Local Love Munich

Book a visit to the observation deck of Munich's Frauenkirche and enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of the city.

Discover the most delicious delicacies of the city and learn all kinds of interesting historical facts about Munich's most famous food market.

Hop on and be whisked away by one of the world's most beautiful stretches of street: the Romantic Road to Rothenburg and Harburg.

This Munich experience promises high culture for newcomers and enthusiasts: enjoy the popular Mozart concerts in the Residenz.

During the guided tour of the present-day seat of the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice, you will learn everything about the history and significance of the neo-baroque court and administrative building.

Immerse yourself in the world of the fairytale king!

Impressive architecture and unique ambience: discover the Law Library in the New Town Hall.

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

Experience the magical Advent season in Munich and enjoy two nights in a hotel of your choice as part of our travel package.

The city walk for everyone who wants to become acquainted with the most beautiful parts of Munich's city centre.

Experience a brewery tour at Spaten with a look behind the scenes, interesting facts about the company history and beer tasting in the brewery tower.

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

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The day trip takes you along the Alpine Road to Berchtesgaden area with its dreamlike scenery.

Visit the birthplace of composer extraordinaire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, stroll through the Baroque old town and then relax on the journey to beautiful Lake Wolfgang.

Bring a piece of Oktoberfest home: Purchase official souvenirs such as the Wiesn poster or the Oktoberfest beer stein in the official Oktoberfest shop.

2 nights in your selected hotel and - thanks to the City Pass - free admission to 45 museums, sights and attractions: our travel package for explorers.

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!

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

The lawn in the Englischer Garten is perfect. Our author also has a garden, and desperately wants to know: how do they manage it? This is what he found out.

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.

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.

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?

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

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!

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.

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.

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!

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

Munich is home to many writers who foster a very special connection to their city. First up is Daniel Speck, bestselling author of the novel "Bella Germania".

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.

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

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.

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

Theresienstrasse in Munich's Maxvorstadt district really does offer everything we expect from a big city - from museums to massage parlours.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

Zwischen Bauernhof und Kopfsteinpflaster – the Preysingstraße at Haidhausen not only looks rustic, but also feels like it.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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 lively Reichenbachstraße connects two of Munich's sights: the Isar and the Viktualienmarkt.

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”.

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 LGBTQ* scene.

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

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.