and colourful shops.

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Weissenburger Platz in Munich photographed from above with a drone.

A village in the city

Haidhausen and Au have developed from working-class quarters into popular residential areas.

When strolling along the narrow streets of the districts Haidhausen and Au with small shops and green courtyards, it almost feels like being in a village in the middle of the city.

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The Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in autumn.

From artists and writers

Around 1900, it was the artists and writers who settled around the university and the art academy and shaped the spirit of Schwabing.

In the heyday of the Schwabinger Bohème around 1900, it was the artists and writers who settled around the university and the art academy and shaped the spirit of Schwabing.

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Towers ot the St Luke's Church in Munich photographed from the air.

A beautiful spot

Lehel is considered one of Munich's most popular and exclusive residential areas. But it wasn't always the case.

Lehel is considered one of Munich's most popular and exclusive residential areas. But it wasn't always the case.

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View of Nymphenburg Palace across the canal and its bridge.

Around Nymphenburg Palace

Neuhausen-Nymphenburg offers a wealth of things to discover besides the palace.

In addition to the palace, Neuhausen-Nymphenburg also has the Botanical Garden, numerous museums and the vibrant neighbourhood of Neuhausen with its vibrant shopping and café scene.

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Various house facades in the sunlight in Munich.

A district full of variety

Giesing may be famous for soccer and beer, but what the locals value most is the neighbourhood’s lively diversity.

Giesing may be famous for soccer and beer, but what the locals value most is the neighbourhood’s lively diversity of architecture, culture, and people.

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Detailed photo of the oak wreath of the Bavaria statue at Theresienwiese in Munich photographed with a drone

Old buildings and winding backyards

A walk through the Westend: a district on the move. 25 nations live here side by side.

A walk through the Westend: a district on the move. 25 nations live here side by side.

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Flowerbed at Gärtnerplatz in Munich.

Where the night begins

Independent labels, hip bars, pubs and cool inns attract the young and the young-at-heart.

The Gärtnerplatz and Glockenbach neighbourhoods are known as trendy quarters. Their independent labels, hip bars, pubs, cool inns and calm backyards attract the young and the young-at-heart.

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Panoramic view of Karlsplatz / Stachus in Munich with the Frauenkirche in the background photographed from the air.

Classical and curiosities

Numerous Munich stories can be told along the roughly one-kilometer-long route between Karlsplatz-Stachus and Marienplatz square. A city walk.

Numerous interesting Munich stories can be told along the roughly one-kilometer-long route between Karlsplatz-Stachus and Marienplatz square. A city walk.

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Maximilianeum in Munich at sunset.

Once a village, now a noble district

The Bogenhausen district in the northeast of Munich captivates with many green areas, old villas and its proximity to the river Isar.

There's a lot to discover here: the Bogenhausen district in the northeast of Munich captivates with many green areas, old villas and its proximity to the river Isar.

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Tower of the Deutsches Museum with the river isar in the background photographed from the air.

Between the Isar and the Theresienwiese

The Isar river, clubbing, Oktoberfest or multicultural mix at the main station: On a voyage of discovery in a versatile district of the city

The Isar river, clubbing, Oktoberfest or multicultural mix at the main station: On a voyage of discovery in a versatile district of the city

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Panoramic view of the Olmpic Park with Olympic Tower, Olympic Swimming Hall, Olympic Lake and the headquarter of BMW in Munich in the background.

Masterpieces of architecture and entertainment

BMW Welt, Allianz Arena and Olympic Park - Munich's north has much to offer.

With the Olympiapark, BMW Welt and Allianz Arena and the city's oldest church, the north of Munich has a lot to offer.

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A group of humans is tasting Baklava in front of a vitrine in a shop in the station district in Munich.

Many cultures, one neighborhood

The charm of the oriental Bajuvaric microcosm in the quarter to the south of the main train station gives you that holiday feeling.

The aroma of mocha and black tea fills the air: the charm of the oriental Bajuvaric microcosm in the quarter to the south of the main train station gives you that holiday feeling.

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The Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in autumn.
The districts of Munich

Every district has its own unique beauty

Schwabing, Glockenbach, Haidhausen, Nymphenburg: an overview.

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