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Every day at 11:00 and 12:00, tourists gather in Munich’s Marienplatz and gaze upwards at the Glockenspiel. This mechanical puppet show features life-sized figures dancing, jousting, and milling about with no discernable purpose.
While I’ve never gone out of my way to see it, I have coincidently found myself at Marienplatz just as the show was beginning on more than one occasion. While it’s mildly amusing, I wouldn’t place it high on my to-do list if I only had a few days in Munich. For example, you could be drinking beer instead (11:00am beers are completely acceptable here)…
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In honor of Tavern Day, here’s a little post about drinking in Munich. (I know what you’re thinking… “There’s drinking in Munich ?” I was shocked, too.)
This weekend we partook of the annual Munich Strong Beer Festival (or Starkbierfest), a fabulous Bavarian tradition. Each year for a few weeks during Lent, the local breweries open their banquet halls and cellars for this festival celebrating Starkbier – a heavy, sweet, dark brew thought up by fasting monks who wanted some nourishment (but weren’t so interested in sobriety). These days each brewery produces its own brand of Starkbier, with names that usually …read more

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Summer will soon be upon us. And for budget travelers headed for Munich, Germany during summer, this is definitely good news.
Why? Because The Tent (locally called the Kapuzinerhölzl), the cheapest place to crash in Munich, will be open from the 15th of June until the 15th of October.
For 35 years, the Tent has been offering backpackers and all sorts of group travelers cheap accommodations.
Where: middle of a park near the botanical garden. To get there, you have to take Tram 17 (direction Amalienburgstrasse) and get off at the Botanischer Garden). From the botanical gardens, just follow the sign …read more

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Did you know that BEER is cheaper than WATER in Germany?
Do keep that in mind the next time you are in the country.

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