A woman and a man are jogging through the Olympic Park in Munich in the evening sun.
Leisure tips: an overview

Sports and leisure activities in Munich

Find out here about the sports and leisure opportunities Munich has to offer. We have put together a list of the best tips and leisure ideas for Munich to help you make the most of your free time, either inside or out in nature. You will find an overview of the leisure offerings and activities in Munich here.

Activity & fun: All content on sports & leisure activities

A match of the BMW Open tennis tournament at the MTTC Iphitos Munich tennis facility

Munich has a lot to offer in terms of sport: Find the best international sporting events and leisure sports programmes for 2025 here.

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Sport in Munich

Munich's international sporting events and leisure sports programmes 2025

Monopteros in the Englischer Garten in Munich

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.

Englischer Garten

Nothing is greener

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

The Kleinhesseloher Lake in the Englischer Garten taken from above with a drone

Munich is big. Munich is alive. And Munich is green. Parks, gardens and the Isar river offer the perfect balance to city bustle, sightseeing and shopping. An overview.

Green Munich

Everything in the green

Munich is big. Munich is alive. And Munich is green. An overview.

A woman and a man in a canoe on the Isar River.

There’s no better way to get to know the river that runs through Munich than from a canoe. Let's go paddling.

Excursions

Isar-Roamers

There’s no better way to get to know the river that runs through Munich than from a canoe. Let's go paddling.

Surfer with board in hand gets out of the water.

Munich is hundreds of kilometres away from the sea – and is still a world-renowned surfer metropolis. Once standing on the legendary Eisbach wave.

Self-experiment: Surfing

Riding the wave

Munich is still a world-renowned surfer metropolis. Once standing on the legendary Eisbach wave.

Surfer on the Eisbach in Munich.

Whether on warm summer nights or on icy winter mornings: The "Eisbach River" in Munich's Englischer Garten is surrounded by tourists and locals alike. A typology.

A typology

Surfing the Eisbach: A typology

Who are those people who congregate around Munich's world famous wave?

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

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.

Cycling tours: Isar

Isar river tour

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

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