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73 amazing things to do in Munich

Every guide to Munich opens with the same landmarks, and the big ones do earn their spot. But these 73 are the places I'd actually walk you to: the icons worth your time, plus the quiet corners and viewpoints that never make the lists.

Allianz ArenaTour EUR 19 · 1-2 hours★ Tip: If there is no match, the tour gets you into the dressing rooms and the players' tunnel. If there is one, buy through the official Bayern site and never from the men outside the station: the counterfeit rate at this stadium is… Directions
Alte PinakothekEUR 7, Sunday EUR 1 · 2 hours★ Tip: Sunday entry is one euro at all three Pinakotheken. It is the busiest day for exactly that reason, so arrive at opening and start at the far end, working back against the flow. Directions
Alter PeterEUR 5 · 45 minutes★ Tip: Look for the small board at the entrance: a white circle means the Alps are visible today, a blue one means they are not. On a white day go up immediately, because the light changes fast. Directions
Get TicketsAirport Transfer by Bus★ 4.3 · from $16The Lufthansa Express-style bus between the airport and the Hauptbahnhof. Directions
AsamkircheFree · 20 minutes★ Tip: It is easy to walk straight past the door. Go in the late afternoon when the candles are the main light source, which is closer to how it was meant to be seen, and give your eyes a minute to adjust before you look up. Directions
Augustiner-Festhalle★ 3.9 · Free entry (Maß ~€14.50) · Half day★ Tip: It exists sixteen days a year: Oktoberfest 2026 runs 19 September to 4 October on the Theresienwiese. There is no entry fee and a big share of the tables are unreserved, but they fill from mid-morning, so arrive before 11:00 on a… Directions
Bavaria StatueEUR 3.50 · 30 minutes★ Tip: The view from inside her head looks straight down the Theresienwiese, which during Oktoberfest is the single best photograph of the festival that exists. It costs three euros and almost nobody knows it is open. Directions
Get TicketsBavarian Beer & Food Evening★ 4.7 · from $84 · 3.5 hoursAn evening of beer culture with dinner and the Oktoberfest museum: how Munich drinks, explained at the table. Directions
Bavarian Outfitters - Lederhosen & Dirndlverleih★ 4.8 · from €49.90/day · 1 hour★ Tip: Book the size online, try it on when you collect it, pay at the counter: no card details up front and no cash deposit if you pay by card. A rental day starts when you pick up and ends at 11:00 the next morning (13:00 on Sundays)… Directions
BMW MuseumEUR 10 · 1-2 hours★ Tip: Buy the combined ticket with the plant tour if you plan more than an hour here, and book that tour weeks ahead: it goes into the working factory and it sells out constantly. Directions
BMW WeltFree · 1-2 hours★ Tip: It is free, and it is the better half for most people compared to the paid museum next door. If you are collecting or just curious, the M models and the motorcycles are upstairs and you can sit in nearly everything. Directions
Get TicketsBavarian Cheese Making & Beer Tastingfrom $127 · 2 hoursTwo hours making a traditional Bavarian cheese with your own hands, beers poured alongside. Directions
Deutsches MuseumEUR 15 · 3 hours★ Tip: It is too big to do properly in one visit and trying is how people end up exhausted and grumpy. Pick three halls before you go in, and make one of them the mine: it is a real reconstructed tunnel and the only part nobody forgets. Directions
Eisbach WaveFree · 30 minutes★ Tip: The best viewing is from the bridge on Prinzregentenstrasse looking down. Go around sunset when the light hits the water and the crowd on the bank is at its best. This is a watching spot, not a swimming one: the current is… Directions
Englischer GartenFree · 2-3 hours★ Tip: Walk it north to south from Kleinhesselohe: the Seehaus beer garden on the lake first, then the Monopteros hill for the view over the city, then down to the Eisbach wave. That is about 40 minutes and it takes in everything worth… Directions
