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• Dachau Concentration camp An incredible, and sobering experience, this is a worthwhile excursion. Not recommended for small children. Tours can be booked in Munich [6] or at Dachau there, in English. While the tour is certainly of historical value, the original camp is not entirely preserved, as some of the structures from the WWII era have been destroyed. Three hours or more should be dedicated to exploring the camp, though to fully see the camp may require five or more hours.
• Deutsches Museum [7] is located in Haidhausen and is one of the largest technical museums in the world. It has hand-on, interactive section for natural science, engineering, construction etc.
• Pinakotheken [8] - The Alte Pinkothek features 15-18th century religious paintings, the Neue Pinakothek 19-20th century impressionist and expressionist art and the Pinakothek der Moderne has 20th century paintings, modern art, design and architecture sections.
• Statue of the Bavaria, Theresienhöhe 16 (U4 or U5 to Theresienwiese), +49-89-290671, [9]. This is a almost 20 m high statue, standing on the west border of Theriesienwiese next to the Hall of Fame. There is a small viewing platform inside her head. €3.00/€2.00
• Glyptothek [10] The royal antique collection. It was expanded to the:
• National Antique Collection [11] which stands across the street.
• National Museum of Egyptian Art [12] In the Royal Residence.
• National Bavarian Museum [13]
• Die Neue Sammlung - Museum of Applied Arts [14]
• German Theatre Museum [15]
• City Museum of Munich [16]
• Jewish Museum [17] Newly opened museum at St. Jakobsplatz with one permanent exhibition, which illuminates aspects of Jewish history and culture in Munich, and a range of changing exhibitions.
• Villa Stuck [18] A private collection of Jugendstil art.
• Schack Gallery [19] A private collection of 19th Century art.
• National Ethnographical Museum [20]
• Lenbach House [21] A gallery exhibiting numerous works of the Blauer Reiter school of German expressionist art (Kandinsky, Macke, Mark). Highly recommended!
• Haus der Kunst [22] The main exhibition hall in Munich.
• The BMW Museum [23]

• Oktoberfest [29]. The first Oktoberfest took place on the 12 October 1810, to celebrate the marriage of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Sachsen-Hildburghausen. All citizens of Munich were invited to a meadow (Wies'n) situated in front of the city tower, subsequently renamed the Theresienwiese in honor of the bride. In the early years of the fair, horse races were held, then as the event grew, agricultural conventions, which still take place every third year. But what about beer? After all, the Bavarian hops crop has to go somewhere! In 1896 businessmen working with the breweries in Munich built the first giant beer tents at Oktoberfest, and drinking has been the primary focus since. Each of the major breweries presides over its own large tent filled with traditional musicians leading the crowd in well-known drinking chants, incredibly strong barmaids hoisting ten or more huge Maß (1-liter glass beer mugs that are heavy even when empty!), and a spate of drunken people all trying to get into the bathroom at once. In 2003, Oktoberfest hosted 6.4 million visitors who drank 6.1 million liters of beer and ate the equivalent of 91 oxen, 383,000 sausages and 630,000 chickens. Furthermore there are of course as on all similar festivals many rides as two looping roller coasters and two large ferris wheels.

However, visiting the Oktoberfest can be much more stressful than the visit of similar festivals (Cannstatter Wasen, Wurstmarkt Bad Dürkheim, etc.), because the tents are overcrowded and there are doormen at the entrance ruling the procedure of coming in. Especially at weekends you should try to get in the tents before 10 o'clock in the morning. During the week most tents are open all day, however it is not easy to get a seat and as a general rule, you won't get served if you haven't got a seat.

It is not recommended to leave the tent if you want to get in it later the day. So you have to decide early in the morning if you want to go in a certain tent or you want to enjoy the rides like the coaster with 5 loopings.

Some tents, such as the Hofbräu Festzelt have a standing area that does not require seating; as such, you can sometimes get into this tent later than with other ones.

• Maibaumaufstellen [30]. On the 1st of May (which is a public holiday in Germany) strange things happen in some Upper Bavarian villages and even in Munich... Men in Lederhosn and girls in Dirndln carrying long poles meet on the central square. With these poles an even longer white-blue pole is erected. There is usually an oompah band playing, booths selling food and drinks and tables where you can sit down and enjoy this non-touristy spectacle. The large white-blue pole you find in almost every village and dozens in Munich (e.g. on the Viktualienmarkt) is called Maibaum (meaning may tree - known in English as a maypole) and the villages compete who has the tallest and the straightest one. It is cut down every three to five years and re-erected in the following year. Ask a local which village or district of Munich does it this year and be there not later than 10 am.

• Christkindltram - is a Christmas tram that runs only at the Advent's time through the city center every half an hour (get-in station is situated at Sendlingertor). The tram is nicely decorated, inside people can enjoy christmas songs and mulled wine (Gluehwein). One-way ticket costs 1 Euro.

If Bavarian food doesn't sound appetizing you're in luck because Munich is host to plenty of international restaurants including Chinese, Italian, and the typical American fastfood.

An interesting example of a very nice restaurant which strays away from Bavarian/German food is Restaurant 1. Münchener Kartoffelhaus [56]. Kartoffelhaus literally translates as "potato house", because every single one of it's meals has potatoes in them, which taste absolutely divine. You cannot say that you've been to Munich without having gone to this restaurant.

Munich also has numerous fresh markets, which can be a great and inexpensive alternative to restaurants.

• Viktualienmarkt [57]. Famous market in the city centre, where you will find any imaginable sort of fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, spices, and so on.
• am Elisabethmarkt [58]. A tiny market, it has cute stalls, and an original feel. It is located at the tram stop Elisabethmarkt of the tram 27.