Munich offers numerous day festivals where you can celebrate outdoors this summer. But if you’re craving multi-day open-air festivals, you don’t have far to go. Numerous large and well-known festivals sp...
Bavaria offers a wealth of castles and palaces, each unique in its own way. Sisi grew up in this palace, that one has no right angles, and this ruin was actually supposed to become a second Neuschwanstein...
Albrecht von Wallenstein is likely familiar to many from Schiller’s trilogy, in which the commander uttered and popularized the well-known exclamation , “I know my Pappenheimers!” In reality, however, he...
For many people, the appeal of Munich lies in the combination of big-city amenities with immediate proximity to nature. You’ll get the full experience in southeastern Bavaria near Salzburg, where the Berc...
Munich has its fair share of mysterious places that tell exciting stories, such as the Jungfernturm on Salvatorplatz or the Herzkabinett in the Residenz. But eventually, you’ll have explored all the spots...
is also a time for taking a break. We can combine this not only with the but also with a day trip to the most beautiful destinations the surrounding area. For over 900 years, pilgrims and travelers have been drawn to...
Bavaria’s towns and villages are brimming with history, yet very few can claim to have been immortalized in a proverb. The situation is different for the small Middle Franconian town of Pappenheim, which,...
Not a weekend goes by without Munich residents escaping the city to breathe in the mountain air. During the cold season, the mountains are particularly popular, not least because of the winter sports opportunities, wh...
Bavaria and Bavarian beer—our state is so closely associated with the hoppy brew that this connection has even been celebrated in song on multiple occasions. And not without good reason; after all, German...
Spring is arriving in Bavaria, and with it, life. The birds are chirping again, the cherry trees are blooming, and more and more flowers are sprouting from the ground. A particularly large floral paradise...