Munich/North

Northern Munich is a large expanse of the city of Munich bounded to the north by A99 autobahn, to the east by the river Isar, and to the west and south by the railway tracks running from the airport to city centre. The areas of most interest to visitors are: Schwabing, the university quarter; the English Garden, the 5 km-long park flanking it; the Olympiapark, site of the 1972 Olympic Games, with the BMW museum nearby; and Nymphenburg, home to a vast palace and park. Bayern Munich play at Allianz Arena north of Schwabing.

Understand
Schwabing is ranged north-south along Leopoldstraße bordering the English Garden, and with Hohenzollernstraße the main east-west boulevard. It's an upmarket university quarter, with LMU and TUM based here, and the student housing area of Studentenstadt further north. Schwabing was a hamlet in the 8th century, so it's older than Munich itself, but incorporated into the city in 1890. It was then a bo-ho district crowded with artists, writers and painters, and Lenin moved here in 1900, publishing tracts calling for the violent overthrow of just about everything. His spiritual descendants of the 1960s sought to achieve this by flower-power, fomenting the Schwabinger Krawalle unrests which augured the Europe-wide student agitation of 1968. One grievance was the spiralling rents and property prices as the area gentrified; sure enough the property prices won.

English Garden is a park so large as to feel like a district in its own right, if not two. The south adjoining Altstadt / Lehel is genteel with pavilions and beer gardens, the north (Hirschau or deer park) is still rural.

Milbertshofen - Am Hart is the name of a borough of some 76,000 residents, but the only part of interest to visitors is its southwest corner of Am Riesenfeld. This contains Olympiapark, site of the 1972 Summer Olympics, with several sports facilities and other structures from that event, with others created later in a large park and leisure area. Also here are the headquarters, showrooms and museum of BMW, and many futuristic buildings.

Neuhausen-Nymphenburg are boroughs incorporated into the city in 1890 and merged in 1992. The big draw is Schloss Nymphenburg, a humonguous bling-palace built to out-do Versailles, with its retinue of pavilions, museums, ornamental lakes and gardens. The Botanic Gardens lie north of the palace. Neuhausen is south, bounded by the main railway tracks. This is a relaxed and untouristy district, with the world's biggest beer garden at Hirschgarten. If some of its visitors appear boorish, that's because they really are wild boar.

Further north are a swathe of residential and industrial areas. The main attractions are Allianz Arena for games of Bayern Munich plus the nearby Fröttmaning church last survivor of a medieval village engulfed by a trash heap, and Schleißheim Palace with the nearby aviation branch of Deutsches Museum.

By train
Mainline trains from other cities all arrive at Hauptbahnhof the main station. It's in Ludwigsvorstadt district just west of Altstadt, but see Munich for connections and station facilities.

S-Bahn suburban lines fringe northern Munich but don't run through it, so you change to the U-Bahn. You normally change at Hauptbahnhof, but arriving on S1 from the airport you could also change at Feldmoching to line U2, or at Moosach for U3.

U-Bahn underground lines cross the city north-south so they are the more useful. All the area described on this page lies within the inner city fare zone, including Oberschleißheim.


 * and start in the southeast, heading north via Sendlinger Tor, Hauptbahnhof, Stiglmaierplatz, Maillingerstraße, Rotkreuzplatz and Westfriedhof to Olympia-Einkaufszentrum - change there for U3 to Moosach.
 * starts away east at Messe trade fair grounds. It's joined by and they run to Sendlinger Tor, Hauptbahnhof, Königsplatz (for Kunstareal museum district), Theresienstraße, Josephsplatz, Hohenzollernplatz and Scheidplatz. U8 then turns west to Olympiazentrum, while U2 continues out to Feldmoching.
 * and run from the southwest to Sendlinger Tor, Marienplatz (for Altstadt), Odeonsplatz (for Residenz), Universität, Giselastraße and Münchner Freiheit. U3 then swings west to Scheidplatz, the Olympia district and Moosach, while U6 continues north to Nordfriedhof, Fröttmaning (for Allianz Arena) and Garching.

is a secondary transport hub: change here between U3, U6, trams and buses.

