This Jesuit church was built between 1583 and 1597. It was the first church built in the Renaissance style north of the Alps. Note the façade that is decorated with 15 statues of kings escorting the archangel Saint Michael. The single nave is topped ..

The Munchner Stadtmuseum houses major collections relating to the history of Munich, including interior decoration of Munich houses, craftwork, paintings, music, puppet theatre, photography and cinema. Don’t miss the Moorish dancers , ten magnifice..

Dedicated to St John Nepomucene, this church is mainly known by the name of its builders. Built in 1733, its inside structure is remarkably harmonious. The ceiling fresco shows episodes from the life of St John Nepomucene

This park, with its lawns, fountains and lake, was built in the late 18C. It is particularly busy in summer, near to the Chinese tower , where there is an open-air tavern with no less than 7,000 seats. From the Monopteros , a round temple built on ..

Housed in a building with a corinthian colonnade porch, a large collection of ceramics shows the development of pottery and painting on vases in Ancient Greece. There are examples of successive styles (geometric décor, black faces, red faces) prese..

A thousand years of Greek and Roman sculpture are gathered in this classical-style building by Klenze . Don’t miss the Apollo of Tenea (6C BC), one of the kouroi (large half-human, half-divine figures), the Barberini Faun (Hellenistic period), a..

This villa contains collections of Munich paintings from the 19C , including portraits of Franz von Lenbach . The gallery is known internationally, though, for its collection of the Blue Rider , a movement represented by the works of its founders,..

Ludwigstraße offers a fine view from the Siegerstor - Victory Gate - the triumphal arch based on the Arch of Constantine in Rome up to the Field Marshals' Hall . It is one of the marks that Ludwig I of Bavaria left on the urban landscape of his ..

Inhabited as of the 8C, before Munich was founded, Schwabing was first a village and only became part of the Bavarian capital in 1890. Today it is the city's bohemian neighbourhood, a hub of bars and nightlife. As for the architecture, the buildings ..

Thirty saltwater and freshwater aquariums provide a journey of discovery through the aquatic worlds of the Danube, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. At the base of one of the tanks visitors are able to walk through a spectacular 10m glass tunnel.

Munich's zoo was built in 1911 on the right bank of the Isar, and is also a natural park. Its 5,000 inhabitants are divided into geographical area. See the elephants' pavilion (1913), the grand aviary and the polar buildings.

Built for the World Cup in 2006, this gigantic 66 000-seater football stadium has an impressive outer ring designed by the architects Herzog & de Meuron. Each of its 2 760 transparent air-filled panels can be lit up in different colours for each matc..

The first national theatre, built here between 1811 and 1818, was one of the greatest international stages, on a par with the operas of Vienna or La Scala in Milan.

Famous across the world, this brewery dates back to 1589. The current building dates back to the 19C and it is the temple of beer. There is much to admire - the waitresses with their 1 litre Maßkrugs of beer, the clients in traditional costume and th..

This quadrilateral building was the residence of the Wittelsbachs from 1253 to 1474. Note the elegant half-timbered corbelled tower (late 15C) on the south wing. A charming interior courtyard with fountain completes the picture.

This is the oldest house in Munich (1552) and used to be the city clerks' office. Note the façade that is decorated with a trompe l'oeil and the lovely portal.

This Gothic church was transformed into a Baroque style from 1723 to 1730. It was given a neo-Baroque façade in 1888. See the painting on the altar by U Loth (1664) and the Virgin Mary that is attributed to Hammerthal (15C).

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This gallery, built from 1841 to 1844 by Friedrich von Gärtner, is based on the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. Behind the building is Viscardigasse, an alleyway with a line of gold on the ground, in tribute to the resistance of those who took this rou..