Get TicketsBeer & Schnapps Day-Drinking Tourfrom €145 · 3.5 hoursAn afternoon of beer halls and schnapps stops with a guide who paces it. Directions
FlaucherFree · 2-3 hours★ Tip: Barbecues are allowed only in the marked zones and the fine for lighting one elsewhere is real. The water is Alpine and cold enough to hurt, which is exactly why locals swear by it in August. Directions
FrauenkircheFree · 30 minutes★ Tip: Just inside the entrance there is a dark footprint set into the floor, the Teufelstritt. Stand in it and the story is that you see no windows at all, which is the devil's proof the church was built without them. Stand a metre to… Directions
Hofbräuhaus am PlatzlFree entry · 1-2 hours★ Tip: It is a landmark and it is also a tourist machine, and both are true at once. Go for one beer and the noise, then walk five minutes to Schneider Bräuhaus or Zum Franziskaner for the meal. The locals' cabinets by the door, with… Directions
Get TicketsClassical Concert at the Residenz★ 4.6 · 1 hourChamber concerts in the Residenz's old court chapel, the rooms where Mozart played for the Bavarian elector. Directions
HofgartenFree · 30 minutes★ Tip: The arcade on the west side has murals of Wittelsbach history and, at the far end, the quiet Bavarian war memorial sunk below ground level. It is a thirty second detour and it changes the mood of the garden completely. Directions
IsartorFree · 15 minutes★ Tip: The Valentin museum is deliberately absurd, down to the opening hours, and the café at the top serves coffee at prices from another decade. It is the strangest small museum in the city and it takes twenty minutes. Directions
KönigsplatzFree · 30 minutes★ Tip: The two museums flanking it, the Glyptothek and the Antikensammlungen, are one combined ticket and rarely busy. The Barberini Faun in the Glyptothek is the single best classical sculpture in Germany. Directions
Get TicketsDachau Memorial Site Half-Day Trip★ 4.8 · from $55 · 5 hoursThe first Nazi concentration camp, opened in 1933, now a memorial and place of remembrance run by the Bavarian state. Directions
LenbachhausEUR 10 · 1-2 hours★ Tip: Gabriele Münter hid this collection in her cellar through the entire Nazi period and gave it to the city in 1957. Knowing that before you walk in changes what those rooms feel like. Directions
MarienplatzFree · 45 minutes★ Tip: The show lasts about 12 minutes and the square is shoulder to shoulder for it. Watch from the Hugendubel café balcony on the corner instead, or skip it and climb Alter Peter across the square for the view down onto the whole… Directions
MaximilianstrasseFree · 1 hour★ Tip: The window shopping is the point even if you buy nothing, and the far end past the river is where it gets interesting: the Maximilianeum, seat of the Bavarian parliament, sits on the hill with the best evening light in Munich… Directions
Get TicketsDeutsches Museum Entry Ticket★ 4.6 · from $19Skip-the-desk entry to the island of science and technology: mines, ships, flight and the famous high-voltage show. Directions
Müllersches VolksbadEUR 5.20 · 1-2 hours★ Tip: Bring a towel and flip-flops or you will rent them at a markup. The small pool is the beautiful one, and weekday mornings are when you can swim in it without company. Directions
Munich ResidenzEUR 10, combined EUR 17 · 2 hours★ Tip: The Treasury and the Cuvilliés Theatre are separate tickets, and the theatre is the one people skip and then regret: it is a rococo jewel box that was dismantled and hidden during the war, then put back panel by panel. Directions
Neues RathausTower EUR 6.50 · 30 minutes★ Tip: The Ratskeller in the basement is a proper vaulted beer hall and far less of a scrum than Hofbräuhaus. It is where locals take visiting relatives when they want the atmosphere without the tour groups. Directions
Get TicketsFat-Tire E-Scooter Guided Tour★ 4.6 · from €66 · 2 hoursThe top sights on fat-tire e-scooters in two hours, English Garden included. Directions
OdeonsplatzFree · 20 minutes★ Tip: Walk round to Viscardigasse and find the golden cobbles. It is a small memorial to ordinary, quiet refusal, and almost nobody who photographs the square knows it is there. Directions
