The sun shines through the green trees on the banks of the Isar in Munich.

Conscious vacation

Discover the Munich regional character

Discover Munich at your own pace: On foot, by bike or by public transport, immerse yourself in a city that balances tradition and innovation. Stroll along the Isar, cycle through the green oasis of the English Garden, discover regional specialities at the markets and in craft shops and marvel at world-class museums within walking distance in the Kunstareal.

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A young woman is smiling at English Garden in Munich.

Itinerary suggestions

Tips for a mindful visit in Munich

Our tips will show you how to explore Munich on foot, by bike, and by bus and train, whilst discovering what the region has to offer.

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Markets & Festivals

A salesman with a big piece of cheese in his hands at the weekly market at Hans-Mielich-Platz in Munich.

Weekly markets

Ready for the markets?

Munich is home to over 40 markets, with more than 120 traders: each one is unique and has its own story.

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Sports & Leisure

Many cyclists on the Königsplatz in Munich.

Discover the region by bike

Cycling tours in and around Munich

Relaxed bike tours past the most important sights around the city center, the Isar and the English Garden. Also: the most beautiful bike routes around Munich.

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The Englische Garten in Munich taken from above with a drone.

Guided bike tour through Munich

This exciting bike tour takes you through the city, the Englischer Garten and past other well-known sights.

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This exciting bike tour takes you through the city, the Englischer Garten and past other well-known sights.

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Three rickshaws from the Lederhosen Express company stand on Odeonsplatz in Munich.

Rickshaw Tour with beer & pretzels

This is pure relaxation: you take a cosy rickshaw ride with your guide through Munich's old town and enjoy a fresh beer and pretzel.

99 € for 2 persons

This is pure relaxation: you take a cosy rickshaw ride with your guide through Munich's old town and enjoy a fresh beer and pretzel.

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Several pedicaps with guests in the Englischer Garten (park).

Pedicab tour through the old town and nature

Enjoy this special tour and pedicap ride past all the famous sights of Munich's old town and into the Englischer Garten.

155 € for 2 persons

Enjoy this special tour and pedicap ride past all the famous sights of Munich's old town and into the Englischer Garten.

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Pedicap guide with guests in the old town of Munich.

Pedicap guide through the historical city

Enjoy this special tour and pedicap ride past all the famous sights of Munich's old town.

85 € for 2 persons

Enjoy this special tour and pedicap ride past all the famous sights of Munich's old town.

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Three cyclists are standing and talking to each other at the Isar River in Munich.

Cycling tours: Isar

Isar river tour

A relaxed cycling tour with one short, steep incline - and with lots of sights on the way.

A relaxed cycling tour with one short, steep incline. From the city centre, this tour goes upriver along the Isar river - with lots of sights on the way.

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Overview: Hotels

A cozy room in the Hotel Prinzregent in Munich

Hotels

Hotels with a focus on regionality

A selection of establishments in Munich that attach particular importance to regional products.

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Munich Guides

A cyclist standing at the traffic light at the Reichenbach Bridge in Munich

The best way to get around Munich

Getting around in Munich

Bike, car, e-scooter, bus, S-Bahn or on foot? We have collected the most important tips and information on mobility in Munich.

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Eat & Drink

Chef Florian Lechner is standing in the garden in front of the restaurant Moar-Wirt.

Vegetarian cuisine

Vegebavarian: deluxe greens and beans

So you think roast pork is the only thing southern Germans can cook? Think again! Three Bavarian chefs tell us their favourite vegetarian dishes.

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Eat & Drink

Krapfen and Auszogne on a baking tray in Café Frischhut at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich.

Food guide: veggie & vegan take-away

One Dirty Harry to go, please!

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.

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Eat & Drink

A dish in the restaurant Blitz in Munich.

More than an alternative

It's ok without (Vegan Report)

There are usually very few items on the menu for vegans in traditional restaurants. But there are now several options for vegans to dine out in Munich. And to enjoy many varied cuisines. Let's take a tour.

