Second Breakfast - Zweites Fruehstueck and other Munich, Germany Local Custom Tips

After a long night of partying or dancing and before heading home to bed, it's time for another breakfast, right? In Munich one tradition has been to head over to Augustinerbraeu for Weisswurst and Semmeln (typical Bavarian white sausage and buns). For protein quotient it's at least as good as ham and eggs - and it has no disagreeable after-effects with beer.

Even if you have not been out partying all night try the Weisswurst. Traditionally it is served up in large white tureens of simmering water. With typical Bavarian sweet mustard and potato salad it makes a delicious meal at any time!

Augustinerbrau, Neuhauserstrasse 27
on the pedestrian walk between the Stachus fountain and before the big department stores. Streetside, inside and courtyard dining.

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Website: www.augustiner-restaurant.com

This occurs most frequently in neighborhood restaurants where the name contains the word LOKAL or GASTHAUS, but it happens in certain beerhalls, too.

The restaurant might be quite full, yet near the back there is a vacant table. It may have a little paper tent or mini-flagpole in the center with a single word printed on a sign: STAMMTISCH. If you see that, just move on and look for another seat. Sometimes the sign is missing altogether but the vacant table 'sticks out like a sore thumb'.

What gives? The Stammtisch is a table reserved by custom and tradition rather than by formal booking. It's a place where a group of locals meet nightly for dinner, drinks, or post-dinner card games. Like your assigned seat in school, it is 'personal space' and not to be invaded by outsiders.
Restaurant staff may be too polite to make an issue of it, but if you accidentally wander into a Stammtisch Zone and the regulars show up, they will likely mince few words in setting you straight. This is not the time to create a 'stupid tourist scene'. Just apologize and move along.

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The telephone code for Munich is (49) 89.
If you are calling a Munich cell phone dial (49) 089.
To call home from Munich dial 00, followed by your country code.

Many public telephones accept credit and debit cards. Phonecards may be purchased at post offices and newsstands throughout the city.

To call the police dial 110.
The emergency number for an ambulance or the fire department is 112.

APOTHEKE is the word for a pharmacy. If you need help to locate one, call the emergency number 59.44.75

ZAHNARZT is the word for a dentist. In a dental emergency call 723.30.93

OPTIKER is the word for opticians. If you require an insurance replacement phone Trio Optik: 54.50.69.13

Expect to pay cash for services rendered. Most German medical facilities will not accept credit cards.

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Log into the web from landline phones via www.freenet.de. DIal up with the phone number 01929. Charges will automatically be applied to the phone bill.

If you use a LAN card, you can find hotspots here: www.stadtnet-hotsports.de. Or check out these locales:
Cafe Anna, Cafe Neuhausen, Cafe am Beethovenplatz.

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Many visitors to Munich know the colors of the German flag are black, red and gold. The colors and Germany as a nation came together in 1871. Yet that flag is rarely seen.

Munich has been the residence of the Wittelsbach family, Dukes - and later Kings - of Bavaria since 1255 and the capital of Bavaria since 1506. Through the Wittelsbachs the 'white and blue of Bavaria's sky' have been identifying colors for over 700 years. It is a proud tradition to display the colors of the Free State of Bavaria on every festive occasion.

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