By tram



 * Line 17 runs from Botanic Garden and Nymphenburg, and at Romansplatz is joined by line 16. They run along Arnulfstraße to the bus station and Hauptbahnhof, then south to Sendlinger Tor and circle Altstadt.
 * Lines 20, 21 and 29 run north from Hauptbahnhof to Stiglmaierplatz (for west end of Kunstareal) and up Dachauer Straße.
 * Lines 27 and 28 run from Sendlinger Tor to Karlsplatz (Stachus) and north up Barer Straße via Karolinenplatz (for east end of Kunstareal). The 27 branches to Petuelring, for Olympia Park and BMW Museum.

By road
Reaching this district by car is easy except in rush hour. The big problem is parking: street parking within the circular expressway is reserved for residents. The only attractions with visitor parking are Olympia Stadium, Nymphenburg Palace and Allianz Arena. If you're coming for a day-trip, use one of the P&R lots signposted from the expressway: these have U-Bahn connections.

The area is bike-friendly, with bike lanes on major streets: see Munich for bike hire. Distances are not great, for instance Altstadt to Olympiapark is only 5 km.

Walking between Altstadt / Lehel and the southern part of English Garden and Schwabing is reasonable on foot. Further north and west, the distances between points of interest stretch out, so switch to public transport.

Get around
This spread-out district has U-Bahn and tram lines radiating from Hauptbahnhof, see above. Moving between areas such as Nymphenburg and Olympia Park may mean riding into city centre then out again, so plan to see them on separate days.

Schwabing

 * (U-Bahn U3, U6: Giselastraße) is the 17 m white statue at 36 Leopoldstraße. It was constructed by Jonathan Borofsky in 1995 in Sun Valley California, then brought over in nine pieces for assembly - there's a stairway within that was used for that purpose, but it is not open to the public. The statue is meant to indicate progress in a busy modern world. He's striding out of Munich Re (also designed by Borofsky) whose main business is re-insurance, laying off the risks shouldered by primary insurers, so he's probably hurrying to investigate a claim. Look down Leopoldstraße for a vista of Siegestor, the victory arch described in Maxvorstadt.
 * Erlöserkirche the Lutheran Evangelical church at Germaniastraße 4 is 300 m north of Münchner Freiheit. It's a mix of neo-Gothic, neo-Romanesque and Art Nouveau. When it was completed in 1901, it stood in a quiet village square.
 * Art Nouveau buildings - known in Germany as Jugendstil - dot the area, mostly just as facades. Find examples at the Evangelical Church (above), Römerstraße 11 & 15, Ainmillerstraße 22, Franz-Joseph-Straße 19, Gedonstraße 4 / 6, Isabellastraße 20 and Leopoldstraße 77.
 * Erlöserkirche the Lutheran Evangelical church at Germaniastraße 4 is 300 m north of Münchner Freiheit. It's a mix of neo-Gothic, neo-Romanesque and Art Nouveau. When it was completed in 1901, it stood in a quiet village square.
 * Art Nouveau buildings - known in Germany as Jugendstil - dot the area, mostly just as facades. Find examples at the Evangelical Church (above), Römerstraße 11 & 15, Ainmillerstraße 22, Franz-Joseph-Straße 19, Gedonstraße 4 / 6, Isabellastraße 20 and Leopoldstraße 77.
 * Art Nouveau buildings - known in Germany as Jugendstil - dot the area, mostly just as facades. Find examples at the Evangelical Church (above), Römerstraße 11 & 15, Ainmillerstraße 22, Franz-Joseph-Straße 19, Gedonstraße 4 / 6, Isabellastraße 20 and Leopoldstraße 77.