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The new Munich Card and Munich City Pass

Munich Card & City Pass

Discover Munich in a relaxed and uncomplicated way: discounts for the diverse range of art, culture and leisure activities with our guest cards.

Book now from 5,90 Euro

Free Public transport

Reduced or included!

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Public transport is included

Many discounts with the Card, many things for free with the Pass.

Online or at the tourist information offices

Eat & Drink

A fisherman takes a fish from a net on a lake.

Burbot, Bullhead, Whitefish

Native Exoticness

A lot of bones, difficult to eat: Freshwater fish is a culinary niche. But young chefs in Munich are turning char, wels catfish and pike into a true taste adventure.

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Eat & Drink

The chef of the restaurant Schneider Bräuhauses München is cutting a knuckle of pork with a big knife.

Bavarian gastronomy

Nose to tail

Heart and kidneys, cheeks and tail: While serving up the more unusual parts of an animal may currently be one of the hottest trends, the people of Munich have been doing it for centuries.

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Innovation & Creativity

Three people, of whom only their hands can be seen, toast each other with three different coloured beers.

Innovation in the beer glass

Life is too good to always brew the same beer!

Munich's craft beer scene is very lively and creative. We explore four very special craft beer outlets.

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Eat & Drink

Baker at work in the Hofbräuhaus-Kunstmühle in Munich.

Bread report: Our daily bread

Back ma's

Virtually no other city has a bread tradition stretching back as far as that of Munich – or such venerated bakery products. What makes them so exceptional and desirable?

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Eat & Drink

Munich’s coffee roasteries

From bean to cup

With the “third wave coffee” trend in full flow, there are more and more small coffee roasteries opening in Munich. We visited Fausto in Giesing.

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Experience Munich without barriers

Munich for all - these are our suggestions for a barrier-free holiday in Munich!

You can find all the info here.

Shopping & Design

Stephanie Zürn standing in the door of her store Capricorn Store in Munich.

Second-hand shops in Munich

Big names second-hand

Second-hand designer fashion extends the life of existing clothes and offers an alternative to buying new. We’ve rounded up the best places to shop in Munich.

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Shopping & Design

Sustainable fashion

Fashion from Munich: Here are the labels we’re showcasing

In Munich, there are an increasing number of fashion labels that focus, for example, on organic materials, transparent supply chains or production in Europe.

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Shopping & Design

Chairs at the flea market in the district Haidhausen in Munich.

Flea markets in Munich

Browsing, bargaining and shopping

From the night flea market to the courtyard flea market, from Theresienwiese to Riem - these flea markets await you in Munich.

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Shopping & Design

Yard sale founder René Götz and our author stand next to each other

Interview: René Götz

“Yard sales combine sustainability with neighbourliness”

René Götz from Munich founded the courtyard organisation Hofflohmärkte. Residents sell their things in their own backyards or gardens.

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21 Apps for your visit to Munich

From sightseeing and shopping to ideas for a more mindful visit to Munich - many apps make your city trip even more enjoyable. We have collected 21 Munich apps that will guide you through Munich in an uncomplicated way.

You can find all the information here.

Urban & Districts

Woman looks out of a tram on the Maximilianstraße in Munich.

Bettina Gundler

Straight through the centre

A journey with Bettina Gundler, manager of the Transport Centre at the Deutsches Museum.

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Lakes & Mountains

An MVG tram travels through green Munich

Excursions by public transport

From the Allianz Arena to Kufstein

For each MVG zone, we have picked out a nice excursion destination in the Munich area that you can easily reach by bus and train.

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Lakes & Mountains

Excursions with the Deutschland ticket

To the Zugspitze by train

With the Deutschlandticket, you can take as many trips as you like! Eight beautiful destinations that can be reached by train.

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Lakes & Mountains

A woman with the Tegernseer chalet in the background at the Bavarian foothills of the Alps in the surrounding region of Munich.

Munich and its mountains

10 mins from the main station

In Munich you can reach mountain tops, Alpine views and creature comforts in no time. Here are a few suggestions.

