14 places, 10 of them free and 4 tours and activities. Beer halls, royal palaces and the Alps on the doorstep.
Altstadt
The main square of the old town, with the New Town Hall’s famous chiming puppet show.
Glockenspiel daily at 11:00 and 12:00 (and 17:00 in summer)
Altstadt
A long-running food market with a beer garden, sausage stalls and gourmet foods.
Monday–Saturday, roughly 8:00–20:00
Schwabing
One of the world’s largest urban parks, with beer gardens and surfers on the Eisbach wave.
Open daily
Nymphenburg
A baroque summer palace with a big landscaped park, canals and swans.
Daily, roughly 9:00–18:00 (shorter in winter)
Museumsinsel
The world’s largest science and technology museum, full of planes, ships and experiments.
Daily, roughly 9:00–17:00
Altstadt
The most famous beer hall in the world, with live oompah music.
Daily, roughly 9:00–midnight
Füssen (120 km)
The fairy-tale castle that inspired Disney’s Cinderella Castle, in the Bavarian Alps.
Daily; tours by timed ticket
Olympiapark
The 1972 Olympic park, with a tower, a hill for views and a lake.
Open daily; tower has hours
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