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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Munich","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Beer halls, river surfing, the Alps an hour away, and the most expensive beds in Germany for two weeks every autumn.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303697","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"1516 | The Bavarian beer purity law\r\n1 litre | A Ma\u00df, the standard beer hall measure\r\n6 million | Oktoberfest visitors over sixteen days","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Bavaria first, Germany second, and it will tell you so","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Munich is the capital of Bavaria and behaves like the capital of a separate country, which for most of its history it was. The dialect, the food, the Catholicism and the politics are all distinct from the north, and locals are happy to explain the difference.\r\n\r\nThe beer culture is the real thing rather than a performance. Beer is served by the litre in a Ma\u00df, the halls are enormous and genuinely local, and the Reinheitsgebot \u2014 the 1516 purity law limiting beer to water, barley and hops \u2014 is still quoted with pride.\r\n\r\nThe Englischer Garten is larger than Central Park, and at its northern end people surf a standing wave on the Eisbach river, all year, including in snow.\r\n\r\nThe Alps are an hour south by train, which makes Munich the best big-city base for mountains in Germany.\r\n\r\nIt is expensive by German standards and extremely expensive during Oktoberfest. Three days, more if you use the mountains.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Airport 40 minutes by S1 or S8, about \u20ac13 or a day ticket\r\nGetting around | U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams and buses on one system. Day ticket about \u20ac9.30\r\nCurrency | Euro. Cash is still common in beer halls and smaller places\r\nOktoberfest | Mid-September to early October, not just October. Beds treble\r\nSundays | Shops closed by law. Beer gardens very much open\r\nBeer gardens | Many let you bring your own food if you buy the drinks","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A compact centre ringed by distinct districts, all on the U-Bahn.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Altstadt | First-timers | The old centre: Marienplatz, the Hofbr\u00e4uhaus, the Viktualienmarkt and everything walkable. | 48.1370 | 11.5750 |  | \nHauptbahnhof and Ludwigsvorstadt | Value and transport | Around the main station: the cheapest beds, good transport and a short walk into the centre. | 48.1400 | 11.5590 |  | \nSchwabing and Maxvorstadt | Students and museums | North: the university quarter, the big art museums and the Englischer Garten on the doorstep. | 48.1520 | 11.5800 |  | \nGlockenbachviertel | Bars and nightlife | South of the centre: the best bar district, the LGBTQ+ scene and good restaurants. | 48.1300 | 11.5710 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Munich","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Watch the surfers on the Eisbach. At the southern edge of the Englischer Garten a standing wave forms on the river and people queue to surf it year-round, including in winter. It is free, it is genuinely impressive, and it is the most unexpected thing in the city.\r\n\r\nThe Englischer Garten itself is larger than Central Park, free, and holds the Chinese Tower beer garden with seven thousand seats.\r\n\r\nGo to a beer hall. The Hofbr\u00e4uhaus is the famous one and is now largely visitors; Augustiner-Keller and the Hirschgarten are where M\u00fcnchners actually go, and the Hirschgarten seats around eight thousand.\r\n\r\nThe Residenz, about \u20ac10, was the palace of the Wittelsbach dynasty and is far larger inside than the frontage suggests.\r\n\r\nThe Deutsches Museum, about \u20ac15, is one of the largest science and technology museums in the world and takes half a day.\r\n\r\nFor history, the Dachau memorial site is forty minutes out and free.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Eisbach surfing | Free, year-round, in the middle of the city\r\nA real beer garden | Augustiner-Keller or the Hirschgarten, not the Hofbr\u00e4uhaus\r\nDeutsches Museum | About \u20ac15, and half a day\r\nDachau memorial | Free, forty minutes out, and necessary","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Munich","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Munich","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The Englischer Garten is free and enormous, and the Eisbach surfers cost nothing to watch.