OlympiaparkFree · 2 hours★ Tip: Walk up the Olympiaberg, the grass hill made from war rubble, instead of paying for the tower. It is ten minutes, it is free, and the view of the tent roof with the Alps behind it is the photograph everyone wants. Directions
OlympiaturmClosed until early 2027 · 1 hour★ Tip: Check the webcam on the tower's own site before you buy a ticket. On a grey day you are paying eleven euros to stand inside a cloud, and Munich has a lot of grey days. Directions
Get TicketsFC Bayern Museum + Arena View★ 4.5 · from $55 per group · 1.5-3 hoursThe club museum plus a look into the Allianz Arena bowl. Directions
Pinakothek der ModerneEUR 10, Sunday EUR 1 · 1-2 hours★ Tip: Go down to the design basement first. Most visitors do the art floors and run out of energy before they reach it, and it is the part that surprises people who thought they were not interested. Directions
Schloss NymphenburgEUR 8, park free · 2-3 hours★ Tip: The park is free and it is the real reason to come. Walk to the Amalienburg, a small hunting lodge with a mirrored hall that outshines most of the palace, and go on a weekday when you can have it almost alone. Directions
SchwabingFree · 2 hours★ Tip: Elisabethmarkt is the small market locals actually use, without a single souvenir stall. Go on a Saturday morning, then walk east into the English Garden through the Kleinhesselohe gate, which is how the neighbourhood was meant… Directions
Get TicketsFC Bayern Museum Entry Ticket★ 4.5 · 2 hoursThe club museum inside the Allianz Arena: the trophy room, the treble seasons and the walk down the players' tunnel. Directions
Sendlinger TorFree · 15 minutes★ Tip: Asamkirche is 200 metres up that street on the right, and easy to miss. Do the two together: the gate, the street, then the church, and you have the best fifteen minutes in the south of the old town. Directions
SiegestorFree · 15 minutes★ Tip: Read the back of it, not the front. The unrepaired scarring and that single sentence do more than any museum plaque in the city, and it takes thirty seconds. Directions
St. MichaelFree, crypt EUR 2 · 30 minutes★ Tip: The crypt costs two euros and takes ten minutes. Ludwig's tomb is the one with fresh flowers on it, left by people who still turn up, more than a century after he died. Directions
Get TicketsFormula 1 Exhibition★ 4.5 · from $31 · 1.5 hoursThe official F1 exhibition: real cars, Senna and Schumacher chapters, and the burnt Grosjean chassis. Directions
TheatinerkircheFree · 20 minutes★ Tip: The stucco is the point and it is best on a bright day, when the light comes through and the whole nave goes luminous. The cloister on the side is usually empty and is one of the calmest places in the centre. Directions
TheresienwieseFree entry · Half day★ Tip: Weekday mornings are the only reliable way into a tent without a reservation: doors open at 9am on weekdays and the big halls are usually full by noon. Tuesdays are the family days, with cheaper rides and a calmer crowd. Directions
Tierpark HellabrunnEUR 18 · 2-3 hours★ Tip: The Isar path runs right past the entrance. Walk in along the river from Thalkirchen instead of taking the U-Bahn to the door, and you get the best stretch of the Munich riverside as a free extra. Directions
Get TicketsGala Concert in the Cuvilliés Theatre★ 4.9 · from $114 · 2 hoursA gala concert inside the rococo Cuvilliés Theatre, the prettiest room in Munich. Directions
ViktualienmarktFree to walk · 1-2 hours★ Tip: The beer garden rotates through the six Munich breweries every six weeks, so the beer changes with the season. You are allowed to bring your own food to the tables without a cloth, which is the local move: buy from the stalls… Directions
Get TicketsGhosts & Spirits Evening Walk★ 4.9 · from $58 · 2.5 hoursThe old town after dark, in English: executioners, plague lore and the city's stranger chapters. Directions
Get TicketsGroup Wine Experience★ 4.5 · from €65 per 2 · 2 hoursA guided tasting through a Schwabing wine bar's picks, priced for two. Directions
