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The Old Town (south) - Munich attractions

Destination Munich's attractions reviews in The Old Town (south)


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PULSATING: No visitor to Munich's misses its thriving centre square, Marienplatz.
Munich’s three remaining city gates serve as
bookends to the southern part of Altstadt (Old Town).

This is where a group of monks founded a settlement over
850 years ago which eventually gradually grew into the metropolis we know today.

Munich’s main shopping axis runs from Karlsplatz (Stachus) with its Karlstor gate to the west, all the way through the Isartor gate in the east.

Things to see in between include Marienplatz, the Viktualienmarkt market and the mighty Frauenkirche church.

Another pre-eminent shopping strip runs south
towards the Sendlinger Tor, another old city gate.





Top attractions in the Old Town (South)


Marienplatz (St. Mary's Square)☺☺☺☺☺
Marienplatz thumb "Munich's belly button"
Look no further, you've reached the glorious centre of the
Bavarian universe. Munichites call Marienplatz it the Guten
Stube, the "front room" of their city.(Read more)

Neues Rathaus (New City Hall) and Glockenspiel☺☺☺☺☺
"One to watch"
The big daddy of Marienplatz is the splendiferous Neues Rathaus, a structure with the power to turn people who don’t give a damn about architecture into ardent fans. It’s a feast for the eyes with something new to notice in virtually every square metre of the neo-gothic edifice.(Read more)

Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady)☺☺☺☺☺
Frauenkirche
 "There's something inside"
A symbol of the Devil lurks within Munich’s greatest church.
The Frauenkirche’s two onion-domed towers are so much a part of Munich’s image that they’ve become the symbol of the city. (Read more)

Viktualienmarkt ☺☺☺☺☺
"Hands off my melons!"
I’ve got a sociological experiment for you to try out at Munich's famous marketplace.
I want you to browse through some of the market’s 140 stands.
Take a look at the cheeses, the fine meats, the flowers and the bakeries.(Read more)

Munich City Museum (Münchener Stadtmuseum)☺☺☺☺
"Step back"
I’m both a history nut and a Munich freak, so the Munich City Museum had me jumping around like a pig in a mud pit.
Since 2008 the museum has hosted an extensive exhibit tracing Munich’s footsteps from tiny monk enclave to metropolis.(Read more)

Beer and Oktoberfest Museum ☺☺☺
"Anatomy of an icon"
So you’re not the kind of traveller who usually goes into museums?
You might reconsider for the house dedicated to Munich's favourite golden drink and the biggest excuse there is to drink it. (Read more)


Deutsches Jagd- und Fischermuseum (German Hunting and Fishing Museum)☺☺☺
Hunting Museum thumb "Animals R.I.P."
Here the dying art of taxidermy is showcased in all its glory. The German Hunting and Fishing Museum has over 500 stuffed animals, hunting memorabilia and what it claims is the "largest fishing collection the world". (Read more)

Asamkirche (Asam Church) ☺☺☺
"Rococo rules"
The Asamkirche sticks out like a sore thumb. Wandering down the mega-commercial Sendlinger Strasse you wouldn’t expect to see a rococo masterpiece melding in among the shops, but it’s there, and you do. (Read more)

Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall) ☺☺
"Subject to change"
This old girl has changed her style more often than Madonna did in her early career. Munich’s Old City Hall was designed by Jörg “Ganghoffer” Halspach and built 1470-1480, then overlooking the old Munich market. (Read more)

Michaelskirche (Church of St Michael)☺☺
"Royal resting place"
What’s not there in this Jesuit church is what makes it remarkable. The Church of St Michael is topped with a wide barrel-vaulted ceiling that holds despite its lack of supporting columns. The only ceiling of its kind that’s bigger is at Rome’s St Peter’s Cathedral.  (Read more)

Sendlinger Tor (Sendling Gate)☺☺
sendlinger tor thumb
 "The southern gateway"
The Sendlinger Tor used to be the gateway to rolling hills, farms and villages. Now it’s the gateway to a trendy cultural centre and a thriving gay scene. The times, they are a’changin. (Read more)

Juliet Statue ☺
"Star-crossed lover"
We all know the story: Boy meets girl, they fall in love, girl fakes her own death and then does it for real after finding out boy has done the same thing.  The bronze statue of Shakespeare’s heroine from Romeo and Juliet was a gift from the city of Verona in 1974. (Read more)

Bürgersaalkirche (Bürgersaal church)☺
buergersaal church
 "A saintly address"
The pint-sized Bürgersaalkirche is pretty well dedicated to the memory of Rupert Mayer, who you’ll see from the posters looks like a sterner version of actor Robin Williams. (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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