Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Munich, Germany
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10.6 km
676 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 MunichSight 1: Mary's Column
The Mariensäule is a Marian column located on the Marienplatz in Munich, Germany. Mary is revered here as Patrona Bavariae.
Sight 2: Glockenspiel
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A carillon is a mechanical construction attached to or in historic buildings that produces melodies through bells at fixed times or on request and often has a mechanically moving figurative representation. The bells can be made of metal, porcelain, ceramics or even glass.
Sight 3: Alter Hof
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The Alter Hof in the center of Munich is the former imperial residence of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and consists of five wings: Burgstock, Zwingerstock, Lorenzistock, Pfisterstock and Brunnenstock. Like most of the old town, it was rebuilt after being destroyed in World War II.
Sight 4: Wohnhaus Blum
The Blum residential building at Stollbergstrasse 18 is a listed residential building in Munich in the Altstadt-Lehel, which was built in 1857, which "offers one of the most beautiful residential facades in the Maximilian style".
Sight 5: Museum Fünf Kontinente
The Museum Five Continents or Five Continents Museum, located in Munich, Germany, is a museum for non-European artworks and objects of cultural value. Its name until 9 September 2014 was Bavarian State Museum of Ethnology.
Sight 6: Regierung von Oberbayern
The building of the Government of Upper Bavaria in Maximilianstraße in Munich houses the Government of Upper Bavaria and the Southern Bavaria Aviation Authority, the aviation authority for the administrative districts of Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria and Swabia.
Sight 7: Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich is a five-star luxury hotel in Munich, Germany. It is part of the Kempinski chain of hotels. It was opened in 1858 and is located at Maximilianstraße 17 in the centre of Munich.
Sight 8: National Theatre Munich
The National Theatre at Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich is the venue of the Bavarian State Opera, the Bavarian State Orchestra and the Bavarian State Ballet. It was built in 1811–1818 by King Max Joseph of Bavaria by the architect Karl von Fischer as the Royal Court and National Theatre. The classicist building has been destroyed and rebuilt twice in the course of history. The National Theatre is not to be confused with the neighbouring Residenztheater.
Sight 9: Flora III
Flora III is a sculpture by Fritz Koenig in Munich. It was unveiled on 4 September 2003 in the cabinet garden of the Munich Residence, which was redesigned by landscape architect Peter Kluska.
Sight 10: Wittelsbacherbrunnen
The Wittelsbach Fountain is a monumental fountain in the courtyard of the Munich Residence. It was built between 1611 and 1623 by Hans Krumpper and Hubert Gerhard in the Renaissance style and is one of the oldest and largest fountains in Munich.
Sight 11: Residence Museum and Treasury
The Residence Museum is the name given to the exhibition rooms of the Munich Residence, which have been open to the public since 1920 under the name of the Residence Museum.
Sight 12: Palais Porcia
The Palais Porcia is a Baroque mansion in Munich, southern Germany, which served as residence for Count Fugger. It is Munich's oldest still existing Baroque-style palace.
Sight 13: Palais Montgelas
The Bayerischer Hof is a grand hotel in Munich, Germany. It is located on Promenadeplatz in Munich's northwestern Old Town. The Bayerischer Hof is often visited by state guests and other prominent guests.
Sight 14: Komödie im Bayerischen Hof
The Komödie im Bayerischen Hof is a large private theater in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Comedies, musical comedies, musicals and revues are performed in the 570-seat theater.
Sight 15: Gunetzrhainerhaus
The Gunetzrhainerhaus at Promenadeplatz 15 in Munich was acquired in 1726 by the Oberhofbaumeister Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer and then rebuilt by him in the Rococo style. It is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments.
Sight 16: Teufelstritt
The black step, also known as the devil's step, is an imprint on the floor of the entrance hall of Munich's Frauenkirche.
Sight 17: Mann mit ausgebreiteten Armen
Stephan Balkenhol is a German artist, famous for his figurative painted wooden sculptures and reliefs. He is currently Professor of Sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe (Germany). Lives and works in Karlsruhe, Germany and Meisenthal, France.
Sight 18: Augustinerkirche
The Augustinian Church, also called the Augustinian Abbey (Augustinerkloster) or Abbey Church of St John the Baptist and John the Evangelist is a former church in Munich, Germany. Constructed during the 13th century and expanded during the next two centuries, it was the Abbey Church of the Augustinian hermits in the city.
Sight 19: Richard-Strauss-Brunnen
The Richard Strauss Fountain is located in Munich's pedestrian zone in front of the Alte Akademie. It forms a flowing end on the western side of the square-like area between the Old Academy and St. Michael's Church. Opposite on the south side stood the birthplace of Richard Strauss; since autumn 2013, the Josef Pschorr House has been located there.
Sight 20: Alter Botanischer Garten
The Old Botanical Garden is an urban park and former botanical garden in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany.
Sight 21: Herzogspitalkirche
Herzogspitalkirche is a Catholic church in Munich, southern Germany.
Sight 22: Palais Woronzow
The Palais Woronzow in Munich is a building that is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments.
Sight 23: Iberl Bühne
The Iberl Bühne is a Bavarian tavern theatre in Munich, Germany.
Sight 24: Damenstiftskirche St. Anna
Damenstiftskirche St. Anna is a chapel in Munich, southern Germany.
Sight 25: Sendlinger Tor
The Sendlinger Tor is a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town area of Munich. It served as a fortification for defence and is one of Munich's three remaining gothic town gates.
Sight 26: Pfarrkirche St. Matthäus
The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Matthew, also known as St. Matthew's Church, was the first Protestant church in Munich. The current building, which was built according to plans by Gustav Gsaenger between 1953 and 1957, is the successor to the first post-classicist Protestant church building, which was demolished in 1938. St. Matthäus is a bishop's church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.
Sight 27: Saint Paul's Church
St. Paul's Church is a large Catholic church in the Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt quarter of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It was built in 1892–1906, designed by the Austrian architect Georg von Hauberrisser in the Gothic Revival style, north of the Theresienwiese.
Sight 28: Ehemaliges Brausebad
The Öffentliche Bedarfanstalt am Bavariaring is a listed building in the Ludwigsvorstadt district of Munich, Germany. The building was built in 1894 on the northern edge of the Theresienwiese according to plans by the Munich architect and building official Hans Grässel.
Sight 29: Rewriting
Umschreibung is a work by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson installed in 2004 in the courtyard of KPMG in Munich, Germany. It is an endless staircase.
Sight 30: Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September to the first Sunday in October, with more than six million international and national visitors attending the event. Locally, it is called d'Wiesn, after the colloquial name for the fairgrounds, Theresienwiese. Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since the year 1810. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations that are modeled after the original Munich event.
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