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Things to do in Munich
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Sightlore has 37 places to explore in Munich, and 37 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Munich's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Frauenkirche
The Frauenkirche is a church in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, that serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and seat of its Archbishop. It is a landmark and is considered a symbol of the Bavarian capital city.
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New Town Hall
The New Town Hall is a town hall that forms the northern part of Marienplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It hosts the city government including the city council, offices of the mayors and a small portion of the administration.
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Hofbräuhaus am Platzl
The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is a beer hall in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, originally built in 1589 by Bavarian Duke Maximilian I as an extension of the Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München brewery.
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Englischer Garten
The Englischer Garten (lit. 'English Garden') is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits.
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Viktualienmarkt
The Viktualienmarkt is a food market and a square in the center of Munich, Germany.
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Munich Residence
The Residenz in central Munich is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria.
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Feldherrnhalle
The Feldherrnhalle ("Field Marshals' Hall") is a monumental loggia on the Odeonsplatz in Munich, Germany.
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Karlstor
Karlstor in Munich (called Neuhauser Tor until 1791) is a medieval city gate, which served as a defensive fortification and a checkpoint.
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St. Peter's Church, Munich
St. Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the inner city of Munich, southern Germany. Its 91-metre (299 ft) tower is commonly known as "Alter Peter"—Old Peter—and is emblematic of Munich.
Discovery routes in Munich
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Munich Old Town
From the Karlstor to the Frauenkirche, the New Town Hall on Marienplatz, Alter Peter, the Viktualienmarkt, the Hofbräuhaus, the Residenz and from the Feldherrnhalle to the English Garden.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Karlstor
Karlstor in Munich (called Neuhauser Tor until 1791) is a medieval city gate, which served as a defensive fortification and a checkpoint.
New Town Hall
The New Town Hall is a town hall that forms the northern part of Marienplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It hosts the city government including the city council, offices of the mayors and a small portion of the administration.
Viktualienmarkt
The Viktualienmarkt is a food market and a square in the center of Munich, Germany.
Hofbräuhaus am Platzl
The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is a beer hall in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, originally built in 1589 by Bavarian Duke Maximilian I as an extension of the Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München brewery.
Isartor
The Isartor at the Isartorplatz in Munich is one of four main gates of the medieval city wall.
National Theatre Munich
The National Theatre on Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich, Germany, is a historic opera house, home of the Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian State Orchestra and the Bavarian State Ballet.
Nymphenburg Palace
The Nymphenburg Palace is a Baroque palace situated in Munich's western district Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, in Bavaria, southern Germany.
Sendlinger Tor
The Sendlinger Tor is a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town area of Munich.
Museums
Munich Residence
The Residenz in central Munich is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria.
Alte Pinakothek
The Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinakothek) is an art museum located in the Kunstareal area in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses a significant collection of Old Master paintings.
BMW Museum
The BMW Museum is the corporate museum of BMW history and was established in 1973, shortly after the 1972 Summer Olympics opened. From 2004 to 2008, it was renovated in connection with the construction of the BMW Welt, directly opposite.
Deutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum (German Museum, officially Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 125,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology.
Glyptothek
The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures.
Haus der Kunst
The Haus der Kunst (House of Art) is a museum for modern and contemporary art in Munich, Bavaria. It is located at Prinzregentenstraße 1 at the southern edge of the Englischer Garten, Munich's largest park.
Lenbachhaus
The Lenbachhaus is a building housing the Städtische Galerie art museum in Munich's Kunstareal.
Museum Brandhorst
The Brandhorst Museum was opened in Munich on 21 May 2009. It displays about 200 exhibits from the modern art collection of the heirs of the Henkel trust Udo and Anette Brandhorst.
Neue Pinakothek
The Neue Pinakothek (New Pinacotheca) is an art museum in Munich, Germany. Its focus is European Art of the 18th and 19th centuries, and it is one of the most important museums of art of the nineteenth century in the world.
Pinakothek der Moderne
The Pinakothek der Moderne (Pinakothek of the Modern) is a modern art museum, situated in central Munich's Kunstareal.
Bavarian National Museum
The Bavarian National Museum in Munich is one of the most important museums of decorative arts in Europe and one of the largest art museums in Germany.
Places of worship
Frauenkirche
The Frauenkirche is a church in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, that serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and seat of its Archbishop. It is a landmark and is considered a symbol of the Bavarian capital city.
St. Peter's Church, Munich
St. Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the inner city of Munich, southern Germany. Its 91-metre (299 ft) tower is commonly known as "Alter Peter"—Old Peter—and is emblematic of Munich.
Asam Church
St. Johann Nepomuk, better known as the Asam Church, is a Baroque church in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It was built from 1733 to 1746 by a pair of brothers, sculptor Egid Quirin Asam and painter Cosmas Damian Asam, as their private church.
St. Lukas
St. Luke's Church is the largest Protestant church in Munich, southern Germany.
St. Michael's Church, Munich
St. Michael's is a Jesuit church in Munich, capital city of the state of Bavaria, Germany. It is the largest Renaissance church north of the Alps.
Theatine Church
The Theatine Church of St. Cajetan and Adelaide is a Roman Catholic church in Munich, Southern Germany.
Monuments
Feldherrnhalle
The Feldherrnhalle ("Field Marshals' Hall") is a monumental loggia on the Odeonsplatz in Munich, Germany.
Angel of Peace
The Angel of Peace is a monument in the Bogenhausen district of Munich. The architects were Heinrich Düll, Georg Pezold and Max Heilmaier.
Bavaria
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.
Chinese Tower
The Chinese Tower is a 25-metre wooden building resembling a pagoda at the Englischer Garten in Munich, Germany.
Olympiaturm
The Olympic Tower in the Olympic Park, Munich has an overall height of 291 m (955 ft) and a weight of 52,500 tons.
Siegestor
The Siegestor in Munich is a three-arched memorial arch, crowned with a statue of Bavaria with a lion-quadriga. The monument was originally dedicated to the glory of the Bavarian army.
Nature
Englischer Garten
The Englischer Garten (lit. 'English Garden') is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits.
Hofgarten
The Hofgarten (Court Garden) is a garden in the center of Munich, Germany, located between the Residenz and the Englischer Garten.
Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
The Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg is a botanical garden and arboretum in Munich, Germany.
Hellabrunn Zoo
Hellabrunn Zoo is a 40 hectare (99 acre) zoological garden in the Bavarian capital of Munich. The zoo is situated on the right bank of the river Isar, in the southern part of Munich near the quarter of Thalkirchen.
Olympiapark
The Olympiapark in Munich, Germany, is an Olympic Park which was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Other
Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena is a football stadium in Munich, Germany, with a 70,000 seating capacity for international matches and 75,000 for domestic matches.
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