English Garden
Der Englischer Garten is a large public park, opened in 1792 and extended since. It's about 1 km east-west by 5 km north-south, bigger than New York's Central Park or London's Hyde Park, and divided by the Isarring highway into a southern and northern section. The southern is the most visited and ornamented, with pavilions, concert venues and a beer garden.

The park's first designer was English but the name reflects the 18th century style of English landscape gardening pioneered by Capability Brown. It was frankly a booby prize for the city: Prince Charles Theodore (1724-1799) really didn't want to be Elector of Bavaria, and it showed. But he saw what happened to unpopular rulers elsewhere and sought to regain favour by various civic improvements. He hired Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814) to create this park, and Thompson's concept was of a military garden, where soldiers could cultivate crops and learn agriculture whenever they weren't biffing the French or partitioning Poland. Later designers put more emphasis on leisure and decoration in the southern section close to the city, while the northern Hirschau or deer park remained bucolic. The name "English Garden" stuck since "Theodore's Park" was unacceptable, and the Elector's eventual death from a stroke was greeted by uproarious celebrations.

The north-south division became stark in 1966 when Isarring cut through, part of the four-lane inner ring road R-2. In 2017 the city agreed a plan to tunnel the highway and re-unite the park, but their timespan is not known. The north boundary is Föhringer Ring: the tract beyond is not park but is mostly woodland as the flood-prone River Isar has prevented development. The canalised river forms the east boundary of the English Garden. The west boundary is the stream Schwabinger Bach, then Königinstraße for its southern 500 m. The south boundary is Prinzregentenstraße, and facilities here are described as part of Altstadt. These include the small formal park of Hofgarten (connected to the garden by a tunnel), and Maximilian Park along the east bank of the Isar.


 * (U-Bahn U3, U6: Universität) is the focal point of the southern garden. It's a 16 m high neo-Grecian rotunda, built in 1836 atop a 15 m rubble hillock, so it's a good vantage point to scan for a lost child.
 * Southern English Garden (Südlicher Englischer Garten) is close to Altstadt and the university and office quarters, so it's popular with sunbathers on lunch breaks. A surprising number of these have absent-mindedly left their clothing back at their desk: there is a designated nudist zone but you're liable to see withered acorns anywhere. It's also popular with joggers, cyclists, strollers, skateboard and roller blades, riders on horseback, and even surfers - see below for the two surfing waves on the stream through the park.
 * Japanese Tea House is on an islet in the stream near the garden south entrances. One Sunday a month in summer they serve tea with suitable bowing and self-effacing smiles, see website for details. No booking, the first 20 per serving get tea, the rest get sumimasen.
 * Kleinhesseloher See is the ornamental lake at the north end of this section of the garden: see below for Seehaus beer garden. A footbridge crosses busy Isarring into the northern garden, with Hirschau another beer garden just the other side.
 * (Nördlicher Englischer Garten) stretches for another 3 km, take U-Bahn U6 to Dietlindenstraße, Nordfriedhof, Alte Heide or Studentenstadt. This area doesn't have monuments or ornaments, just fields with wildflowers, and even flocks of sheep with attendant shepherds and dogs. The park stretches north to end at Aumeister beer garden and Föhringer Ring.
 * (Nördlicher Englischer Garten) stretches for another 3 km, take U-Bahn U6 to Dietlindenstraße, Nordfriedhof, Alte Heide or Studentenstadt. This area doesn't have monuments or ornaments, just fields with wildflowers, and even flocks of sheep with attendant shepherds and dogs. The park stretches north to end at Aumeister beer garden and Föhringer Ring.

