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.
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.
Chinese Tower Beer Garden
Englischer Garten, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80538, Germany
A five-storey wooden pagoda standing in the middle of a Bavarian beer garden is exactly the kind of thing that shouldn't work but absolutely does.
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.
Eisbach Wave
Prinzregentenstraße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80538, Germany
There's a standing wave in the middle of Munich, and people surf it year-round.
Englischer Garten
Englischer Garten, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80538, Germany
Central Park is 341 hectares.
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.
Hofbräuhaus
9 Platzl, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Duke Wilhelm V founded this place in 1589 because he thought Munich's beer was terrible.
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.
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.
St. Peter's Church
Rindermarkt 1, 80331 Munich
Before Munich was Munich, there was a church on this hill.
Theatinerkirche
Theatinerstraße 22, 80333 Munich
Like Nymphenburg Palace, this church exists because of a baby.
Theresienwiese & Bavaria Statue
Theresienwiese, 80339 Munich
It started as a wedding.
Viktualienmarkt
Viktualienmarkt 3, 80331 Munich
Munich's belly has been rumbling at this spot since 1807, when King Maximilian I decreed that the farmers' stalls choking Marienplatz needed to move somewhere bigger.
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