Who's been to Munich?

ChuckManual

Myself, the current Mrs Manual and our two little Manuals (The Pamphlets) are going to Munich for a week in August, for a family birthday celebration.

All I've found out about the place so far is; the BMW museum is unexpectedly interesting, the zoo is worth a visit - and everything is mindbendingly expensive ...and I've found these three facts out from roughly 178,000 different sources.  They appear to be the only three things that absolutely everybody who's got three things to say about Munich, says about Munich.

So - if you've got a fourth (or fifth, six or seventh) interesting little factoid to impart, I'm all ears.

Grateful ears...

DLM

ChuckManual said:

our two little Manuals (The Pamphlets)

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Much like the Berlin thread:

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/31492/woot-im-going-to-munich-anyone-knows-whats-good-to-do-for-3-days/p1

Beyond that: Any and all questions answered here!

The one thing that's changed since then is that these days, if you wanna see me play guitar, pending a miracle, it'll be within the confines of mine own home.

fnpt

Munich is not expensive. It is a beautiful, organized city, well worth the visit.

JerkMoans

Was once there for Oktoberfest and, besides landing and getting out of the airport, remember nothing of the weekend save the remarkable experience of getting involved in porn karaoke in some bar, very very late one night.

If that helps.  Probably of little assistance in entertaining Mrs Manual and the Pamphlets 

bluechargeboy

I've been there for work and it was lovely, would quite happily live there, although now I think about I can't quite put my finger on why (possibly Oktoberfest-induced amnesia for me as well). Just the general vibe.

So basically no, I've got no idea, but I'm sure you'll have a nice time!!

Whitecat

JerkMoans said:

Was once there for Oktoberfest and, besides landing and getting out of the airport, remember nothing of the weekend save the remarkable experience of getting involved in porn karaoke in some bar, very very late one night.

If that helps.  Probably of little assistance in entertaining Mrs Manual and the Pamphlets 

Username checks out

boogieman

I was there with my wife in December. It’s a lovely city, the Xmas markets are really good. Not sure that really helps you much in August though! We’re planning to go back and want to have a look at the castle (Neuschwanstein), it looked amazing in the brochures. 

We didn’t find it that expensive, no more than any other major W European city anyway. 

Axe_meister

I lived there for 12 years as a kid. Love the place. 
Go to the Deutshe Museum makes the London science museum look really poor.
Go to the English Garden and the Chinese tower for a family friendly yet massive beer garden. 
You can have a nice beach style holiday next to the big lakes in the South. And the Alps are a train ride away.
One of the safest cities in the world.

Teyeplayer

I believe you may want to speak to @donner.

hywelg

I was there a few times 1964-68 aged 10-14, Remember little other than some old buildings with clocks where things pop out on the hour. Mostly it was on the way to Italy and camping, me and my brother hated sight seeing (same with Venice, Rome, Pompeii et al)

donner

Regarding time (August) and company (little Manuals) you might just take a splendid walk along River Isar from Deutsches Museum down south, 3 km to a beergarden called Flaucher (other side of the river) after having a visit to the Zoo Hellabrunn.

BMW-Museum and Olympia park are  2 other nearby hot spots, architecturally, technically and ethincally regarding the variety of  people in Oly park on a summer afternoon. 
Without anyone having acrophobia a visit at the Olympic tower (R'n'R-Museum in the top-restaurant, rotating tower top) with a marvellous view at the Alps might be fine, too.

„Real“ authentic beergardens for summer evenings are Nockherberg/ex Paulaner-brewery in district Giesing, Hofbräu-Keller (not: Haus!) at Wiener Platz or a smaller one at Muffathalle, near Art nouveau-style swimming hall Müller'sches Volksbad in the City's center at the Isar/opposite of Dt. Museum.

This bridge across the Isar was the core of the old Muenchen: An ancient duke built the first bridge across the river to collect customs from salt traders between Bad Reichenhall in the Alps and Augsburg. So the new city developed around this very place.

Deutsches Museum is a blast, too, of course. 

Take a walk through the quarter around the University (Tuerken-, Amalien-, Theresienstraße, all close to the center, neat little shops, cafés) and Leopoldstraße up to Münchner Freiheit (a little north therefrom)

Don't forget Hofgarten, a former royal garden behind the residence in the heart of the city. And there's the huge residence itself with ancient rooms, a very early theatre, crown jewellery and stuff like that. 

Expensive Maximilianstraße from the Opera house to Bayerischer Landtag Maximilianeum is a pretty exotic mile to walk: There's no place to see more Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Rolls Royces and that kind of people than there.

Viktualien Markt  with its diverse booths south of Marienplatz and the nearby Eataly, a kind of former market hall with Italian slow food products will make another 2 or 3 hours of gastronomic delightment. A calm island to have a breather may be the Stadt Café (with its quiet back yard) around the corner at Jakobsplatz. Whre you can find and visit also the modern, impressive Jewish synagogue amidst the city's crowded places.