Olympiapark
They were meant to be "The Friendly Games". Munich was awarded the 1972 Olympic Summer Games and created a large complex of stadiums, accommodation and other facilities here on a disused airfield. The last Olympics held in Germany had been the 1936 Berlin event, part of the rise of Nazism and slide into war and Holocaust. The organisers were determined to present a reborn West Germany, smiling and democratic, with minimum security, and a welcome for the Israeli Olympic team. It turned into a disaster. At 04:30 on 5 Sept 1972, in the second week of the Games, 8 terrorists of the Black September group broke into the Israeli accommodation at Connollystraße 31. Two athletes were killed in the assault and nine were taken hostage. The terrorists demanded the release of 234 prisoners held in Israel, and of two notorious Germans, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof. After some hours they negotiated a helicopter transfer to Fürstenfeldbruck air base, where a plane would take them to Cairo. Every step of the West German response was botched, and it degenerated into a shoot-out and grenade blasts at the air base which killed all the hostages, a policeman and five terrorists. Olympic President Avery Brundage declared that "the Games must go on", and they did. So too did the global repercussions.

The Olympic area is about 2 km north-south by 1 km east west, bisected by R2 highway Georg-Brauchl-Ring. North is mostly sports pitches, bounded by Moosacher Straße. South centres on a lake and has parkland and public leisure areas, bounded by Schleißheimer Straße east and Dachauer Straße southwest. U-Bahn U3: Olympiazentrum is near BMW Welt east-side.


 * is that geological delicacy known as a Trümmerberg or Schuttberg - a great pile of rubble, most of it from wartime, but with some from construction of the U-bahn. It's now a pleasant picnicking and vantage point. If there's a concert on at the stadium, bring a blanket and beer and listen to the show for free.
 * BMW Welt is "not only a temple but also a market place and communication center, and a meeting point for knowledge transfer" - that's code for selling more cars. This futuristic exhibition hall, display window and events venue is free (open daily) but you might come away with a car you hadn't set out to buy. If you doubt your resolve, proceed instead to their museum across the street.
 * (U-Bahn U3: Olympiazentrum) is the apartment block in the former Olympic village where the Israeli athletes were taken hostage. There's a memorial plaque and that's all: it's nowadays student apartments. The street is named for Jamie Connolly (1868 – 1957) from the US, the first Olympic champion of the modern era - he won the triple jump on the opening day of the 1896 games in Athens.
 * (U-Bahn U2, U3, U8: Scheidplatz) is a large public park 500 m east of Olympiapark, laid out in 1911. Few tourists come here.
 * (U-Bahn U3: Olympiazentrum) is the apartment block in the former Olympic village where the Israeli athletes were taken hostage. There's a memorial plaque and that's all: it's nowadays student apartments. The street is named for Jamie Connolly (1868 – 1957) from the US, the first Olympic champion of the modern era - he won the triple jump on the opening day of the 1896 games in Athens.
 * (U-Bahn U2, U3, U8: Scheidplatz) is a large public park 500 m east of Olympiapark, laid out in 1911. Few tourists come here.

Nymphenburg

 * (Tram 17: Schloss Nymphenburg) stretches for a km west of the palace. The inner garden is a French parterre enclosed by a canal. The rest of the park, originally Italian in style, was anglicised by Prince Theodore at the same time as he developed the English Garden nearer city centre. There are vistas, water features and several "Parkburg" or pavilions, open to view April to mid-Oct. These are Amalienburg a Roccoco hunting lodge just south of the parterre, Magdalenenklause just north of the parterre a mock-ruin studded with sea-shells, Badenburg by the lake a palatial bathroom, Apollotempel a neoclassical rotunda, and Pagodenburg north a tea-house.
 * (Tram 17: Schloss Nymphenburg) stretches for a km west of the palace. The inner garden is a French parterre enclosed by a canal. The rest of the park, originally Italian in style, was anglicised by Prince Theodore at the same time as he developed the English Garden nearer city centre. There are vistas, water features and several "Parkburg" or pavilions, open to view April to mid-Oct. These are Amalienburg a Roccoco hunting lodge just south of the parterre, Magdalenenklause just north of the parterre a mock-ruin studded with sea-shells, Badenburg by the lake a palatial bathroom, Apollotempel a neoclassical rotunda, and Pagodenburg north a tea-house.

