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Along the Isar - Munich attractions


A guide to the top Munich sights and attractions along the Isar River


The mighty Isar River flows all the way from the Bavarian Alps and right through the heart of Munich.


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RIVERSIDE: The Müllersches Volksbad public swimming pool is on the east bank of the Isar River.
Most of the attractions along the Isar can be found between the Deutsches Museum (itself on an island in the river) and the Lutipoldbrücke (Lutipold Bridge) further north.

Visitors usually stick to the west bank because that’s where the Old Town is, but there’s no lack of things to do and see
across the water in the increasingly trendy suburb of Haidhausen.

East bank highlights include the fortress-like cultural complex Gasteig, the venerable Müllersches Volksbad swimming pool and the stylish Villa Stuck art gallery.


Party people will want to check out the clubbing scene at the Kultfrabrik and Optimolwerke, a haven of over 40 pubs and clubs near the Ostbahnhof S-Bahn station.

A couple of wacky little museums can be found around the Isartor, including the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum and the Valentin-Karlstadt Musäum.

Munich’s golden shopping mile, Maximilian Strasse, reaches across the river to the Maximilaneum (Bavarian parliament) on the east bank.
 

Top attractions Along the Isar


Deutsches Museum☺☺☺☺☺
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 "Superlative science"
The Deutsches Museum imprints itself onto Munich's landscape like an enormous, crazy scientist with oversized goggles, sitting in a duck-shaped boat he's trying to launch into space. Want to see the bench where the first atom was split? This is where it's at! (Read more)

Museum Villa Stuck ☺☺☺
"Classic lives on"
This villa was once the home of Franz von Stuck, one of Munich’s great master artists of the Jungenstil (Art Nouveau) era. Much of Stuck’s artwork is on display but perhaps the greatest piece of art is the villa itself, built in 1898. (Read more)

Friedensengel (Angel of Peace)☺☺
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 "Golden girl calls for peace"
She's grand, gold and there in the name of love. Munich's Angel of Peace (built 1895-1899) lords over the Lutipold Bridge at the eastern end of Prinzregenten Strasse. (Read more)

Valentin-Karlstadt Museum ☺☺
"Stranger than fiction"
The door-sign says “99 year-olds with their parents get in free”. And it doesn’t get any less wacky from there on.
Inside the Isartor’s towers is a temple to Munich’s answer to Charlie Chaplin, the bombastic Karl Valentin (1882-1948) and his partner-in-crime Liesl Karlstadt (1892-1960). (Read more)

Isartor ☺☺
"I'm still standin', yeah, yeah, yeah"
This is the only one Munich’s three remaining gothic city gates which still has its main tower intact.
The site really gives you a sense of just how much Munich has grown over the years. (Read more)



Note: Throughout the Attractions Munich section I’ve designated each sight with one, two, three, four or five☺. Please read this a rating of interest to visitors and general grooviness, and a guide, of sorts, for prioritizing your visits.  


 
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