Munich Local Custom Tips by Henkster Top 5 Page for this destination

Christmas Market on Marienplatz

During Christmas time the center of Munich becomes one big Christmas market with many stand selling christmassy gifts, foods and drinks.
There are many other Christmas markets in Munich, like in Haidhausen, Schwabing or Neuhausen.

Olympic Stadium Concerts

The biggest stars in the world are having huge open air shows in front of 70,000 people in the Olympic Stadium

Munich marathon

The Munich marathon takes place 3 times a year.

Sommerfest in the Olympiapark

Every summer the whole Olympiapark becomes one big fun fair with huge fire works at night time.

Website: http://www.olympiapark.de

Tollwood Summer Festival

One of Germany's biggest open air festivals, with free concerts, big Biergartens, lots of international food and hundreds of stands selling hand-made items or clothes.

Website: http://www.tollwood.de

Festivals on Marienplatz

Marienplatz is a place for festivals all year round, and it often becomes one big Biergarten with live bands entertaining the crowds.

Website: http://www.marienplatz-muenchen.de

The Munich City Birthday...

...is being celebrated every year on the 2nd weekend of June! There are lots of stages with international performances from Country music to Gospel choirs or Blues and Jazz bands.

2003 Munich was celebrating its 845th birthday!

Website: http://www.muenchen-tourist.de

Auer Dult...

...on Mariahilfplatz is just one of Munich's many open air flea markets which sell everything you can imagine.

Website: http://www.auer-dult.de

Germany's soccer capital

Info about FC Bayern M?nchen, Germany's best soccer team on www.fcbayern.de

Then there are 2 others teams, TSV 1860 München and Unterhaching.

No other city in Germany has so many good soccer teams. And only FC Bayern is the one that won over 20 championships.

Website: http://www.fcbayern.de

Munich - city of the arts

This is a city for art lovers. Art galleries and great museum abound here, outnumbering even those of Berlin in quality.

Famous galeries and museums:

-Haus der Kunst (www.hausderkunst.de)
(built under Hitler and the Nazis, originally for only German art, now many different exhibitions)

-Alte Pinakothek (www.alte-pinakothek.de)
(housing many famous D?rer paintings, as well as the biggest Rubens collection in the world)

-Neue Pinakothek (www.neue-pinakothek.de)
(Housing Van Gogh's Sunflowers and many Klimt paintings, as well as other masterpieces of the impressionism of the 19th century)

-BMW museum
(if you are into cars this one is a must)

-Deutsches Museum (www.deutsches-museum.de - biggest technology museum in the world!)

-Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (quite interesting museum about Bavarian history, located on Prinzregentenstrasse)

-Schatzkammer der Residenz
(The Bavarian royal treasury)

-Kunstsammlung Lenbachhaus (www.lenbachhaus.de)
(close to K?nigsplatz, housing the Blaue Reiter by Kandinsky)

-Marstallmuseum Schlo? Nymphenburg (coaches of the Bavarian kings)

-Glyptothek am K?nigsplatz (statues in a beautiful building)

-Museum Villa Stuck (in Bogenhausen)

+ many more

The state museums are free on Sundays.

Website: http://www.alte-pinakothek.de