\r\n\r\nThe Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site is free, forty minutes away on the S2 and a bus, and is a serious visit rather than a sight.\r\n\r\nMarienplatz and the Glockenspiel are free \u2014 the figures perform at 11am and noon, with an extra show at 5pm in summer, and it is much shorter than the crowd implies.\r\n\r\nThe Viktualienmarkt is free to walk and has a beer garden in the middle where you may bring your own food.\r\n\r\nOlympiapark, built for the 1972 Games, is free, and the hill made from war rubble gives a view to the Alps on a clear day.\r\n\r\nMany state museums charge just \u20ac1 on Sundays, which is the best-value cultural day in Germany.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Englischer Garten | Larger than Central Park, free\r\nDachau memorial | Free, and the most important thing near the city\r\n\u20ac1 museum Sundays | At many state museums. Extraordinary value\r\nOlympiapark | Free, with an Alps view from the rubble hill","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Munich","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Munich","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Bavarian food is heavy and specific. Wei\u00dfwurst, the white veal sausage, is eaten before noon with sweet mustard and a pretzel, and traditionally should not hear the midday bells \u2014 you peel the skin rather than eating it.\r\n\r\nSchweinshaxe, roast pork knuckle, is the big plate at \u20ac16 to \u20ac24, and Obatzda is the cheese spread eaten with pretzels in beer gardens.\r\n\r\nBeer comes by the litre. A Ma\u00df is \u20ac13 to \u20ac16 in a beer garden and considerably more at Oktoberfest. Helles is the standard pale lager; Wei\u00dfbier is the wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMany beer gardens let you bring your own food to the unserved tables as long as you buy the drinks \u2014 a genuine and legally protected tradition that makes an afternoon very cheap.\r\n\r\nThe Viktualienmarkt does good cheap lunch at \u20ac8 to \u20ac14.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Wei\u00dfwurst | Before noon only, and peel the skin\r\nA Ma\u00df | One litre, \u20ac13\u201316 in a beer garden\r\nBring your own food | To beer garden tables, if you buy the drinks\r\nViktualienmarkt | Lunch at \u20ac8\u201314","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Munich","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Munich","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Beer-garden afternoons matter more here than late nights, and Munich is noticeably more restrained than Berlin.\r\n\r\nThe Glockenbachviertel has the best bars and the LGBTQ+ scene, and Maxvorstadt has the student places.\r\n\r\nBeer gardens run until about 11pm because of noise regulations, which shapes the evening \u2014 people start at four and finish earlier than you would expect.\r\n\r\nClubs exist and are decent, particularly around the Kunstpark area, but nobody travels to Munich for them.\r\n\r\nA Ma\u00df is \u20ac13 to \u20ac16, a half-litre beer in a bar \u20ac4.50 to \u20ac6, cocktails \u20ac11 to \u20ac15.\r\n\r\nOktoberfest is its own universe: sixteen days from mid-September, six million visitors, tents that fill by mid-morning at weekends, and beds at three times the normal price.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Glockenbachviertel | The best bars and the LGBTQ+ scene\r\nBeer gardens close about 11pm | So the afternoon is the event\r\nOktoberfest | Mid-September to early October. Tents fill by mid-morning\r\nPrices | A Ma\u00df \u20ac13\u201316, cocktails \u20ac11\u201315","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Munich","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Munich","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams and buses run on one system with a day ticket around \u20ac9.30, which most visitors should just buy.\r\n\r\nValidate your ticket before boarding. There are no barriers and plainclothes inspectors are active \u2014 the fine is \u20ac60.\r\n\r\nThe airport is 40 minutes on the S1 or S8 for about \u20ac13, or covered by an all-zone day ticket which often works out better.\r\n\r\nCycling is excellent and the city is flat, with hire from \u20ac12 to \u20ac18 a day.\r\n\r\nFor the Alps, regional trains reach Garmisch in ninety minutes and the Bavarian lakes in under an hour. The Bayern-Ticket covers a day of regional travel across the state for a small group at a flat rate, and is the cheapest way to reach the mountains.