Munich travel guides & articles
All 5 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Munich — newest first.
Viktualienmarkt at Dawn — Munich's Famous Food Market Before the Crowds Arrive
Before the tour groups descend, Munich's 140-stall market belongs to a 5:30am coffee ritual, a standing-room doughnut queue, and the families who've run its counters for generations.
Under the Chestnut Trees: Where Munich Shares a Bench
A calm, walkable guide to Munich's beer gardens — which ones suit a big group, which suit two, and how to claim a bench under the chestnuts without getting it wrong.
The Kunstareal: Munich's Museum Quarter Where Art Sits Four Deep
A calm, walkable route through Munich's museum quarter and its outriders — from Königsplatz marble to a wall of Warhols — with the honest version of which rooms reward an hour and which suit a group of twelve.
The Isar Runs Through It: Munich's Wild River and the City That Swims in It
A calm, practical route down Munich's glacier-fed river — where to watch the surfers, where it's actually safe to get in, and where to end the day with a Maß by the water.
Under the Chestnuts: Munich's Beer Gardens and the Right to Sit Under a Tree
A calm, walkable map of Munich's fourteen best beer gardens — from the world's largest to a jazz terrace above the Isar — and how to use the old right to bring your own bread and stay all afternoon.