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City of Munich

City of Culture

Munich has come to be associated with the Oktoberfest and the Hofbräuhaus, the Olympic grounds and Fasching, the Viktualienmarket and Schwabing. However, Munich also has an international reputation as a metropolis of art and culture.

Culture in the Isar metropolis is particularly diverse. Besides Germany’s most renowned, large stages, its music scene ranges from classical to jazz and pop and is always open to the latest trends. Its museum landscape impresses you with its outstanding collections.

Whoever takes a closer look at the history of Bavaria and Munich will soon find out that the conservation of art and culture has always been given high priority here. More than 700 years of rule by the Wittelsbach family gave the trading and residential city of Munich its present-day importance as a centre of European culture. King Ludwig I of Bavaria deserves special mention here. During the regency of this “Prince of the Muses”, many of Munich’s sights were built, such as the Glyptothek, the Old Pinakothek, the Generals’ Hall (Feldherrnhalle) and St. Ludwig’s Church.

Creation, preservation and collection were tasks to which the Wittelsbachs were always dedicated. This tradition led to Munich becoming one of the richest cultural cities to be found in Germany today.

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