"Munich ... it is a kind of german heaven“ (Thomas Wolfe)

City of beer and Lederhosen (the traditional Bavarian leather pants), student haven, high-tech metropolis renowned for it’s links to media and the arts… sometimes traditional, sometimes modern, always new, international and fascinating, that’s Munich - experience it!

Art collections of world renown, an enormous science and technology museum just waiting to be explored, impressive buildings from the baroque and renaissance periods and Europe’s largest city park.

From the gastronomic delights of Weißwurst (Bavaria’s famous white sausages) in a traditional beer garden to Haute Cuisine in the posh Cabaret Tent. A surrounding countryside complete with fairytale castles, mountain ranges and breathtaking lakes. Vibrant nightlife offering live music, small and large-scale theatre, techno temples, beat clubs and trendy discos.  Oktoberfest and Starkbier (strong beer) festivals, regular roller-blade nights through the city streets, Christmas markets, Ritterspiele (medieval festivals) and film festivals...  Munich is well worth a visit at any time of year! In the following pages we provide a summary of the most important sights.

Oktoberfest
Every year Oktoberfest attracts beer drinkers from all over the world to eat, drink, sing and make merry. Liter steins of beer are hoisted high, saluting the strains of Bavarian Oom-pah Band music. Flocks of roasted chicken, herds of oxen steaks, and tons of sausages of all manner are consumed in a carnivorous orgy.

Historically, It first started as a wedding celebration for Bavaria's Crown Prince, Ludwig I in 1810. It is called "Oktoberfest" because it originally took place on the first sunday in October. Today, the first sunday in October is the last day of the Fest which now already begins 16 days before that.
Oktoberfest 2006 takes place from the 17th of September until the 3rd of October (this is because Oct. 3rd is a public holiday in Germany)
at Theresienwiese, only 200m away from EASY PALACE City Hostel
www.oktoberfest.de

Munich- Hofbräuhaus
established in 1589, the Hofbräuhaus is one of the most important and most popular tourist attractions in Munich: approximately 10,000 litres of beer are poured there each day.

This beer hall provides an Oktoberfest atmosphere all year round, a festive combination of music, dancing, traditional Bavarian food, and of course beer. U- or S-Bahn Marienplatz. 10.00a.m.-11.00p.m.
www.hofbraeuhaus.de

Munich- The English Garden
with an area of 373 hectares, the English Garden is one of the largest inner-city parks in the world. It runs from the northern edge of the old city past the university and Schwabing.

The park is graced with extensive bike and walking trails, numerous grassy fields perfect for sunbathing (naked and topless bathing is also permitted), open spaces for soccer, volleyball, baseball and other sports, a standing wave at the “Eisbach” (ice stream) for surfing or kayaking – or two idyllic beer gardens: the “Chinesischer Turm” (Chinese tower) and the “Seehaus” by the lake.  Skating and curling are popular in winter when the lakes freeze over, as are Glühwein (mulled wine, served hot) and roasted chestnuts; U 3, U 6 Giselastraße
www.munich-info.de/portrait/p_egarten_de.html

Munich Marienplatz / The Rathaus and Glockenspiel
Marienplatz, Munich’s central square, is the home of the city’s neo-gothic city hall (the Rathaus). Its famous bell-tower (the Glockenspiel) chimes daily at 11 and 12 a.m. (also at 5 p.m. from 1.3 – 31.10).

Today at the heart of Munich’s pedestrian shopping boulevard, Marienplatz was once the hub of the city’s salt and grain market. It was the mercantile midpoint of the important Ost-West-Handelsachse (“East-West trade route”)

S 1 – S 8, U 3, U 6, Marienplatz
www.muenchen.de