When peonies bloom and warm days fade away into mild evenings, the Pentecostal season is just around the corner. Here are the top tips for planning your holiday in Munich in 2025.
Classical concerts, interesting exhibitions, summer excursions and exciting activities for children – there is something for everyone during the Pentecost holidays (10 June to 20 June 2025), or on the public holidays in Munich.
- Holiday activities for children during the 2025 holidays
- Events during Pentecost holidays 2025
- Events on Pentecost Monday 2025
- Open during Pentecost: Exhibitions in Munich’s museums
- What else can you do in Munich during the Pentecostal season?
- Hiking, walking and sunbathing in the city
The city's youth culture department is once again organising the popular festival, offering children, young people and accompanying adults a free entertainment programme during the holidays. The festival is known for its colourful mix of newcomers and subculture artists. The theatron, shaped like an ancient Greek theatre, is located directly on the lake in Olympiapark (Olympic Park) – the perfect place for a dance into the sunset.
Where: Theatron at Olympiapark
When: planned for 07 until 09 June 2025
Information: www.olympiapark.de
Rampenlichter is the largest international youth cultural dance and theater festival in Germany and an art and play laboratory for productions by young people between the ages of 6 and 27. It takes place every two years in Munich. Rampenlichter is open to you for two weeks from morning to night with lots of free activities and fair prices.
Where: Kreativquartier, Dachauer/Schwere Reiter Straße
When: 11 until 24 June 2025
Information: Rampenlichter
For almost three minutes, the audience looks at a black screen as the spherical soundscapes of György Ligeti’s Atmosphères fill the auditorium: That is how Stanley Kubrick sets the mood for the dissolution of time and space in his cinematic masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. Rather than having a film score specially composed, Kubrick chose to make use of existing magnificent compositions.
Where: Gasteig HP8
When: 7 June 2025, 7 pm
Information & tickets: www.gasteig.de
The Residence Soloists play in the one-hour Mozart concerts works for piano and chamber music from Mozart to Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Ravel, Debussy and others - masterpieces of classical music. Schloss Nymphenburg was the birthplace of the fairytale king Ludwig II, who spent his childhood here. The 7-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Nannerl gave concerts in the palace with great success.
Where: Schloss Nymphenburg
When: 12 and 19 June 2025, 4.30 pm
Information: www.bavaria-klassik.de
Munich celebrates its 867th birthday! Under the motto "Spin right round again!", the city center will be transformed into a celebration mile on 14 and 15 June 2025. There will be an exciting program of traditional highlights such as the craftsmen's village on Odeonsplatz, a Ferris wheel on Wittelsbacherplatz for a great view and, of course, music, music, music on all the stages. Celebrate with us!
Where: Old Town
When: 14 and 15 June 2025
Information: Münchner Stadtgeburtstag
Traditionally, at Pentecost, you can embark on a special journey with the vintage E69 05 train model from 1930. The train starts at Ostbahnhof station (Munich East) and travels through the Giesing district, passing Munich's most beautiful Isar river bridges, where it stops briefly so that passengers can enjoy the scenic views. Book your ticket in advance to reserve a seat. Drinks and snacks are also available.
Where: München Ost
When: 8 June, 10 am, 12 pm and 2 pm
Information & tickets: www.blv-online.de
Traditionally, at Pentecost, you can embark on a special journey with the vintage E69 05 train model from 1930. The train starts at Ostbahnhof station (Munich East) and travels through the Giesing district, passing Munich's most beautiful Isar river bridges, where it stops briefly so that passengers can enjoy the scenic views. Book your ticket in advance to reserve a seat. Drinks and snacks are also available.
