Surfing
by orlikins
Check out the surfers on the Isar river in the English garden in Summer. Standing in the sleet & slush in Marienplatz for Fasching (every February) surrounded by a couple of thousand Muencheners singing 'Alice, Alice, Who de f*ck is Alice' :) and teenage Goths thowing glitter & confetti everywhere :-) ...also meant we could get off work, so that was cool :)
Isartor
by chancay
There are three town gates remaining in Munich. The most easterly of them is the Isartor, dating back to the 14th century. Careful restoration makes it possible to admire the dimensions and appearance of the original structure. The Isar Gate accommodates a museum honouring the Munich comedian Karl Valentin.
Christkindlmarkt
by hquittner
Begun in the 14C, this Christmas fair begins about the start of Advent and is gone by Christmas Eve. The walking street is decked for Christmas but there are added stalls that sell Christmas wares: home-made decorations, special pastries and candies, etc. There are stalls in the Marienplatz as well. There must be a way that the sites are awarded as some of the stalls seem to be old and only usable for this event. Inside the courtyard of the Neue Rathaus was a creche and mulled wine (gluwein) was being sld from booths that were open windows of the Rathaus (See pictures on our Intro page).
Statue of emperor Max Joseph...
by joh28
Statue of emperor Max Joseph near the Opera at Maximilianstreet. At the place before Opera House You can sit in sun, watch the youths with skateboards (if police didn´t forbid them..) and a lot of people at shopping, it´s also 100 m only from Marienplatz (town hall).
The Maximilanstreet ist the most expensive shopping mall in Munich, e.g. RUDOLF MOOSHAMMER´s vogue shop with international VIPs getting there.
A Humbling Experience, to say the least...
by XtravelloverX
Dachau was the first German concentration camp, set up in 1933. The camp office files show a total of more than 206,000 prisoners were registered b/t 1933 and 1945, however, there were many more that weren't registered so the exact number of prisoners is unknown.
The museum is divided into four parts: The Entrance Hall, The Vestibule, Center-First part and Center-Second part.
The Entrance Hall shows the main concentration camps w/their sub. camps.
The Vestibule shows the documentation; the period preceding the Third Reich.
The Center-First part shows the main part of the exhibition beginning with documents illustrating the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933. The you see the foundation of the camp, the arrival of prisoners, life in the concentration camp, working conditions, punishments and transfers of prisoners to other camps.
The Center-Second part shows executions and a description of the so-called final solution of Jews.
This concentration camp will grip you, compel you to seek truth and raise more questions about humanity than you could ever imagine. Go, don't deny yourself the opportunity to experience this place.
You can take a private car or S2/s-bahn- train/bus to Dachau, as it is only 45 minutes from Munich.
Note: the site is closed on Mondays.