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"München Liebt
Dich" And You Will Love It, Too – Travel To Munich
Munich Travel Information
Munich's Top 3 Tourist Destinations
The Munich Beer Festival - Oktoberfest
Munich
(German: München) is the capital city of Bavaria, the largest federal
state of Germany (by area - not by population).
The third-largest German
city - by population, not by area - (after Berlin and Hamburg) , Munich
is noted for its architecture and culture, and its annual Oktoberfest
beer celebration is world famous.
Munich's
cultural scene is second to none in Germany, its museums are even
considered by some to outrank Berlin in quality. Many travellers to
Munich are absolutely stunned by the quality of the architecture.
Although it was heavily damaged by allied bombing during World War II,
many of its historic buildings have been rebuilt and the city centre
appear mostly as it did in the late 1800's. There are many hotels
available for your stay in this historic city.
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Attractions
and things to do:
Museums,
Galleries, and Memorials
- Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site — An incredible, and sobering experience,
this is a worthwhile excursion. Not recommended for small children.
Tours depart from Munich; the memorial has audio guides and guided
tours as well. See the listing at Dachau.
- Deutsches Museum, located in Haidhausen. The Deutsches Museum is
one of the largest technical museums in the world. It has hand-on,
interactive section for natural science, engineering, construction,
etc.
- Pinakotheken - The Alte Pinakothek features 15-18th century
religious paintings, the Neue Pinakothek 19-20th century
impressionist and expressionist art and the Pinakothek der Moderne
has 20th century paintings, modern art, design and architecture
sections.
- Statue of the Bavaria, Theresienhöhe 16 (U4 or U5 to Theresienwiese),
+49-89-290671, [11]. A nearly 20 m high statue, standing on the west
border of Theriesienwiese next to the Hall of Fame. There is a small
viewing platform inside her head. €3.00/€2.00.
- Glyptothek - The royal antique collection.
- National Museum of Egyptian Art - In the Royal Residence.
- National Bavarian Museum.
- Die Neue Sammlung (Museum of Applied Arts).
- German Theatre Museum.
- City Museum of Munich.
- Jewish Museum - Newly opened museum at St. Jakobsplatz with one
permanent exhibition, which illuminates aspects of Jewish history
and culture in Munich, and a range of changing exhibitions.
- Villa Stuck - A private collection of Jugendstil art.
- Schack Gallery - A private collection of 19th Century art.
- National Ethnographical Museum.
- Lenbach House - A gallery exhibiting numerous works of the
Blauer Reiter school of German expressionist art (Kandinsky, Macke,
Mark). Highly recommended!
- Haus
der Kunst - The main exhibition hall in Munich.
- The BMW Museum.
- The Treasury - Part of the Bavarian Palace.
Parks
- Englischer
Garten - located in Schwabing. Entrance is free, and it is a wonderful place to
relax. Munich's second-biggest beer garden is located here, a nice
place to stay and talk to the locals. Just drive to "Münchner
Freiheit" or "Ostbahnhof" by S- or U-Bahn and take
bus number 54 to "Chinesischer Turm".
- Hirschgarten located in Neuhausen.
- The Munich Zoo is in Thalkirchen.
Palaces and Castles
- Schloss
Nymphenburg is in Neuhausen & Nymphenburg.
- Residenz is
in the City Center, near to Marienplatz.
- Schloss Schleißheim - Not really in Munich, but you can take the S1
S-Bahn to Oberschleißheim to get there.
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Munich's Top 3 Tourist
Destinations by Rome Sanzio
The
City of Munich, albeit a rather expensive city to live in and travel to,
continues to be visited by millions and millions of vacationers,
sightseers, travelers, tourists, backpackers, and honeymooners every
year. Clearly the small hindrances that a tight budget may throw their
way are comparatively insignificant compared to the wonderful sights,
sounds, tastes and experiences that a trip to Munich is sure to impart.
So the question is, where do these millions of tourists go to in order to
discover the true character of Munich? Well, then here is a list of the
top 3 tourist destinations you should not miss when in beautiful Munich,
Germany.
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1. Munich Beer Gardens
Yes,
Munich would not be Munich without its reputation of being one of the
best places in the planet to enjoy beer. A Biergärten or beer garden is
something you will rarely find anywhere else but in Germany. But the
question is, what is a beer garden.
Several
centuries ago, beer brewers in Munich had trouble keeping their barrels
upon barrels of delicious beer cold despite the heat of the summer.
Many of them devised a plan of storing the beers in underground
cellars, after which they planted chestnut trees on top of these beer
cellars. Why you ask? Because the chestnut trees provided shade and
coolness, keeping the beers cold in the cellars and also providing some
respite from the sun on the ground surface.
King
Ludwig I then allowed beer brewers to sell and serve their beers right
on these spots but forbade them to sell food along with the drinks. And
this became a sort of tradition, people would buy food somewhere else
and bring them to a beer garden where they could consume them while
gulping down pints of cold beer straight of their barrel.
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And
tourists in Munich can choose from a whopping 400 plus number of beer
gardens in this fine, beer-loving city.
