Munich Loves You

Konigsplatz

I really liked Munich - and strangely enough, Munich's motto is 'Munich Loves You'! It is a lot warmer feeling city than Berlin - with it being the capital of Bavaria, the economic powerhouse of Germany.

Marianplatz - the main square in Munich



The Glockenspiel (clock)

I didn't actually see the clock chime as I think it only chimes a couple of times a day. I think it is on par with the one in Prague for excitement levels...


Konigsplatz - 'built' by Ludwig I (the one before the mad one). It's a very Teutonic display of architecture. Hitler liked to have a few rallies now and then from here.



Either side of the main building are two museums housing greek and roman art. One has this weird sculpture in the front.

But of course, Munich is best known for beer. And it is very good beer at that! Above is the Hofbrauhaus, the famous beer hall in Munich. Beer Halls and gardens are everywhere in Munich - its a great social event as people all share benches and you can constantly hear the clinking of glasses and toasts being made.

The drink out of 1 litre glasses (well I didn't - I wimped out at 500 mLs), while the Oom-Pa band strikes up!

The Englischergarten is the largest city garden in the world at about 3.7 square kilometres. I found out that Count Rumsford designed it! Only science people would know who he is. They have some small creeks running through it - one has a wave pool with surfers trying to catch (the) wave.

Englischergarten