Further north

 * (U-Bahn U6: Fröttmaning) is a 75 m high mound covering the lost village of Fröttmaning, which dates to the 6th century, with its church consecrated in 815 AD. In the 1950s as Munich expanded the area was demolished and turned into a waste dump. Methane from decaying garbage caused fires, so the hill resembled a volcano swathed in smoke and stench. The dump was closed in the 1980s and the hill re-natured, with vents for off-gassing and retaining walls against seepage. It's now a pleasant park topped by a wind turbine and with views of the Alps on a clear day. It's popular for mountain biking and tobogganing - the idea for a ski slope and chairlift has come to nothing. Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche (Holy Cross Chapel) at the north foot of the hill is 13th century, the last survivor of the village. It's often been threatened by demolition, vandalism or engulfing in trash, but it was found to have Romanesque ceiling frescoes from the 1740s. (It's active Roman Catholic but seldom open, you may be able to peek in around services.) 150 m south is an apparently identical chapel half-buried in the hillside, as if by a fetid avalanche: this is an artwork created in 2006 as part of the Allianz Arena construction.
 * (Südliche Fröttmaninger Heide; U-Bahn U6: Fröttmaning) is a large open space west of Allianz Arena. It's one of the last tracts of the ring of heath north of the city - glacial deposits of gravel created a distinctive terrain that was well-drained but treeless. Elsewhere this was urbanised but South Fröttmaning was preserved by use as a military training area. In 2016 it was converted into a nature reserve and recreational area, while the army continues to use the zone north of A99. There are different rules on permitted activities in various parts of the heath, but given the amount of old military ordnance still lying underfoot, metal-detecting is always a bad idea.
 * (U-Bahn U2: Dülferstraße) is a similar heath west of A13 - the Panzers trained here. The city acquired the land in the 1990s and built housing on its southern part but in 2002 made the rest into a nature reserve.
 * is a fen, inundated in the 19th century through peat extraction. After agricultural use it became a nature reserve in 1994, with more woodland than the heath reserves.
 * is a fen, inundated in the 19th century through peat extraction. After agricultural use it became a nature reserve in 1994, with more woodland than the heath reserves.
 * is a fen, inundated in the 19th century through peat extraction. After agricultural use it became a nature reserve in 1994, with more woodland than the heath reserves.

Spectator sports

 * TSV 1860 Munich no longer play at the Arena - watching their games use to be a cheap way to see it. But they've tumbled down the leagues and now play at Grünwalder Stadion in Haidhausen to the south.
 * Tennis:
 * (U-Bahn U1: Westfriehof) is the 69,000 seater stadium created for the Games then converted to a football stadium, with a great tented roof. Bayern Munich moved out to the Allianz Arena in 2006 and nowadays the stadium itself is little used, though there's a cluster of sports facilities around it. Tours available.
 * Olympiahalle is a multi-purpose venue 100 east of the main stadium.
 * Ice Hockey: EHC Red Bull München play in DEL, the German top tier. Their home rink is the Eishalle, 200 m east of the Olympic Tower.
 * Ice Hockey: EHC Red Bull München play in DEL, the German top tier. Their home rink is the Eishalle, 200 m east of the Olympic Tower.