2.
Munich Art and Culture Sites
Someone
very witty once said that Munich is a city nestled between two mountains,
one being art and the other is beer. And Munich really is a city that an
person with inclination towards the arts would sure to love. It is home
to numerous museums of science, art, history, culture, sports and many
more fields of study. But not only are they numerous, the Munich museums
are also of such fine quality.
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The Alte Pinakothek
museum for instance is famous for housing the works of classical
artists like Rembrant, Raphael, Botticelli and Da Vinci.
The
Neue Pinakothek on the other hand is home to French impressionist
geniuses like Renoir, Monet and Degas while the Pinakothek der Moderne
would obviously, be recognized as a haven for modern art works.
The
museums and exhibits in Munich are hard to count, but harder yo count
still are the number of cathedrals, mansions, palaces, churches,
plazas, theaters and galleries that contribute to the preservation and
growth of art in Munich, Germany.
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Munich Historical Sites
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Another
great feature of the city of Munich is the fact that this German city
exudes such a deep sense of history in almost every nook and cranny of
this large metropolis. The historic sites range from the gloomy, to the
grand, to the fantastic.
The Dachau
Memorial Concentration Camp for instance, can be quite a gloomy spot
as it is was once the place where thousands of political prisoners were
imprisoned, many of which have met their untimely deaths behind these
lone, lorn walls. The Munich Olympic Park on the other hand, is a
more lively historic spot. This Munich historical attraction has been the
venue for summer festivals, musical events, sports competitions and
several other festivities. And in itself, it is also a product of architectural
genius and fine craftsmanship. And if you are looking for a fantastic
historical site in Munich, then there is also the Neuschwanstein
Castle which seems to have come from a fairytale book instead of the
pages of history. This amazing castle was built by none other than King
Ludwig and is also known all over the world to be the inspiration for the
whimsical castle in Walt Disney's Disneyland.
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About
the Author - Rome Sanzio is a contributor to several travel sites
including www.Baja.com, www.Rhodes.com and of course, Germany.com.
Germany.com is the best place to visit if you are in need of information
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The Munich Beer Festival - Oktoberfest
The
"world city with heart," Munich is your destination for
"beer festival." Beer festivals are the festivals in which a
variety of beers and often other alcoholic drinks are available for
tasting and purchase. Beer festivals are organized in a number of
countries. There are several big and small beer festivals celebrated in
Germany all over the year, but the Munich beer festival is the oldest and
the largest beer festival in the world.
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The Munich beer festival,
known as Oktoberfest, is a two-week festival held each year in Munich,
Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. Oktoberfest
is one of the most celebrated events in Germany. It is largest fair in
the world, with some six million people attending every year.
Traditionally,
Oktoberfest takes place during the 16 days up to and including the
first Sunday in October. The festival takes place on the area known as
"Theresienwiese" (Field or meadow of Therese), often called
"d' Wiesn" or "d'Waasn" for short.
Beer
is the key note of the festival. The festival begins with a keg of beer
tapped by the Mayor of Munich who declares in Bavarian tone
"O'zapft is!" (It's tapped!).
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The
first Munich beer festival took place on October 12, 1810 when
"Oktoberfest" was organized to commemorate the marriage of
Crown Prince Ludwig (King Ludwig I) and Princess Therese of
Saxe-Hildburghausen, from whose name the name of the festival ground,
"Theresienwiese" came. On the first "Oktoberfest," a
great horse race was organized.
People
brew special Oktoberfest beer for the occasion; the beer is slightly
darker and stronger, in both taste and alcohol. It is served in Maß, a
one-liter-tankard. The first bulk of beer is served to the Bavarian Minister-President.
Beer is served by only local Munich breweries that are allowed to serve
this beer in a Bierzelt, a beer tent which is large enough for thousands.
People also consume large quantities of food, most of it traditional
hearty fare such as sausage, hendl (chicken), käsespätzle (cheese
noodles), and sauerkraut, along with such Bavarian delicacies as roast ox
tails.
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Oktoberfest became the
enormously world-famous festival by 1960, but the year marked the end
of Horse races. The Japanese, Americans, and New Zealanders discovered
the festival and often traveled to Germany during late September and
early October to enjoy the Munich beer festival. Munich became the
world famous city, and traditional German dresses, such as Sennerhut,
Lederhosen, and Dirndl became extremely famous world wide.
There
are often problems associated with the people who can't hold large
amounts of alcohol. Sometimes some people fall sick due to drunkenness,
and there is often a medical tent to treat drunks as well as sick
people. The concept of the "quiet Oktoberfest" was developed
in 2005 to undermine the violence in the festival. The music played in
the afternoon is limited to 85 decibels. The tents only play quiet
music, traditional wind music until 6:00 PM, and Schlager and pop music
are played later.
The
Munich beer festival is still one of the most famous festivals in the
world. So, if you are planning your tour to Germany and you love
drinking, do plan your tour during late September and early October to
make yourselves part of the world famous Oktoberfest.
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