Munich Travel Guide

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Germany's most popular tourist destination, Munich is also—according to opinion polls—the city that native Germans would most like to live in. Its popularity is easy to understand. Located within eyeshot of the snowcapped Alps, Munich is sophisticated, wealthy and elegant, a city of broad boulevards and baroque facades; a thriving … Read Munich introduction

Apart from the bit around the Freiheit underground station, the art gallery and the english gardens which are nice, it's a very boring stuffy, stiff city - and make sure you don't get ripped ... more

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Introduction

Munich, rivalled only by Berlin as Germany's most popular destination, is a sophisticated city that enjoys contradicting itself. Don some ironic lederhosen and head down to the capital of Bavaria, where folk traditions ride alongside BMWs and hearty meals share the table with haute cuisine .

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Not to miss

Alte Pinakothek Munich's main repository of Old European Masters, the Alte Pinakothek is stuffed with all the major players that decorated canvases between the 14th and 18th centuries. It's in a neoclassical temple masterminded by Leo von Klenze and is a delicacy even if you can't tell your …

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Facts for the Traveller

Population : 1300000 Area : 310km² Longitude / Latitude : 11.5429534912 / 48.1409759521 Currency : Euro (EUR) Weights & Measures system : Metric

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Getting there & Getting around

Getting there Munich's multi-level Franz-Josef-Strauss Flughafen (airport) is only slightly less busy than Frankfurt's mega flughafen, but it's way less intimidating. Flights bound for Europe, New York and Sydney jet in and out, either direct or via Frankfurt, and a host of German cities are …

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History

Recent History Today Munich has a rich, self-assured reputation and is recognised for having the highest quality of life of any German city, boasting a mix of conservatism and artistic vibrancy, big-city sophistication and earthy entertainment. The city is governed by the SPD party …

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Weather

Weather-wise, the shoulder seasons - April-May, September-October - are generally good times to visit Munich, with enough sunshine to go around. If you visit between November and March you'll have below-freezing temperatures and sunless skies. As a general rule, you can expect rain any time of …

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Overview of Munich

Munich is a city of art and culture. It has innumerable monuments, and more museums than any other city in Germany. In quality, its collections even surpass those of Berlin. The Wittelsbachs (the ruling family of Europe from approximately the 13th century to the early 20th century) were great …

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Overview

Chic and cosmopolitan, carefree and kitschy. Bavaria's capital and one of Germany's biggest cities, Munich has more than its share of great museums, architectural treasures, historic sites, and world-class shops, restaurants, and hotels. The same could be said of its abundance of lederhosen …

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