munich, germany

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.

Who invented the beer? What is the purity law? And why do the people of Munich celebrate their Oktoberfest? The Beer and Oktoberfest Museum answers these questions.

The Deutsches Museum is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology.

Built in 1337, Isartor gate is the only one of Munich’s city gates that has retained its original main tower.

Karlstor in Munich (called Neuhauser Tor until 1791) is a medieval city gate, which served as a defensive fortficiation and a checkpoint.

Marienplatz has been at the centre of the city since Munich was founded by Henry the Lion in 1158. It was the point at which all of the new city’s most important streets met and for centuries it was the centre of Munich's life.

In 1901 the Art Nouveau building opened as the first indoor pool in the city.

Opened in 1818, the Nationaltheater is the main venue of the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Bavarian State Ballet and the Bavarian State Orchestra.

Cleanup after Oktoberfest

The Sendlinger Tor is a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town area of Munich. It served as a fortification for defence and is one of Munich's three remaining gothic town gates.

St. Luke's Church is the largest Protestant church in Munich. It was built in 1893–96, and designed by Albert Schmidt. It is the only pre-World War II Lutheran parish church building remaining in the historic section of central Munich.

Random sights from around the streets of Munich (München) Germany.