Munich

Munchen

Photo: Ian Kelsall

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The city of art, beer and high-tech cars. The Bavarian capital, the host to famous Oktoberfest, attended annually by over 6 million people, is Germany's largest industrial city.

Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria. It has a population of 1.5 million people. Popular for its traditional costumes, Lederhosen and Dirndl clad men and women frequenting in Mediterraninan style street cafes and beer halls.

Munich is also a major international center of engineering, science, innovation, and research, exemplified by the presence of two research universities, a multitude of scientific institutions in the city and its surroundings, and world class technology and science museums like the Deutsches Museum and BMW Museum.

Highlights

Residence Museum

Residenzmuseum

Munich

Museum

Old Pinakothek

Alte Pinakothek

Munich

Museum

New Pinakothek

Neue Pinakothek

Munich

Museum

English Garden

Englischer Garten

Munich

Park

Marienplatz

Marienplatz

Munich

Old-town

Useful Phraces

German

Make the most of your travels not only in German-speaking countries, but in many other European countries where German is widely spoken, especially in Eastern Europe.

English	German
Hello	Hallo
Good morning	Guten Morgen!
Good afternoon	Guten Tag!
Goodbye	Auf Wiedersehen!
How are you?	Wie geht's dir?
I’m well, and you?	Mir geht's gut und dir? (informal)
Good, thank you	Gut, danke
Thank you	Danke
You’re welcome	Bitte
Please	Bitte
Yes	Ja
No	Nein
Excuse me	Entschuldigen Sie mich (formal)
I’m sorry	Es tut mir Leid
I don’t understand	Ich verstehe nicht
Do you speak English?	Sprechen Sie Englisch? (formal)

Food & Drinks

Schweinshaxe

German pork knuckle

Weisswurst

White sausage

Brezen

German pretzels

Spätzle

German egg noodles

Fischbrötchen

A sandwich made with fish and a variety of other ingredients such as pickles, remoulade, onions, lettuce, or horseradish

Obatzda

German beer cheese dip

Hendl

German roasted chicken

Sauerkraut

Fermented raw cabbage

When to Travel

High Season

From

May

September

Max

24°C (75.20°F)

Min

13°C (55.40°F)

Low Season

From

May

September

Max

24°C (75.20°F)

Min

13°C (55.40°F)

Shoulder Season

From

September

October

Max

14°C (57.20°F)

Min

5°C (41.00°F)

Useful Phraces

German

Make the most of your travels not only in German-speaking countries, but in many other European countries where German is widely spoken, especially in Eastern Europe.

English	German
Hello	Hallo
Good morning	Guten Morgen!
Good afternoon	Guten Tag!
Goodbye	Auf Wiedersehen!
How are you?	Wie geht's dir?
I’m well, and you?	Mir geht's gut und dir? (informal)
Good, thank you	Gut, danke
Thank you	Danke
You’re welcome	Bitte
Please	Bitte
Yes	Ja
No	Nein
Excuse me	Entschuldigen Sie mich (formal)
I’m sorry	Es tut mir Leid
I don’t understand	Ich verstehe nicht
Do you speak English?	Sprechen Sie Englisch? (formal)