Where: München Ost
When: 8 June, 10 am, 12 pm and 2 pm
Information & tickets: www.blv-online.de
The Max-Joseph-Saal of the Residenz is undisputedly one of the best chamber music halls in Munich in terms of acoustics. The Residenz Soloists give concerts here with selected symphonic/solo masterpieces of classical music from Vivaldi to Gershwin. The magnificent chandeliers lend the hall a particularly festive concert atmosphere
Where: Max-Joseph-Saal in the Residenz
When: 09 June 2025, 7.30 pm
Information: www.bavaria-klassik.de
Never have more people lived on Earth, never has our impact on the planet been greater, never have we been more closely interconnected—our society is changing ever more rapidly. The exhibition Civilization tracks humanity’s visual threads across the globe, through the eyes of 150 of the most internationally accomplished photographers. The thematic tour presents diverse imagery from cultures on all continents, exploring a variety of aspects, from the great achievements of mankind to our collective failings. In the year of its 40th anniversary, the Kunsthalle München is dedicating this exhibition to the question of how we live today and sheds light on our civilization’s diversity and contradictions.
Where: Kunsthalle München
When: 11 April to 24 August 2025, daily 10 am to 8 pm
Information: www.kunsthalle-muc.de
A re-encounter with old acquaintances such as rarely displayed discoveries in the Alte Pinakothek! The presentation of works from the collection of Early German, Early Netherlandish and Flemish paintings of the 16th and early 17th century promises a surprise or two. Different facets of a theme that is one of the core tasks of painting are examined: namely storytelling. How and by whom are stories told and what do they relate? What aims have artists and patrons pursued at different times, and what audiences do they address? And is this always obvious at all or are those looking at a work sometimes even deliberately misled? These and other questions are raised in this presentation in which often nothing appears to be as it seems at first glance.
Where: Alte Pinakothek
When: 5 June 2025 to 5 July 2026, daily (except mondays) from 10 am until 6 pm, tuesdays and wednesdays until 8 pm
Information: www.alte-pinakothek.de
A comedy about appearance and reality, about longing for a desire beyond convention begins. In her creations, Lies Pauwels creates poetic visual theatre in which pop references and baroque music clash with uproariously funny moments and scenes of profound melancholy. Now she takes on what is perhaps the most beautiful literary manifesto of unfulfilled love and the impossibility of desire: Shakespeare's ‘What You Will’.
Where: Kammerspiele München
When: 12 June 2025
Information & tickets: www.muenchner-kammerspiele.de
The Tollwood Festival in the Olympiapark stands for summery lightness – and this year, from 19 June to 20 July 2025, serious topics will again be on the agenda: Tolerance, diversity of cultures, fair animal husbandry and a sustainable approach to nature, which is also lived out at the festival. People from all over the world chat at wooden tables and green hills over beer and international organic food. Famous musicians play jazz, rock or pop in the circus tents. There are also unusual theatre productions and fascinating performances by artists and acrobats. All this is surrounded by the stands of the “Market of Ideas“, where all kinds of handicrafts are offered for sale.
Where: Olympiapark Süd
When: 19 June to 20 July 2025
Information: Tollwood
The Kulturstrand (cultural beach) is a meeting hub with a cultural programme for everyone and a great place to relax. Throughout the summer, it offers an open cultural platform and gathering spot for people to share ideas and help shape the programme. The schedule for the music, children's and sports programme and other events is available on the Kulturstrand Programme Calendar and on the official Facebook page! This is where the organisers provide information about the rules, highlights and activities at the Kulturstrand. All offers are free of charge!
Where: Corneliusbrücke
When: 1 May until 8 September 2025
Information: www.kulturstrand.de
A detailed overview of all concerts in the city can be found here.
If you are already in the mood for a short break in Munich during the holidays, you can book our “Short Break in Munich“ with two nights' accommodation and a 3-day Munich City Pass with free admission to 45 Munich sights. We look forward to your stay!
As the temperatures rise, so does the desire to explore Munich's parks, gardens and neighbourhoods on foot or by bicycle. Here are eleven great ideas for exploring the city, from its finest ice-cream parlours to excursions into Munich's surrounding countryside. For hot days, we offer the best tips for cooling off. Another excellent option is to explore the city and its surroundings by bicycle and end the day in one of the rooftop bars or with a picnic at one of the many viewpoints.
In case Pentecost is spoilt by rain, here are some tips that will still turn your stay into an unforgettable one – or you can visit the city's great independent cinemas whose charm will instantly brighten up a rainy day.
Our calendar of events provides a detailed overview of the month of May.
