Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third most-populous city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Wikipedia
Population 1,505,036 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Müllersches Volksbad Attraction · 390 m -
Museum Fünf Kontinente Museum · 500 m -
St. Peter Attraction · 640 m -
National Theatre Munich Attraction · 750 m -
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Residenz Attraction · 920 m -
Frauenkirche Attraction · 930 m -
Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum Museum · 220 m -
Isartor City gate · 230 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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St Patricks's Day
March
St Patricks's Day is on 17 March, but in Munich is held over the nearest weekend, with parades and a street festival. Locations vary but parades are likely to be around Odeonsplatz in Altstadt and Münchner Freiheit further north
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Christopher Street Day
June
Christopher Street Day is a Rainbow Pride or LGBTQ+ event, held over two weeks in June. It's named after Christopher Street in Greenwich Manhattan, New York which was the scene of the 1969 Stonewall uprising against police oppression.
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Corso Leopold
June, September
Corso Leopold is a street fair taking over 2 km of Leopoldstraße in north Munich, traditionally in June and September
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Munich International Film Festival
June
The Munich International Film Festival (German: FILMFEST MÜNCHEN) is the largest summer film festival in Germany and second in size and importance to the Berlinale. It is held annually since 1983 and takes place in late June or early July.
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Theatron Pfingsfestival
June, August
Theatron Pfingsfestival is a music festival in Olympiapark in June, with the stage on a platform on the lake. Theatron also organise Musiksomer here in August
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Tollwood
June, July, November, December
Tollwood organise two extended music festivals: June-July in Olympic Park in northern Munich, and Nov-Dec (with a Christmas market) on the Wies'n site in Ludwigsvorstadt
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Münchner Sommernachtstraum
July
(Midsummer Night's Dream) is a music festival with fireworks on Olympiapark in July
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Fantasy Filmfest
August – September
The Fantasy Filmfest (FFF), is an international genre film festival held annually around September in major German cities.
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Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Munich); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 48 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.