Things to see in Munich
Munich is a city in Germany, with an urban population of about 1.3 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 6 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Deutsches Museum Museum
The Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 125,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology.
2Alte Pinakothek Art
The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum located in the Kunstareal area in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses a significant collection of Old Master paintings.
3Frauenkirche Place of worship
The Frauenkirche is a church in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, that serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and seat of its Archbishop.
4Englischer Garten Park
The Englischer Garten is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits.
5Glyptothek Art
The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures.
6Nymphenburg Palace Museum
The Nymphenburg Palace is a Baroque palace situated in Munich's western district Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, in Bavaria, southern Germany. The Nymphenburg served as the main summer residence for the former rulers of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach.
7Neue Pinakothek Art
The Neue Pinakothek is an art museum in Munich, Germany. Its focus is European Art of the 18th and 19th centuries, and it is one of the most important museums of art of the nineteenth century in the world.
8Munich Residence History
The Residenz in central Munich is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria. The Residenz is the largest city palace in Germany and is today open to visitors for its architecture, room decorations, and displays from the former royal collections.
9Theatine Church Place of worship
The Theatine Church of St. Cajetan and Adelaide is a Roman Catholic church in Munich, Southern Germany.
10Theresienwiese Neighbourhood
Theresienwiese is a public space in the Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt district of Munich. It covers 42 hectares (100 acres) and is best known as the site of the annual Oktoberfest.
11Bavaria History
Bavaria is the name given to a monumental, bronze sand-cast 19th-century statue in Munich, southern Germany. It is a female personification of the Bavarian homeland, and by extension its strength and glory.
12Asam Church Place of worship
St. Johann Nepomuk, better known as the Asam Church, is a Baroque church in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
13BMW Museum Museum
The BMW Museum is the corporate museum of BMW history and was established in 1973, shortly after the 1972 Summer Olympics opened. From 2004 to 2008, it was renovated in connection with the construction of the BMW Welt, directly opposite.
14St. Peter's Church, Munich Place of worship
St. Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the inner city of Munich, southern Germany.
15St. Michael's Church, Munich Place of worship
St. Michael's is a Jesuit church in Munich, capital city of the state of Bavaria, Germany.
16Haus der Kunst Art
The Haus der Kunst is a museum for modern and contemporary art in Munich, Bavaria. It is located at Prinzregentenstraße 1 at the southern edge of the Englischer Garten, Munich's largest park.
17Bavarian National Museum Museum
The Bavarian National Museum in Munich is one of the most important museums of decorative arts in Europe and one of the largest art museums in Germany.
18Pinakothek der Moderne Museum
The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in central Munich's Kunstareal.
19Siegestor History
The Siegestor in Munich is a three-arched memorial arch, crowned with a statue of Bavaria with a lion-quadriga. The monument was originally dedicated to the glory of the Bavarian army.
20National Theatre Munich Arts & culture
The National Theatre on Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich, Germany, is a historic opera house, home of the Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian State Orchestra and the Bavarian State Ballet.
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