Thursday, February 24, 2011

Wandering around Munich during Weekend


Munich, also known as Munchen, is the capital of Baravia State - the biggest state of 16 states in Germany, and the third biggest city of Germany (after Berlin and Hamburg). 



Located at the foot of the Alps in Southern Germany, Munich has a long history of more than 800 years (built in 1158). Munich is famous for the ancient architecture building, large boulevards, especially the Oktoberfest beer festival for nearly 200 years.

According to the ancient German, Munich means "Monk", so perhaps the city's symbol is a priest. However, quite contrary to its name, Munich is a very busy and noisy and gaudy city.

When getting to Munich, tourists can visit Mary's Square. The square is the center of the city, which also attracts tourists the most because of the ancient architecture town hall, a two domed Frauenkirche church - which is the symbol of the city, as well as the shopping center, and also the transport hub to other attractions of the city. Mary's Square is considered one of the largest and most imposing squares in the world. It has many interesting activities year-round. Everyday, at 12 AM and 2 PM, the clock on the tower of Frauenkirche cathedral strikes and perform a spectacular puppet show. Many resident of the city and tourists come here to see this special moment.

From St Peter Cathedral, tourists can view all the Marienplatz Square


On Mary's Square, visitors can also meet many groups of dancers performing to promote for the image of their city; some artists on the street draw the landscape paintings to sell it to the foreign tourists. Those people have contributed to the impressive view of the square. There are many lion statues in different sizes located around the square. People in Munich believe that lion is their mascot - the god of protection to bring luck to the city. These lions increase not only the solemnity but also the romance of the squares.

Munich also has four Royal roads bearing the names of different kings. In particular, the largest road is LudwigstraBe, named King Lugwig I. It is said that in the past, many winning armies marching on this road. At the beginning of the road is an entrance gate like Brandenburg Gate in Berlin; however, the symbol of goddess of victory in Munich leading lions instead of horses. At the end of the road, a beautiful Amalienbe Palace was built in the early 18th century; in the past, it was the resting place of the Kings during the hunting period. The details of the palace were made of silver or inlaid by silver, so it was always sparkling and looking brilliant.

Not only ancient, Munich is a green city with many parks. Besides the modern Olympic park, the city still has many old-age parks. In particular, Hofgarten park is the oldest, which was built in the early 17th century under King Mazimilian I in the style of Italian Renaissance. Today, the park is open for the public to gather and hear the street musicians performing. Hofgarten was destroyed dramatically in the World War 2 and then was rebuilt in English style. Munich is also known for English-style garden with the width of 3.7 km square, larger than the Central Park in New York (USA). Besides, there are many other parks such as West park, or the park inside Nymphenburg Castle.


Munich has many great Museum. At the top is Science Museum with a huge collection of diesel engines, cars, planes, boats, and it is for sure that visitors cannot explore all the museum in only a day. The museum now has at least 8000 objects on display. In Munich, there is also a museum for only cars; all the car models  are on display here - from the first and ancient model to the most modern ones. There are also museums for motorcycle, or sport cars.


 
Deutsches Museum is one of the biggest Science Museum in the world.



 
Kunstareal (artistic area) of the city has the history from 16th century. Brandhorst Museum, opened recently, has brought a new modern breath to this area.

The beer festival is held in the late September and early October each year in Munich. Beer festival attracts millions of tourist every year. If you miss this festival, it will be somehow a pity. However, do not worry because in every street of Munich, beer is ready to serve tourists. One of the places where tourists never want to skip is "Beer Paradise (Heaven)" - which was built in 1589 and opened to guests in 1830. The "Beer Paradise" building can serve 5000 visitors loving beer and is considered the biggest serving place in the world.

If having time, tourists may explore many other architecture places, or wandering inside the parks, or go shopping at the famous market Viktualienmarket. 

 
The Glockenbachviertel gathers many cafe lounges, stores, and shops which are also the places for families and the homosexual people


 
The public transportation system of Munich are evaluated the best in Europe.


 
 Inside a restaurant in Bayerischer Hof hotel 


 
GOP Variet Theater


1 comments:

I really enjoyed Germany when I was last over for the Munich beer festival. It was an amazing place to be and a very festive time to be there.

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