Travelling to Munich?

Our routes, not a list of everything. Places that have been there for centuries: no opening times or prices, which go stale.

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   Munich in a day

   9 hEverything is measured from Marienplatz and the old town fits in a twenty-minute ring. With one rule that isn’t superstition: if you want Weisswurst, it’s before noon.Marienplatz, and the carillon that disappoints everybody · The Viktualienmarkt · The Frauenkirche and the hundred-metre rule · The Eisbach wave · The English Garden, founded by an AmericanRead the full guide
2. 02

   A weekend in Munich

   18 hSaturday indoors, Sunday outdoors. It’s the only way the picture gallery, the palace and swimming in the river all fit without running.Saturday: the Alte Pinakothek · Saturday: Nymphenburg · Saturday night: the table that isn’t yours · Sunday: the Deutsches Museum · Sunday: swimming in the IsarRead the full guide
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   What to see in Munich

   Two royal palaces, three picture galleries, the world’s biggest science museum, and a documentation centre about what the city would rather forget. This is about choosing.The Neues Rathaus · The Frauenkirche · The Residenz · The Kunstareal · The Deutsches Museum · The Nazi documentation centreRead the full guide
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   Eating and drinking in Munich

   A Bavarian law lets you bring your own food into a beer garden. It isn’t a tolerated custom: it’s a right people took to the streets to defend.Weisswurst and the noon bells · The Biergarten, and the right to bring your own food · The six breweries · Obatzda, Brezn and the rest · The ViktualienmarktRead the full guide
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   Where to stay in Munich

   It’s the most expensive German city to sleep in, so here your wallet makes half the choice. The good news: transport is so good that distance doesn’t matter.Altstadt · Maxvorstadt · Schwabing · Haidhausen · Around the HauptbahnhofRead the full guide
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   Day trips from Munich

   The Alps an hour away, Salzburg ninety minutes, Ludwig II’s castle two hours. And Dachau twenty minutes on the S-Bahn, which isn’t sightseeing but is the one to do.Dachau · Neuschwanstein · Salzburg · Garmisch and the Zugspitze · Nuremberg or RegensburgRead the full guide
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   From Munich airport to the centre

   Forty kilometres and about forty minutes: it really is far out. And one fact that decides a night arrival: the S8 runs 24 hours and the S1 doesn’t.The S1 and S8, and which one to take at night · The Lufthansa bus, which isn’t Lufthansa’s · The Stammstrecke, and why everything sometimes stopsRead the full guide
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   Munich: practical tips

   Oktoberfest starts in September, you can get your own sandwich out in the beer garden, and the white sausage has a deadline. Three things that throw everybody.Oktoberfest starts in September · The beer garden rule · Cash, and Sunday · The river is freezing · Mobile dataRead the full guide

The real options, with what actually decides it: which terminal it leaves from and where it drops you. Fares and timetables live with the operator, who keeps them current.

• TrainS1 / S8Marienplatz · HauptbahnhofTwo lines loop in from opposite sides, both ending in the centre. The airport is far out: allow ~40 minutes.·Fares and timesMVV
• BusLufthansa Express BusHauptbahnhof · SchwabingThe motorway alternative to the S-Bahn. Anyone can use it, not just Lufthansa passengers.·Fares and timesLufthansa Express Bus

Before you fly, or on the layover. Pay per visit, whatever airline.

• Airport Lounge Europefrom €42.00
• Airport Lounge Worldfrom €54.00

• FrankfurtFRA8 routes
• BerlinBER8 routes