Mike's Bikes
by cmarsek
If you are tired of the same old tours then you should definitely take advantage of Mike's Bikes in Munich, Germany. A professional tour guide winds a group of pedalers through the city and makes occassional stops to point out the major monuments and to explain the history of Munich. The tour also makes stops at several of Munich's famous beer gardens and the tour concludes with a visit to the famous Hofbrahaus. Even though it rained during almost all of our 3 day stay in Munich, this tour was well worth getting wet. Everyone in Munich was soooo friendly and the city itself was just a pleasure to experience. It is a much more laid back city than most cities in the United States.
Meeting Richie and Doreen
by sabsi
Richie was one of the first people I talked to on VT I think. That's about 4 years ago. So far we had never had (past perfect, Richie ;) the chance to meet up so when I heard that he was living in Munich now and I knew that this year's company trip would be to Munich I took the chance and booked a flight for two days before the company trip started. Luckily he had the chance to take two days off from work and Doreen wasn't working all the time either so I spent the most wonderful and funny days with the two of them enjoying the beergardens and bookshops of Munich. Thanks for everything and hope to see you around here soon!
Karlsplatz/Stachus
by Henkster
This is the entrance to the Pedestrian zone and one of Europe's busiest squares.
In the middle there's a huge fountain, which was built for the Olympic Games in 1972.
Munich has one of the biggest pedestrian zones in Germany. It is like an open air mall with houndreds of restaurants, stores, cafes and many street performers entertaining the huge crowds.
Webcam: www.stachuscam.de
Prinzregent Luitpold auf der Wies'n ?? NEVER !!
by globetrott
ONLY beer, beeing brewed in the town of Munich, may be sold on Oktoberfest !!
This is an advertisment, posted in Munich, close to Theresienwiese & Oktoberfest:
The Oktoberfest - mostly called WIES'N by the locals - will allow ONLY breweries, producing their beer INSIDE the town of Munich, to be sold at the Oktoberfest.
NO exception to this rule, NOT EVEN for the descendant of the last Bavarian king, who has a brewery, but NOT inside the city limits.
Sometimes Prince Poldi is seen in his carriage in the opening ceremony of Oktoberfest, and a few years ago it was a big "scandal", when he had some bottles of his own beer ( also called "Prinzregent Luitpold") on the carriage and offered it to some friends as soon as he had reached Theresienwiese.
Police was there immideately and made sure, the old law was fullfilled...
On the other hand "Wies'n" is also a simple meadow - on this poster a meadow close to the castle of King Ludwig II , whose father had the idea for Oktoberfest once...
So if you like to drink the beer with the name "Prinzregent Luitpold" on a Wies'n - you may do it on any Wies'n except the one in Munich
btw. Prinz Poldi is very popular because of his humor...
...but it will not help him in that matter...
Another kind of ZOO :-)
by pavlag
If you have just a day or two for Munich you will most probably miss it. But if you have seen all the usual then head to the Bergtierpark in Blindham. It is a small ZOO in a suburb of Munich with views to Alps and animals typical to the region.
In the ZOO there is a walk around and THROUGH the enclosures and you can pet some of the animals. If you have kids with you they will love that, as well as huge playgroung where there are many different trampolines, inclusive one huge air bag, which sooo called me to jump on it too (but I did not, as there were too many kids - and their parents - around.
Of course there is also a small Cafe, where you can get beverages and small snacks.
To reach Blindham ZOO, take the S-Bahn S6 direction Kreuzstrasse, get off in Grosshelfendorf and then follow the signs. You will go first up the hill direction Kleinhelfendorf and then through the forest. It is about 3 km actually light hike. It also lies on the "Via Julia" and "Mangfallradweg" bicycle routes. By car it is on road St2078 between Aying and Feldkirchen-Westerham, near to motorway A8 just south of Munich.
And 14 days ago they just had fresh small lovely wild-boar babies :-) !
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