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Day ticket about \u20ac9.30 | Covers everything in the city\r\nValidate before boarding | No barriers, \u20ac60 fine\r\nBayern-Ticket | Flat-rate day travel across Bavaria for a group\r\nThe Alps | Garmisch in ninety minutes by regional train","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Munich","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Munich costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"The most expensive German city, and multiples of that during Oktoberfest. Dorms are \u20ac28 to \u20ac50 normally and \u20ac80 to \u20ac150 during the festival, when the whole city books out months ahead.\r\n\r\nA Ma\u00df is \u20ac13 to \u20ac16, a main \u20ac16 to \u20ac24, and a day is \u20ac60 to \u20ac110.\r\n\r\nThe savings: \u20ac1 museum Sundays, bringing your own food to beer garden tables, and the Englischer Garten and Dachau costing nothing.\r\n\r\nThe Bayern-Ticket makes a day in the Alps cheap if you are travelling as a group.\r\n\r\nIf Oktoberfest is not the reason you are coming, avoid mid-September to early October entirely \u2014 you will pay treble for a worse trip.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac28\u201350, and \u20ac80\u2013150 at Oktoberfest\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac60\u2013110\r\n\u20ac1 museum Sundays | The best cultural value in Germany\r\nAvoid Oktoberfest | Unless it is why you came","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Munich","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Munich","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Munich is among the safest large cities in Germany and crime against visitors is low.\r\n\r\nOktoberfest is the exception, and it is a genuine one. Tents hold thousands of very drunk people, a Ma\u00df is a litre of roughly 6 per cent beer, and the combination produces hundreds of medical cases daily \u2014 there is a dedicated field hospital on site for a reason. Eat before and during, pace yourself, agree a meeting point with your group because phone signal fails, and do not climb on tables.\r\n\r\nPickpocketing rises sharply during the festival and around the Hauptbahnhof year-round.\r\n\r\nDo not swim in the Eisbach. The current is fast and the wave is surfed by experienced people with boards and leashes; people have died attempting it casually.\r\n\r\nValidate transport tickets \u2014 the \u20ac60 fine applies here too. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Oktoberfest drinking | A litre at ~6%. Eat, pace, and agree a meeting point\r\nDo not swim in the Eisbach | Fast current, and people have died\r\nPickpockets | The Hauptbahnhof, and the festival grounds\r\nValidate tickets | \u20ac60 fine, no discretion","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Munich","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Munich","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A fairytale castle, the Alps and a memorial that everyone should see.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Dachau | 40 minutes | S2 and bus on a day ticket | The first Nazi concentration camp, now a memorial site and museum. Free, and a serious visit. |  | 1303698\nNeuschwanstein | 2 hours | Train and bus, Bayern-Ticket | Ludwig II's castle, the model for the Disney one. Book the timed ticket well ahead; the interior tour is short. |  | 1303699\nGarmisch and the Zugspitze | 1.5 hours | Train, Bayern-Ticket | Germany's highest mountain at 2,962 m, reached by cog railway and cable car, with Austria at the summit. |  | 1303700\nSalzburg, Austria | 1.5 hours | Train, Bayern-Ticket covers part | Mozart, a fortress and a baroque old town, in a different country. |  | 1303701\nThe Bavarian lakes | 40 minutes | S-Bahn, day ticket | Starnberger See and Ammersee for swimming, sailing and lakeside beer gardens. |  | 1303702","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Munich","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to July and September, if you can handle the Oktoberfest prices. December for the markets.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Oktoberfest runs roughly mid-September to the first Sunday of October \u2014 it is a September festival despite the name, and it is the single biggest factor in what a Munich trip costs.