Altstadt (Marienplatz)

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What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Altstadt and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• The Deutsches Museum12 min walk1.0 km
• The English Garden & river surfers12 min walk1.0 km
• Königsplatz15 min walk1.2 km
• The Pinakotheken16 min walk1.3 km
• Theresienwiese & the Bavaria statue24 min walk2.0 km
• A beer garden25 min walk2.0 km
• BMW Welt & Museum14 min taxi4.7 km
• Nymphenburg Palace18 min taxi5.8 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 1.Marienplatz & the Glockenspiel — The grand central square, dominated by the neo-Gothic New Town Hall, whose famous Glockenspiel clock sets 32 painted figures dancing and jousting on the hour. Climb the tower for a rooftop view, watch the show at 11am, and soak up the heart of the city; the beginning of any Munich visit.
• 3.A Munich beer hall — The full Bavarian experience — a cavernous, roaring beer hall like the famous Hofbräuhaus, where an oompah band plays, litre steins (Maß) clink, and waiters in dirndls ferry pork knuckle and pretzels through the crowds. Touristy at the Hofbräuhaus, but enormous fun; find a spot at a long table and join in.
• 4.Viktualienmarkt — The city's beloved open-air food market just off Marienplatz — 140 stalls of Bavarian cheese, sausage, bread, flowers and produce, with a maypole and its own beer garden at the heart, shaded by chestnut trees. Graze the stalls, grab a weisswurst or a beer, and take the pulse of eating Munich.
• 8.The Frauenkirche — The great brick Gothic cathedral whose twin onion-domed towers are the symbol of Munich, visible across the city. Step inside to the soaring, austere nave and find the legendary 'Devil's Footprint' in the entrance; climb a tower for the view (when open). A quietly powerful landmark in the old town.
• 10.The Residenz — The enormous former royal palace of the Bavarian rulers in the heart of the old town — over a hundred opulent rooms and courtyards, a jaw-dropping shell-encrusted grotto, an ornate rococo theatre and a dazzling treasury of crowns and jewels. A vast, sumptuous glimpse of royal Bavaria; give it a couple of hours.
• 12.Weisswurst & a pretzel — The classic Munich breakfast — a pair of white veal sausages gently simmered, eaten (traditionally before noon) with sweet mustard, a soft pretzel and a wheat beer. Peel off the skin, and don't be shy about the morning beer; it's tradition. A tasty, only-in-Bavaria ritual best had at a market or old inn.