18 Stunning Architecture Landmarks in Munich
18 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Alte Pinakothek
27 Barer Straße, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80333, Germany
When King Ludwig I opened this gallery in 1836, it was the largest museum building in the world.
Altes Rathaus
15 Marienplatz, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Most tourists walk under the Altes Rathaus's tower gate without realising they're passing through a building where one of the 20th century's worst atrocities was set in motion.
Asam Church
32 Sendlinger Straße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Two brothers bought the house next door and built a church in the gap.
BMW Museum & BMW Welt
2 Am Olympiapark, Milbertshofen-Am Hart, Munich, 80809, Germany
The BMW Museum looks like a silver salad bowl from the outside, and that's entirely intentional.
Frauenkirche
12 Frauenplatz, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Just inside the entrance of Munich's cathedral, there's a dark footprint stamped into the floor tile.
Glyptothek
3 Königsplatz, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80333, Germany
The name literally means "sculpture storage" in Greek — glyphein (to carve) plus theke (container) — which is the most honest museum name in the world.
Hofgarten
1 Hofgartenstraße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80539, Germany
Between the Residenz and the Englischer Garten lies a Renaissance court garden that has survived four centuries of war, revolution, and one very destructive Frenchman.
Königsplatz
Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany
King Ludwig I wanted a German Athens, and Königsplatz was his Acropolis.
Lenbachhaus
33 Luisenstraße, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80333, Germany
This museum owns the world's largest collection of Blauer Reiter paintings, and if you know nothing about the Blauer Reiter, you're about to understand why Munich matters to modern art.
Marienplatz & Neues Rathaus
1 Marienplatz, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Every day at 11am, hundreds of tourists crane their necks at exactly the same spot to watch copper figures joust, twirl, and re-enact a royal wedding from 1568.
Maximilianstrasse
Maximilianstraße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80539, Germany
King Maximilian II had a problem with his father.
Munich Residenz
1 Residenzstraße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80333, Germany
This is the largest city palace in Germany, and the Wittelsbach dynasty spent over four centuries making sure everyone knew it.
Nymphenburg Palace
Schloss Nymphenburg 1, 80638 Munich
This palace exists because of a baby.
Odeonsplatz & Feldherrnhalle
Odeonsplatz, 80539 Munich
The Feldherrnhalle looks like it was stolen from Florence, and in a sense it was.
Olympiapark
Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21, 80809 Munich
The 1972 Munich Olympics were supposed to be the "Cheerful Games" — Germany's deliberate contrast to the militaristic spectacle of Berlin 1936.
Pinakothek der Moderne
Barer Straße 40, 80333 Munich
Four museums in one building.
Sendlinger Tor
Sendlinger-Tor-Platz, 80336 Munich
Munich once had a complete ring of medieval walls with multiple gates.
Theatinerkirche
Theatinerstraße 22, 80333 Munich
Like Nymphenburg Palace, this church exists because of a baby.
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