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 4 | 2 | Cold and grey. Cheapest, and skiing an hour away\r\nFebruary | 5 | 2 | Cold. Fasching carnival at the end of the month\r\nMarch | 10 | 3 | Improving. Beer gardens starting to reopen\r\nApril | 15 | 4 | Good. Fr\u00fchlingsfest, the smaller spring beer festival\r\nMay | 19 | 5 | Excellent. Beer gardens in full use and the Alps accessible\r\nJune | 23 | 5 | The best month. Long evenings and the Eisbach busy\r\nJuly | 25 | 5 | Warm and busy. Lakes and beer gardens\r\nAugust | 24 | 5 | Warm. Quieter as locals take holidays\r\nSeptember | 20 | 4 | Superb weather, but Oktoberfest starts mid-month and prices treble\r\nOctober | 14 | 3 | Oktoberfest ends in the first week. Then quiet and good value\r\nNovember | 8 | 2 | Grey and cold. The quietest month\r\nDecember | 4 | 4 | Christmas markets and the Alps under snow","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"The largest folk festival in the world, for sixteen days from mid-September.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Munich","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/germany\/munich\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Oktoberfest | Mid-September to early October | Theresienwiese | Sixteen days, six million visitors and fourteen large tents. Free to enter, beer about \u20ac15 a litre, and beds across the city at three times normal rates. Book months ahead. |  | \nChristmas markets | Late November to December | Marienplatz and citywide | A large market on Marienplatz and smaller ones across the districts. |  | \nFr\u00fchlingsfest | April | Theresienwiese | The spring beer festival \u2014 the same site, a fraction of the size, and much easier to enjoy. |  | \nFasching | February | Citywide | Bavarian carnival, culminating in the days before Lent. |  | \nTollwood | Summer and winter | Olympiapark and Theresienwiese | A cultural festival with music, food and markets, run twice a year. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"These are ordinary figures. Oktoberfest beds run \u20ac80 to \u20ac150 and the food and drink line roughly doubles with them.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 28 | 18 | 9 | 3\r\nMiddle of the road | 45 | 38 | 9 | 20\r\nComfortable | 78 | 62 | 14 | 40","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Munich","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A decent scene around the Hauptbahnhof, which books out entirely for Oktoberfest. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Munich","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/germany\/munich\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Munich travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"When is Oktoberfest, exactly? | Roughly mid-September to the first Sunday of October \u2014 it is mostly a September festival despite the name. Sixteen days, six million visitors, free to enter, and beds across the city run at about three times normal rates and book out months ahead.\r\nDo I need a table reservation for Oktoberfest? | For evenings and weekends, effectively yes, and they go months in advance through the tents directly. Weekday mornings you can usually walk in. Tents fill by mid-morning at weekends and stop admitting people entirely when full.\r\nHow careful do I need to be at Oktoberfest? | More than most people are. A Ma\u00df is a full litre of roughly 6 per cent beer, the tents produce hundreds of medical cases a day and there is a field hospital on site. Eat properly before and during, pace yourself, and agree a meeting point with your group because phone signal fails in the crowds.\r\nWhich beer garden should I go to? | Not the Hofbr\u00e4uhaus, which is now mostly visitors. Augustiner-Keller and the Hirschgarten are where M\u00fcnchners go, and the Hirschgarten seats around eight thousand. Many beer gardens let you bring your own food to the unserved tables as long as you buy the drinks.\r\nCan I surf the Eisbach? | Only if you are experienced, and you should watch rather than try. The standing wave in the Englischer Garten is surfed year-round by people who know it, the current is fast and unforgiving, and people have died attempting it casually. Swimming in the river is a bad idea outright.\r\nIs Dachau worth the trip? | Yes. It is forty minutes out on the S2 and a bus, free to enter, and it was the first Nazi concentration camp and the model for the others. It is a memorial rather than an attraction and deserves half a day and the right frame of mind.\r\nHow do I visit museums cheaply? | Many Bavarian state museums charge \u20ac1 on Sundays, which is the best cultural value anywhere in Germany. The Deutsches Museum is not among them but is worth its \u20ac15 regardless.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Munich hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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