KUNSTAKADEMIE
You’ll have read all about Munich’s vast array of top-notch museums in your other guides. So we’ll just tell you this: make sure not to miss the monstrous yearly student exhibition aptly named “Jahresausstellung” at historic Kunst Akademie, which is open to all for two weeks every year in July. Also, you should know that The Flushing Meadows Hotel is located just minutes from the world-famous (and monstrously gigantic) Deutsches Museum.
Akademiestraße 2-4,
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Museumsinsel 1.
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TRADER VIC’S
If Magnum lived in Munich, this would be his spot. Tikki-chic, tasty Polynesian cuisine, gold-diggers in skimpy skirts and elaborate cocktails garnished with at least two umbrellas. Located in Hotel Bayrischer Hof.
Promenadeplatz 2–6, Altstadt, bayerischerhof.de
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BAR DELL’ OSTERIA & OSTERIA
Munich is full of Italian restaurants. This one is especially good. Officially called “Bar Dell’ Osteria”, we know this spot only as “Jimmy’s”, after the place’s one-of-a-kind owner. We regularly take out-of-town DJ’s here for a late supper on weekends, before they go on to play their gigs at Bob Beaman. Make sure to get an outside table. if the weather permits. For more superb Italian cuisine and classy service, visit Osteria next door to Jimmy’s. If you see a yellow Lamborghini parked outside in a stopping restriction, FC Bayern star Franck Ribéry is sure to be sitting inside having dinner with his crew.
Schellingstraße 60, Maxvorstadt, bar-dell-osteria.de
Schellingstraße 62, Maxvorstadt, osteria.de
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KINDERKUNSTHAUS
This friendly hub in Schwabing offers a variety of artistic workshops and walk-in projects for kids of various ages!
Siegesstraße 23, Schwabing, kinderkunsthaus.de
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HAUTE CUISINE
Legendary since the seventies for their superb cuisine, supreme service and high-brow architecture. Very expensive – and very good – multiple course meals known to stretch for hours. Tantris boasts 2 Michelin stars, just like the Restaurant Dallmayr in Munich’s city center.
Johann-Fichte-Straße 7, Schwabing, tantris.de
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Dienerstraße 14-15, Altstadt, dallmayr.de
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SCHUMANN’S
Talk football with baristas Lucca and Giovanni over coffee in the morning. Or enjoy lunch out back on Schumann’s lovely Hofgarten terrace. Or catch late night drinks and dinner, if you can get a table. In any case, Schumann’s is a Munich classic – just like the bar’s owner Charles, who has been known to personally serve selected guests with a piece of his mind.
Odeonsplatz 6 / 7, Altstadt, schumanns.de
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BOULE
Join the local old-schoolers at Hofgarten behind Schumann’s for a relaxed (or hotly debated) game of boule …
Hofgarten, Altstadt
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FISCH-HÄUSL
This unrefined joint is really only a small kiosk, but definitely worth checking out for healthy dose of Paella, fried fish and a legendary salad. You can sit or stand outside and take in the upscale market-vibe at famous Wiener Platz.
Wiener Platz, Haidhausen
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LENBACHS & SÖHNE
Tiny, tight and traditionally tacky. The crowd is on the young side. We prefer L&S late at night – or early in the morning, depending on how you look at it, when many of the city’s night-owls conjure for what we generally like to call: one final Absucker. Or two …
Maximiliansplatz 18, Altstadt, facebook.com/lenbachs
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FC BAYERN
It’s basically impossible to get football tickets for the Allianz Arena without the right connections or a lot of good fortune. But you can watch the record champions practice up close and personal at Säbenerstraße during the season. It’s a media-circus and all, but you haven’t been to Munich, if you haven’t seen them getting ready for yet another title.
Säbenerstraße 57, Harlaching, fcbayern.de
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SCHWITTENBERG
Sandra Schwittau and Christopher Romberg run this beautiful fashion shop for men and women in the heart of Munich. Their high-brow selection of international brands includes Ayzit Bostan, Grenson, Dries van Noten, Wood Wood, Maison Martin Margiela, Humanoid, etc. We are currently working a Schwittenberg x Flushing Meadows Hotel pyjama (!) collaboration, so make sure to look out for that.
Salvatorplatz 4, Altstadt, schwittenberg.com
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BASKETBALL
By far our favorite spot for pick-up basketball is the tiny court in front of legendary Pinakotheken, on the corner of Barerstraße and Theresienstraße, where games of “3on3” tend to get rowdy at times. Games go till 11 and there’s count double. Make sure to bring your A-game! If you feel like visiting a professional game, the Audi Dome is your best – and only – bet. FC Bayern’s first league basketball team not quite as dominant as the fellow football department – but that’s it’s only a matter of time.
3on3, Maxvorstadt
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Audi Dome, Grasweg 74, Sendling, fcb-basketball.de
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