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.
Augustiner-Keller
52 Arnulfstraße, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80335, Germany
Ask any Münchner where to drink beer, and they'll say Augustiner.
Dachau Memorial
75 Alte Römerstraße, Dachau-Ost, Dachau, 85221, Germany
On March 22, 1933 — less than two months after Hitler became Chancellor — approximately 200 prisoners arrived at an abandoned munitions factory 16 kilometres northwest of Munich.
Deutsches Museum
1 Museumsinsel, Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt, Munich, 80538, Germany
The world's largest museum of science and technology sits on a small island in the Isar river that was used for rafting timber in the Middle Ages.
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.
Hofbräuhaus
9 Platzl, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Duke Wilhelm V founded this place in 1589 because he thought Munich's beer was terrible.
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.
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.
NS-Dokumentationszentrum
1 Max-Mannheimer-Platz, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80333, Germany
This white cube stands on the exact spot where the "Brown House" once stood — the national headquarters of the Nazi Party from 1930 until Allied bombs destroyed it in 1945.
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.
Sendlinger Tor
Sendlinger-Tor-Platz, 80336 Munich
Munich once had a complete ring of medieval walls with multiple gates.
St. Peter's Church
Rindermarkt 1, 80331 Munich
Before Munich was Munich, there was a church on this hill.
Theresienwiese & Bavaria Statue
Theresienwiese, 80339 Munich
It started as a wedding.
White Rose Memorial
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich
On February 18, 1943, a twenty-one-year-old biology student named Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans carried a suitcase full of leaflets into the main building of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität.
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