Living in the Area

The history and future of technology can be experienced up close in the Deutsches Museum and it also has two branches in the city with the traffic center on Theresienhöhe and the Schleißheim airfield in the north of Munich. Those who have an interest in automobiles and the combination of technology and design can visit the BMW World and the BMW Museum of the Munich based-company.

A deep insight into the history of the city can be discovered in the Munich City Museum with its permanent exhibition “Typical Munich”.  You can also visit the Residence, the city palace of the Wittelsbacher family and learn about the history of the royal town and the 700 years’ rule of the family. Even older is the neighbouring Alter Hof, the first seat of the Wittelsbacher family, where the "Info Point" of the Bavarian Museums is located. A small multivision show introduces the history of the Wittelsbacher Dynasty within the house museum. The most famous member of the Bavarian royalty is undoubtedly Fairytale King Ludwig II, who was born in the Nymphenburg Palace, the Munich summer residence of the Wittelsbacher family.

In addition to the city's rich culture, Munich citizens love their sport. Whether tennis or ice hockey, swimming or rowing, marathon or cycling, golf or football. There are no limits to the enthusiasm for sports in the city which held the Olympic Summer Games in 1972 and the FIFA Football World Cup in 2006. Even today the Olympiapark with its stadiums are used in many different ways: for leisure sports, major sporting events, concerts, festivals or simply to enjoy the greenery in front of the still spectacular tent roofed stadium. With the Allianz Arena, Munich has one of the most modern and extraordinary stadium buildings in Europe. The outer skin and roofing of the stadium rings consist of thousands of diamond-shaped air cushions, which light up red and white - the club colours of FC Bayern. Those who keep themselves active and fit have a range of possibilities to do so and can be found at one of the numerous popular sports festivals, in the green areas, swimming pools or skating rinks.

Last but not least Munich is a shopping paradise with chic fashion boutiques and designer outlets, cool  studios, large department stores, original antique shops and excellent bookshops. In the city center sightseeing and shopping can be ideally combined with a visit to a cafe or restaurant because everything is within walking distance and can be reached easily. The gastronomy offer spans a wide range from the international star cuisine to the snack bar at the Viktualienmarkt or the down-to-earth pub culture. The ideal place to enjoy Bavarian delicacies and a cool beer is under chestnut trees in one of Munich's many beautiful beer gardens - where tourists and locals meet, where old friendships are cultivated and new ones can be made. Beer gardens in Munich have a tradition of over 200 years and have become the epitome of the Bavarian way of life. 

• Frauenkirche
• Marienplatz and the Glockenspiel
• Viktualienmarkt with a Maypole & a beer garden
• Nymphenburg Palace & Residence
• Olympiapark
• Pinakotheken
• Deutsches Museum
• Allianz Arena
• BMW Welt
• Hofbräuhaus
• English Garden

Munich Tourism is a municipal tourism organisation within the Department for Work and Business  in the state capital of Munich. Munich Tourism develops together with its partners from the private sector, the Tourism Initiative Munich TIM e.V., marketing and PR measures as well as tourism products in order to position Munich as an internationally competitive destination and to promote tourism to Munich. In this context, the Tourism Commission Munich, a joint body of the city council and the local tourism industry, operates to provide strategic direction. 

Contacts: Department of Labour and Industry
München Tourismus, Markt- und Medienmanagement
Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 15, 80331 München
Phone: +49 (0)89 - 233 30320
E-Mail: tourismus.sales@muenchen.de
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