Local Love Munich

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.

Munich’s former Lord Mayor takes us on a stroll through the historic Altstadt district and shares his memories of both obstacles and successes.

From Odeonsplatz to the Nationaltheater – the small Residenzstrasse surprises with sights at every turn.

The tour guide Eberhard Kühnel leads you through Munich's old town. Here he gives tips on eating, shopping and experiencing culture!

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

We meet star chef Nathalie Leblond at Café Nymphenburg Sekt for a Bolognese - and then accompany her into the kitchen of the gourmet restaurant Les Deux.

Only really good musicians are allowed to play street music in the centre of Munich. Fausto Cassara from Italy is one of them. We accompanied him for a day.

Blue cabbage kimchi, truffle pizza or Schmalznudel to go? There are more and more creative concepts that offer vegan-vegetarian food to go. Eight locations in the city centre.

The Munich food market, known locally as the Viktualienmarkt, is a place where people, colours, smells and sounds all come together.

Pastor Franzl shares his expert knowledge about the sights in Munich's Frauenkirche and shows us areas to which visitors normally have no access.

Palais Rechberg is better known as Radspielerhaus. Fine fabrics and wooden furniture are now sold here. But how can a historical building of this kind be kept alive?

When hunger strikes, Munich chef Sven Christ likes to eat his way through Munich's old town. Here he shows where you can get typical Bavarian specialties on the go.

What sets the special Munich fragrance apart? We spoke to perfumer Ursula Lengling about the journey from the scent perception to the finished Munich perfume.

Once a shabby craftsmen's quarter, then a daring red-light district, today a nightlife hub, centre of the queer community and one of the most popular areas: the Glockenbachviertel district.

From the Old South Cemetery to Museum Island, with impressions of a neighbourhood full of history, culture and urban life.

A walk through the Glockenbach district with the ‘Schwuhplattler’, who have been combining gayness and tradition for decades.

The lively Reichenbachstrasse in Glockenbachviertel (district) connects two of Munich's sights: the Isar and the Viktualienmarkt.

The tour guide Hartmut Speck lives in the colourful Glockenbach district. He enjoys discovering new things here on his walks and showing visitors the most beautiful places!

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.

Munich's districts through the eyes of Munich personalities: This time jewellery designer Saskia Diez shows us her Glockenbachviertel.

A guided tour of the city following in the footsteps of Freddie Mercury – with Peter Ambacher, also known as the drag queen “Miss Piggy”.

There are many shopping opportunities in Munich - but you'll find something special in the Glockenbachviertel. Vintage specialist and shop owner Alva-Morgaine Pilz shows us the shops.

Shopping far from the major department stores: at Gärtnerplatz and Glockenbachviertel individuality counts. A shopping tour.     

Not just worth a trip during Pride Week: our suggestions from and for the LGBTIQ* scene.

Forming the heart of Thalkirchner Strasse, the former slaughterhouse and the Grossmarkthalle wholesale market hall are surrounded by a host of fantastic restaurants.

Schwabing is the district that is associated with Munich all over the world, reminiscent of golden times and evoking a good feeling.

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.

Between hipster and historical: on Feilitzschstrasse you can breakfast at a deli like you’re in New York before visiting the oldest farm in the neighbourhood or a real castle.

Alexander Kardaschenko has been showing his guests around Schwabing's cult quarter for many years - here are his tips!

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.

What is the right way to play in a beer garden? An interview with bandmaster Mathias Achatz.

Today, Hohenzollernstrasse is home to wonderful shoe stores, international labels, boutiques and cafés. Over the decades, artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Joachim Ringelnatz resided here.

Pierre Jarawan, poetry slammer and writer, shows us two of his favourite places and tells us where else he likes to go in Munich.

Our author eats a kebab with Anton Gschwendtner at Hans Kebab before heading to the star restaurant Atelier in the Bayerischer Hof.

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.

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

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

Ingrid Oxfort has been working as a city guide for over 30 years. She has lost her heart to Giesing - here she gives tips for the district!

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.

Our author accompanies gourmet chef Florian Berger through Giesing: After a kebab at the Türkitch, it's off to the Michelin-starred restaurant Gabelspiel.

Our author meets Munich personalities for a walk: this time writer Nina Sahm shows us her Giesing.

Our author meets Munich personalities for a walk: this time Maria Maschenka shows us her Untergiesing.

Between Grünwalder Stadion and football pubs, true football culture is still lived in Giesing, the home of 1860 Munich.

Anyone who goes to ice hockey or an1860 match in Munich knew his voice: a 2019 interview with stadium announcer Stefan Schneider, who quit in March 2021 after more than three decades.

What makes Munich’s Schlachthofviertel so unique? A lively underground cultural scene and actually still a slaughterhouse.. Could it possibly have any more urban cool?!

In Munich's Schlachthofviertel, brewer and craft beer pioneer Tilman Ludwig takes us to the most interesting places and explains the recipe for success of his beer bars.

Forming the heart of Thalkirchner Strasse, the former slaughterhouse and the Grossmarkthalle wholesale market hall are surrounded by a host of fantastic restaurants.

The tour guide Astrid Neubert has lived next to Munich's Schlachthofviertel for more than twenty years - here she gives tips!

The district of Sendling is divided into the areas of Untersendling, Mittersendling and Obersendling, with each area offering its own charm and special highlights.

Our author meets Munich personalities for a walk: this time coffee owner Marlen Ventker shows us her Sendling.