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Shared Mobility Provider

Whether public transport, e-scooters, rental bikes, scooters or car sharing. With these providers you can discover Munich even without your own car.

MVG | MVV

Bolt | Lime | Tier | Voi

IsarFunk | Taxi München | Uber

The Kunstareal

From Goya to Picasso

Neue Pinakothek

Discover the important collection of paintings and sculptures from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century.

“From Goya to Picasso” is the motto of the Neue Pinakothek: explore paintings and sculptures, ranging from the late 1700s, through the 1800s all the way to the early 20th century.

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Four museums under one roof

Pinakothek der Moderne

Art, architecture and design - under one roof, the Pinakothek der Moderne offers an overview of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Art, architecture and design - under one roof, the Pinakothek der Moderne offers an overview of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. From Picasso and Warhol to Le Corbusier.

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Blue Horse I by Franz Marc on display at the Lenbachhaus in Munich.

The pure enjoyment of art

Lenbachhaus (art gallery)

The Blue Horse is the centrepiece of the world's largest collection of Blue Rider art.

The Blue Horse in the golden cube: in the historic villa of the master painter Franz von Lenbach, you can explore the world's largest collection of artwork by the “Blaue Reiter” (Blue Rider) group.

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Just great art

Alte Pinakothek

The Alte Pinakothek exhibits outstanding works of European painting from the 14th to the 18th century.

A world-class gallery: the Alte Pinakothek in Munich is home to an outstanding collection of European paintings, stretching from the 14th to the 18th century.

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Exhibits at the Ägyptische Museum in Munich.

The world of the pharaohs

State Museum of Egyptian Art

Discover 5000 years of art and culture of ancient Egypt. Located underground, the museum building is reminiscent of temple rooms and royal tombs.

The State Museum of Egyptian Art is the only museum outside of Egypt which is solely dedicated to ancient Egyptian exhibits.

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Street art goes museum

Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art

The first museum for urban and contemporary art in Germany exhibits in Munich's historic city centre in a former municipal utility substation.

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Exterior view of the NS Documentation Centre in Munich.

Centre for learning and remembrance

NS-Dokumentationszentrum

The NS Documentation Centre deals with the National Socialist past of the city of Munich and the consequences of the dictatorship at the historical site.

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Magnificent buildings – ancient art

Königsplatz

King Ludwig I commissioned the construction of Königsplatz, which was modelled after the Acropolis in Athens.

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Sports & Leisure

Young woman stands between two trees and looks at a sun-drenched meadow in Munich.

Nymphenburger Schlosspark

A local safari

Beavers, tawny owls, kingfishers: with a bit of luck, you can see many wild animals in Nymphenburg Castle Park. A visit.

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Column

Close-up of a forest and two people in Munich.

Column: a walk in the woods

My friend, the tree

Waldbaden in Munich: Our columnist visits a nature reserve together with a forester.

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Lakes & Mountains

The sun shines through the wintry alluvial forest of the Isar.

Walks in Munich and the surrounding area

First light

From the first snow-free pre-Alpine tour to forest hikes with a view of the southern lakes, to a tour of the sprouting city parks: the most beautiful walks.

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Urban & Districts

Two women are walking on the meadow under the Monopteros in the Englischer Garten in Munich.

City Walks

The east-west passage: hiking across Munich

Munich is a village, you can do everything by foot here. That is what they say. But is that true? We gave it a try – and went on a hike!

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City tours

A blue double-decker sightseeing bus at BMW Welt

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City tours

Hop-On Hop-Off city bus tours Gray Line

The hop-on hop-off city bus tours of Gray Line will let you collect unforgettable impressions of Munich.

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Urban & Districts

The entrance of carpentry Birnbaumblau in Haidhausen district in Munich

A visit to Birnbaumblau joinery

A city yard filled with wood

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.

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Urban & Districts

Violin maker Katharina Starzer

“People have the closest relationship with the violin”

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

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Urban & Districts

Antique statues and vases stand amidst antique furniture and old lamps

Antiques in Franzosenviertel

Historic treasures

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

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