A pretty and picturesque district is Haidhausen between Max-Weber-Platz, Rosenheimer Platz and Ostbahnhof. A lot of its ancient charme can be discovered by strolling around and having an espresso here and a glass of wine there.
In Pariser Straße you'll find the MJ Guitar shop: Matthias Jabs of Scorpions fame is the store owner, and from time to time he and his fellows are playing a concert within the small shop: All knobs go to eleven!

Tip: Prefer the different tramway-lines for transport within the city's center. They're pretty quick and you can see where you are and how Bavarian real life is happening directly around you.

Have a nice stay! 

Teyeplayer

donner said:

Regarding time (August) and company (little Manuals) you might just take a splendid walk along River Isar from Deutsches Museum down south, 3 km to a beergarden called Flaucher (other side of the river) after having a visit to the Zoo Hellabrunn.

BMW-Museum and Olympia park are  2 other nearby hot spots, architecturally, technically and ethincally regarding the variety of  people in Oly park on a summer afternoon. 
Without anyone having acrophobia a visit at the Olympic tower (R'n'R-Museum in the top-restaurant, rotating tower top) with a marvellous view at the Alps might be fine, too.

„Real“ authentic beergardens for summer evenings are Nockherberg/ex Paulaner-brewery in district Giesing, Hofbräu-Keller (not: Haus!) at Wiener Platz or a smaller one at Muffathalle, near Art nouveau-style swimming hall Müller'sches Volksbad in the City's center at the Isar/opposite of Dt. Museum.

This bridge across the Isar was the core of the old Muenchen: An ancient duke built the first bridge across the river to collect customs from salt traders between Bad Reichenhall in the Alps and Augsburg. So the new city developed around this very place.

Deutsches Museum is a blast, too, of course. 

Take a walk through the quarter around the University (Tuerken-, Amalien-, Theresienstraße, all close to the center, neat little shops, cafés) and Leopoldstraße up to Münchner Freiheit (a little north therefrom)

Don't forget Hofgarten, a former royal garden behind the residence in the heart of the city. And there's the huge residence itself with ancient rooms, a very early theatre, crown jewellery and stuff like that. 

Expensive Maximilianstraße from the Opera house to Bayerischer Landtag Maximilianeum is a pretty exotic mile to walk: There's no place to see more Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Rolls Royces and that kind of people than there.

Viktualien Markt  with its diverse booths south of Marienplatz and the nearby Eataly, a kind of former market hall with Italian slow food products will make another 2 or 3 hours of gastronomic delightment. A calm island to have a breather may be the Stadt Café (with its quiet back yard) around the corner at Jakobsplatz. Whre you can find and visit also the modern, impressive Jewish synagogue amidst the city's crowded places.

A pretty and picturesque district is Haidhausen between Max-Weber-Platz, Rosenheimer Platz and Ostbahnhof. A lot of its ancient charme can be discovered by strolling around and having an espresso here and a glass of wine there.
In Pariser Straße you'll find the MJ Guitar shop: Matthias Jabs of Scorpions fame is the store owner, and from time to time he and his fellows are playing a concert within the small shop: All knobs go to eleven!

Tip: Prefer the different tramway-lines for transport within the city's center. They're pretty quick and you can see where you are and how Bavarian real life is happening directly around you.

Have a nice stay! 

Sounds great, your making me want a holiday there!

Axe_meister

Weekends In the Summer often a lot of free live music in the Olympic park (a little stage build over the lake)

donner

Axe_meister said:

Weekends In the Summer often a lot of free live music in the Olympic park (a little stage build over the lake)

Called the Theatron.

donner

Teyeplayer said

Sounds great, your making me want a holiday there!

You'd be welcome. Special offer: Playing some Taylor axe. And having a glass of beer. Or two. ;-)

Axe_meister

And watch out for naked people in the English Garden or on the beaches if the Isar.
When going to a swimming pool there are often "mixed" family shower facilities 

ChuckManual

A big "Thank you!" to everyone for your input - and especially to @donner for a frankly exhaustive list of things to do.

I'm not sure five days is going to be enough now... 

fnpt

donner said:

Teyeplayer said

Sounds great, your making me want a holiday there!

You'd be welcome. Special offer: Playing some Taylor axe. And having a glass of beer. Or two. ;-)

By glass you mean of course a 1 litre pint?

donner

ChuckManual said:

A big "Thank you!" to everyone for your input - and especially to @donner for a frankly exhaustive list of things to do.

I'm not sure five days is going to be enough now... 

Well, I am living here and have been working as a taxidriver for 20 years. I shold know some things about that city.

ChuckManual

I'll make sure to say, "Donner?", in every cab I get in.  

ChuckManual

...or perhaps not.

I've just discovered that "Donner" means "Thunder" in German.

...which would be a bit of an odd greeting...