Sports activities

 * Cycling: Munich has many bike trails, and the English Garden is a good area, especially its larger, more rural northern section - see Munich for rentals and bike tours.
 * Dreiseenplatte means "three lakes plateau". These were gravel pits scooped out in 1969/70 for railway track gravel, and rehabilitated as leisure lakes. They're fed by groundwater and meet EU standards for bathing.
 * (S-Bahn S1: München-Fasanerie, Bus 60) is the smallest and most popular, as it's easiest reached by public transport. Access from the west off Lerchenauer Straße.
 * (S-Bahn S1: München-Fasanerie) reaches 8 m depth but is mostly shallow, becoming warm in summer, so it's suitable for kiddy-bathing or retrieving an overthrown frisbee. There's a lifeguard station just in case. Access from the south by Feldmochinger Straße. The north end was in former times a cemetery, with one row of graves from 550-700 AD.
 * (S-Bahn S1: München-Feldmoching) is the largest, and the least crowded as it has poor public transport: the S-Bahn station is 1 km east. Bus 172 runs past every 20 min M-F from Am Hart via the S-Bahn station to Dachau, but there's no weekend service. The lake has step-free access via a ramp, and a walk around the perimeter is 2.25 km. Access from the north off Karlsfelder Straße.
 * (A92 exit 2: Oberschleißheim) was created for the 1972 Summer Olympics. It's sometimes reserved for rowing events, but otherwise open for public use. Access from the north off Dachauer Straße.
 * Regattasee next to the course is another gravel pit converted to a triangular leisure lake. The north is for bathing, the south is a wildlife habitat.
 * Ice skating (Schlittschuhlaufen): in winter the ponds and lakes may freeze hard enough for skating. One popular spot is the ornamental canal in front of Schloss Nymphenburg, directions above.

Culture and subculture

 * at Dachauer Straße 112 is a complex of venues., which include Pathos Theatre, Import Export danceroom, Schwere Reiter ("Heavy Riders"), Mucca Community Arts and Filmstadt München. Take a tram to Leonrodplatz.
 * (U-bahn U6: Friemann; Bus 140, 170, 171, 178, 180 to Paul-Hindemith-Allee) is a huge event space opened in 2021 in a former railway works. It hosts conferences and trade fairs, and includes the Zenith and Kesselhaus music and clubbing venues.
 * (U-bahn U6: Friemann; Bus 140, 170, 171, 178, 180 to Paul-Hindemith-Allee) is a huge event space opened in 2021 in a former railway works. It hosts conferences and trade fairs, and includes the Zenith and Kesselhaus music and clubbing venues.

Events

 * Corso Leopold (U-Bahn U3, U6: Universität, Giselastraße or Münchner Freiheit) is a street fair taking over a km of Leopoldstraße - The Walking Man is about midway along. There's a funfair, art fair, food stalls and the like. Traditionally it was held first weekend in June and second weekend in September, but nowadays dates vary. South along Ludwigstraße was the similar Streetlife Festival: see Maxvorstadt, but as of 2022 this hasn't resumed post-Covid.
 * StuStaCulum is a student-run theatre and music festival, held over a long weekend in mid June. Various venues, but it's mostly in the block on Christoph-Probst-Straße, 100 m east of U-Bahn U6: Studentenstadt.
 * 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.
 * Tollwood music festivals are twice a year. The summer festival is mid-Jun to mid-July in Olympiapark around the Olympiaberg. The winter festival is on Theresienwiese (the Oktoberfest venue) from the last week of November until Christmas, and includes a Christmas Market.
 * Münchner Sommernachtstraum (Midsummer Night's Dream) is a music festival with fireworks on Olympiapark in July.
 * Kocherlball ("Cooks' Ball") is held at the Chinese Tower beer garden on the third Sunday in July, from 06:00 to 10:00. The custom started in 1880 as a festival for the town servants: not just the cooks, but all the table maids, ostlers, boot boys, grooms, skivvies, the lot. And they all had to be back on duty by the time their masters returned from church, hence the early start and finish. It was banned as immoral in 1904 but re-started in 1989 to mark the 200th anniversary of the gardens. Many come in period peasant or servant clothing, arriving from 04:00 to bag good places, and perform traditional Bavarian dances.
 * Christmas fair at the Chinese Tower in English Garden is held from the beginning of December to Christmas Eve, M-F 12:00-20:30, Sa Su 11:00-20:30. It's walking distance from Altstadt, or take U-Bahn U3 or U6 to Universität.
 * Schwabing Christmas Fair is held at Münchner Freiheit (U-Bahn U3, U6) from late Nov to Christmas Eve, M-F 12:00-20:30, Sa Su 11:00-20:30.
 * Schwabing Christmas Fair is held at Münchner Freiheit (U-Bahn U3, U6) from late Nov to Christmas Eve, M-F 12:00-20:30, Sa Su 11:00-20:30.