Daniel Speck, bestselling author of the novel Bella Germania, talks about how the novel came about, feelings of home, and what he appreciates most about Munich.

The Schlachthof district is Munich’s unofficial party district: whether Bahnwärter Thiel, Frisches Bier, the terrace of the Alte Utting or Zur Gruam: it's no problem to turn night into day.

An interview with Weißwurst veteran Magnus Bauch and cultural entrepreneur Daniel Hahn about the Schlachthofviertel.

There are many bars with a football table in the back room around the Isar. We spend an evening kicking our way through the relevant Munich bars.

We accompany the head chef of Broeding, Manuel Reheis, on his purchases at the Munich wholesale market and the slaughterhouse.

Munich's art quarter 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.

Entrepreneur and restaurateur Niels Jäger has been living in Maxvorstadt for 25 years. The bar owner knows every corner of the district.

Theresienstraße offers everything you would expect from a big city – from art and cuisine to culture.

The tour guide Christiane Haack studied art history at the LMU – to this day she guides visitors through the art area in the Maxvorstadt university quarter with great enthusiasm.

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

Our author meets star chef Daniel Bodamer from the restaurant Brothers for a spaghetti ice cream at Gelateria Adria.

Our author meets Munich personalities for a walk: this time Laura Schieferle shows us her art area.

Munich personal trainer Alexandra Horn on a joint site visit to Königsplatz about the Greek super bodies.

Munich’s Bahnhofsviertel encompasses multicultural communities, exciting restaurants, young artists and galleries – it feels totally different from the rest of the city. In a good way.

Bahnhofsviertel is the melting pot of the city. Artist and musician Polina Lapkovskaja shows us her diverse favourite city district.

Landwehrstrasse in Munich is captivating in its diversity – a little trip around the world through the Bahnhofsviertel.

There are countless international snack bars and restaurants around Munich Central Station. Here are a few very special tips.

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.

The Deutsches Theater offers the best entertainment: the musicals from New York's Broadway or London's West End.

Munich’s Bahnhofsviertel encompasses multicultural communities, exciting restaurants, young artists and galleries – it feels totally different from the rest of the city. In a good way.

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.

Munich may not be by the sea, but it still has a beach life: in Au - a district that has lived in symbiosis with the Isar for centuries.

Hardly anyone knows the Au as well as artist, DJ and bar owner Benjamin Röder. A hood walk that is as authentic and cool as his neighbourhood.

Stephanie Zimmermann is so excited about this laid-back neighbourhood in Munich's east that she would move to Haidhausen on the spot. Here are some tips!

Between farmhouse and cobblestones – Preysingstrasse in Haidhausen district not only looks like a village, it feels like one too.

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.

Our author meets Munich personalities on a walk. This time Max Wagner, managing director of the Gasteig, shows us his Haidhausen.

The Haidhausen district in the east of Munich is playful and idyllic. Some of its squares are considered the most beautiful in Munich. A tour.

The Werksviertel-Mitte has not lost its former character. A tour with architect and chief planner Johannes Ernst.

We went on a time travel through the continents at an antique dealer in Haidhausen.

Our author meets Munich personalities on a walk. This time: street art artis Loomit shows us around his Werksviertel-Mitte.

The Birnbaumblau joinery is a workshop of a kind you rarely see any more these days – though if you do, it’s most likely to be in Haidhausen. A visit to a magical wood-crafting operation.

Katharina Starzer makes violins, cellos, violas. We visit her workshop in Haidhausen, which is a shop and sound studio in one.

In the east of Munich, a place with a vibrant history is developing into a unique, trendy and futuristic quarter.

The restaurant MUN in Haidhausen is known for its fine Asian food. An interview with the chef Mun Kim.

Besides the well-known Munich sights in the neighbourhood, there are also streets where visitors hardly ever stray

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.

The tour guide Reidun Alvestad-Aschenbrenner has lived in Neuhausen-Nymphenburg for over 40 years - here she gives tips!

Having managed the Bar du Port in Neuhausen for a decade, owner Marcus Kraft has become intimately acquainted with this neighbourhood. He shows us his favourite spots. 

The tranquil Volkartstraße in Neuhausen is almost too good to be true. It's hard to believe that the main station is just around the corner.

What would the opulent architecture be without the noble parquet at Schloss Nymphenburg?

If you want to see Schloss Nymphenburg from a very special perspective, take a gondola ride along the palace canal.

About carnivorous plants and how to try to sense their needs so they feel comfortable and thrive.

Deer, beavers, adders, kingfishers, tawny owls, Canada geese: with a little luck, you can see all sorts of wildlife in Nymphenburger Schlosspark – in the heart of the city!

The former working-class neighbourhood of Westend has developed into a district with young companies, shops and cool cafés. It has retained its down-to-earth feel and family atmosphere.

Architect Alexander Fthenakis is a connoisseur and big fan of Munich's Westend. During a walk, he presents the architectural highlights in the neighbourhood.

The Westend is evolving from the multicultural workers quarter to the future in-quarter. People from 25 different nations live here side by side.

Strolling on the Kazmairstraße in the Munich Westend: a walk through history, cafes and restaurants.

Between Banh Mi and Boazn - Parkstraße is one of the liveliest streets on Schwanthalerhöhe.

The tour guide Anton Figl is a fan of the Westend. In our 5x5 he gives tips for shopping, culture and gastronomy in the neighbourhood.

We visited four women who characterise the Westend of today – two artists and two restaurant owners.

Our author meets Munich personalities for a walk: this time, art director Christian Hundertmark shows us his Westend.

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