Get TicketsHelicopter Flight over Munich and the Alps1-2 hoursA sightseeing flight out of the Munich area over the lakes and the Alpine foothills to the south. Directions
Get TicketsHop-On Hop-Off Bus (24h/48h)★ 4.3 · from $29 · 1-2 daysThe circuit bus that links the old town, Nymphenburg and the Olympiapark on one ticket. Directions
Get TicketsIsar Rafting from Lenggries★ 4.7 · from $77 · 3.5 hoursGuided rafting on the Isar an hour south of Munich, Alps in view. Directions
Get TicketsLaw Library Guided Visit★ 4.6 · 1 hourThe Juristische Bibliothek inside the Justizpalast: a neo-Baroque hall of spiral iron galleries that came through the war and is normally closed to the public. Directions
Get TicketsMaster Concert in the Max-Joseph Hall★ 4.9 · from $80 · 2 hoursChamber music in the Residenz's Max-Joseph Hall. Directions
Get TicketsNeuschwanstein & Linderhof Full-Day Trip★ 4.6 · Full dayBoth Ludwig II castles in one day with the driving handled: Linderhof, the only one he lived to see finished, and Neuschwanstein, the one he did not. Directions
Get TicketsNeuschwanstein Day Trip by Train★ 4.7 · from $83 · 10 hoursThe fairy-tale castle by train and bus with a guide, Marienbrücke photo stop included. Directions
Get TicketsNight Watchman Walking Tour★ 4.7 · from $524 per group · 1.5 hoursA costumed night watchman leads the old town by lantern. Directions
Get TicketsNymphenburg Palace Entry Ticket★ 3.8 · 2-3 hoursTimed entry to the Wittelsbach summer palace without the ticket-desk queue: the Great Hall, the Gallery of Beauties that Ludwig I filled with portraits of women he admired, and the park with its four pavilions. Directions
Get TicketsOktoberfest Reserved Table + Beer & Food★ 5 · from $276 · 4 hoursA reserved tent table during Oktoberfest with beer, food and a local host. Directions
Get TicketsOld Town Food Tour (10+ Tastings)★ 4.8 · from €101 · 3-3.5 hoursTen-plus tastings through the old town, beer and pretzel included: the eating tour that doubles as a history walk. Directions
Get TicketsOld Town Guided Walking Tour★ 4.7 · from €25 · 2.5 hoursThe classic first-morning walk: Marienplatz, the Frauenkirche, the Residenz quarter and the stories that connect them. Directions
Get TicketsRegensburg Historical Boat Tour★ 4 · from $18 · 45 minutesThe UNESCO old town from the Danube in 45 minutes. Directions
Get TicketsRothenburg & Romantic Road Day Trip★ 4.5 · from $96 · 10.5 hoursThe walled medieval town at the end of the Romantic Road, by coach: town walls, Plönlein corner and free hours to wander. Directions
Get TicketsSalzburg Day Trip by Train★ 4.7 · from $92 · 9.5 hoursMozart's city in a day, by train with a guide: the Altstadt, the fortress views and free time before the ride back. Directions
Get TicketsSea Life Munich Ticket★ 4.1 · from $23 · 1-2 hoursDay ticket to the aquarium inside the Olympiapark: sharks, rays and the Ray Lagoon, all indoors. Directions
Get TicketsSocial Night Out: Shots & Club Entry★ 4.4 · from €25 · 4 hoursThe guided bar-hop: a few locals' bars, welcome shots, and a nightclub entry to finish. Directions
Get TicketsStudio of Wonders Entry★ 3.9 · from $24 · 1.5 hoursThe illusion museum by Marienplatz: optical rooms built for the camera roll. Directions
Get TicketsThe Hitler's Story Walking Tour★ 4.8 · 2-3 hoursA walking route through the addresses of his Munich years, from the rooms he rented to the sites of the 1923 putsch, told as history with the documentation to back it. Directions
Get TicketsThird Reich & WWII Walking Tour★ 4.6 · 2-3 hoursMunich was where the party started, and this walk covers that history plainly and on foot: the beer halls, Odeonsplatz, and the Königsplatz buildings that are still standing and still in use. Directions
Get TicketsTop Pub Crawl + Nightclub Entry★ 4 · from €20 · 4 hoursBar-hop with shots and free club entry at the end. Directions
Get TicketsViktualienmarkt Gourmet Food Tour★ 4.5 · from $50 · 2.5 hoursThe market eaten properly: stalls, stories and tastings across the Viktualienmarkt with a local guide. Directions