Buy

 * Elisabethmarkt (Tram 27, 28: Elisabethplatz) is in the square facing Wintergarten (see Drink). It's a smaller, less touristy and cheaper version of Viktualienmarkt in Altstadt, with stalls offering a good selection of fruit, veg and deli-food. Most stalls are open M-F 08:00-18:00, Sa 08:00-14:00.
 * Flea market Olympiapark is held in the car park of Olympic Stadium, F Sa 07:00-16:00 but not during big events. See stadium directions above, U1: Westfriedhof and U3: Olympiazentrum are 1 km away. The car park is on Spiridon-Louis-Ring, no access from Georg-Brauchle-Ring.
 * Flea market Olympiapark is held in the car park of Olympic Stadium, F Sa 07:00-16:00 but not during big events. See stadium directions above, U1: Westfriedhof and U3: Olympiazentrum are 1 km away. The car park is on Spiridon-Louis-Ring, no access from Georg-Brauchle-Ring.
 * Flea market Olympiapark is held in the car park of Olympic Stadium, F Sa 07:00-16:00 but not during big events. See stadium directions above, U1: Westfriedhof and U3: Olympiazentrum are 1 km away. The car park is on Spiridon-Louis-Ring, no access from Georg-Brauchle-Ring.
 * Flea market Olympiapark is held in the car park of Olympic Stadium, F Sa 07:00-16:00 but not during big events. See stadium directions above, U1: Westfriedhof and U3: Olympiazentrum are 1 km away. The car park is on Spiridon-Louis-Ring, no access from Georg-Brauchle-Ring.

Neuhausen

 * Other Indians close by include Bollywood, New Delhi and Saravanaa Bhavan.
 * Amea is a decent trattoria 50 m south of Taj Mahal and open M-Sa 17:00-00:00. It's no longer Noah's, who've moved into Altstadt.
 * Other Indians close by include Bollywood, New Delhi and Saravanaa Bhavan.
 * Amea is a decent trattoria 50 m south of Taj Mahal and open M-Sa 17:00-00:00. It's no longer Noah's, who've moved into Altstadt.

Clubs and discos

 * Freiheitshalle is an events venue in an old red-brick factory at Rainer-Werner-Fassbinderplatz, just north of Donnersbergerbrücke S-Bahn station. It's mostly rock and alternative music.
 * Kesselhaus and Zenith are now within Motorworld Munich, see above.

Mid-range

 * Hotel Leopold 100 m north of Mercure is another mid-price chain hotel.
 * Oberschleißheim has a couple of hotels if you prefer to stay edge of town: Blauer Karpfen is just north of the castle, and Kurfürst east near the Lustheim.
 * Hotel Leopold 100 m north of Mercure is another mid-price chain hotel.
 * Oberschleißheim has a couple of hotels if you prefer to stay edge of town: Blauer Karpfen is just north of the castle, and Kurfürst east near the Lustheim.
 * Oberschleißheim has a couple of hotels if you prefer to stay edge of town: Blauer Karpfen is just north of the castle, and Kurfürst east near the Lustheim.

Connect
As of Oct 2022, the entire city has 5G from all German carriers. Wifi (WLAN in German) is widely available in public places and on transport.

Go next

 * Altstadt starts just south of English Garden, the city's delightful medieval core.
 * Maxvorstadt on the west flank of Altstadt is the university quarter, with big-name galleries.
 * Dachau north of city limits has a bling palace but is notorious for its Nazi concentration camp, now a museum.
 * Munich Airport is 25 min away by S1 suburban trains.