Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #17 in Munich, Germany

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 8.8 km
Ascend 107 m
Descend 96 m

Experience Munich in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in MunichIndividual Sights in Munich

Sight 1: Walking Man

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Walking ManMichael Wifall from Tucson, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0

Walking Man is a 1995 sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky, standing 17 metres (56 ft) tall and weighing 16 tonnes (35,000 lb). It is located on the Leopoldstraße in Munich, next to the Munich Re business premises. It was presented to the public on 21 September 1995 by then-head of Re, Hans-Jürgen Schinzler, and then-mayor of Munich, Christian Ude.

Wikipedia: Walking Man (Borofsky) (EN)

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Leopoldpark

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Leopoldpark is a 3.2-hectare park in Munich's Schwabing district.

Wikipedia: Leopoldpark (München) (DE)

1292 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 3: St. Joseph

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St. Joseph Rufus46 / CC BY-SA 3.0

St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic church located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Wikipedia: St. Joseph (Munich) (EN)

352 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Alter nördlicher Friedhof

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The Alter Nordfriedhof is a former cemetery located in the Arcisstrasse in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is not to be confused with the Nordfriedhof in Munich, which was set up only a short time later in Schwabing. Construction began in 1866 to designs by the city architect Arnold Zenetti.

Wikipedia: Alter Nordfriedhof (Munich) (EN), Website, Heritage Website

696 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: Große Zwei V

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Große Zwei V is a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Fritz Koenig from 1973. It measures 262 × 164.5 × 65 cm and is located in Munich in the Maxvorstadt district in the immediate vicinity of the Neue Pinakothek in the Kunstareal München.

Wikipedia: Große Zwei V (DE)

316 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Alte Pinakothek

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Alte Pinakothek Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum located in the Kunstareal area in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses a significant collection of Old Master paintings. The name Alte (Old) Pinakothek refers to the time period covered by the collection—from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. The Neue Pinakothek, re-built in 1981, covers nineteenth-century art, and Pinakothek der Moderne, opened in 2002, exhibits modern art. All three galleries are part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, an organization of the Free state of Bavaria.

Wikipedia: Alte Pinakothek (EN), Website

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Große Biga

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Large Biga is a monumental bronze sculpture by Fritz Koenig. The artwork dates from 2000 and was erected in Munich in front of the Alte Pinakothek in the Maxvorstadt district, in the Munich Art District. A biga is a two-wheeled cart pulled by a pair of horses and driven by a driver. Bigas were used in ancient Rome for exhibition fights and chariot races. The sculpture stylizes an ancient Roman chariot, with horses and man. Carriage, horses and man merge into a unit.

Wikipedia: Große Biga (DE)

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points

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Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points Hans Peter Schaefer / CC BY-SA 3.0

Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, catalogued as LH 606, and created in 1969–70.

Wikipedia: Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points (EN)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Doppelsäule 23/70

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Double Column 23/70 is a stainless steel sculpture by Erich Hauser from 1970. The seven-metre-high sculpture was erected in 1984 in Munich in the Maxvorstadt district on the green strip between the Alte Pinakothek and the Neue Pinakothek. It is part of the Pinakothek Sculpture Park, which has been established in the Munich Art Area in recent decades. The column was part of the Theo Wormland Collection until 2013 and was on permanent loan to the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, which received it as a donation from the foundation in 2013.

Wikipedia: Doppelsäule 23/70 (DE)

589 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Nusser & Baumgart

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Nusser & Baumgart is an art gallery for contemporary art in Munich, founded in 2003 by Gregor Nusser and Susanne Baumgart.

Wikipedia: Nusser & Baumgart (DE), Website

742 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: Münchner Theater für Kinder

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Münchner Theater für Kinder Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

Münchner Theater für Kinder is a theatre located in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Wikipedia: Münchner Theater für Kinder (EN), Website

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Mayer'sche Hofkunstanstalt GmbH

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Franz Mayer of Munich is a German stained glass design and manufacturing company, based in Munich, Germany and a major exponent of the Munich style of stained glass, that has been active throughout most of the world for over 170 years. The firm was popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and was the principal provider of stained glass to the large Roman Catholic churches that were constructed throughout the world during that period. Franz Mayer of Munich were stained glass artists to the Holy See and consequently were popular with Roman Catholic clients. The family business is nowadays managed by the fifth generation and works in conjunction with renowned artists around the world.

Wikipedia: Franz Mayer of Munich (EN), Website

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Löwenbräukeller

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Löwenbräukeller

Löwenbräukeller is a beer hall and event center located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It has hosted concerts by artists such as Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne and Kiss.

Wikipedia: Löwenbräukeller (EN), Website

799 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 14: St. Benno Kirche

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St. Benno is located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The large church with two spires was built from 1888 to 1895 under design by Leonhard Romeis in the Romanesque Revival style. The St. Benno Church is one of the most convincing neo-Romanesque sacred buildings of the 19th century, next to the parish church of St. Anna in Lehel.

Wikipedia: Saint Benno's Church, Munich (EN), Website

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Bennosäule

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Bennosäule is a stone pillar and bronze statue located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It was created by German Bestelmeyer and George Albert Hofer, cast by Ferdinand von Miller, and erected in 1910.

Wikipedia: Bennosäule (EN)

733 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 16: Altes Pappenheimkrankenhaus

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The Bavarian War College, also Bavarian Staff College was the highest military facility to educate, instruct, train, and develop general staff officers.

Wikipedia: War Academy (Kingdom of Bavaria) (EN)

1812 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 17: Die vier Frauengestalten (die Trauernden)

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The bronze female figures The Mourners are a monument created by the sculptor Karl Kroher for a memorial in the domed hall of the Royal Bavarian Ministry of Transport in Arnulfstraße in Munich, which was destroyed in the Second World War. The figures were cast by the Ferdinand von Miller ore foundry in Munich. They have a height of about 2.80 meters. From 1973 to 2020, three of the figures – one had been lost since its destruction in the war – stood in the green area of the Federal Railway Directorate in Richelstraße in Munich's Neuhausen district. The fourth figure, which was in private ownership, was found by chance. Since 2020, all four figures have been set up in the nearby courtyard of DB Mobility Logistics.

Wikipedia: Die Trauernden (DE)

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