Munich - tips

Spending 5 days with the family in Munich over Easter half term. First time visit so any and all tips welcome: eats, drinks, interesting places, culture, family friendly spots etc.

Any record shops worth a look?

Cheers in advance x

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do you mean Public possession? there’s also Best records, which is owned by the brother of Daniel Best - sonar kollektiv/jazzanova.

if u cross the river and go up the hill there’s a killer asian joint that does life changing duck noodle soup

the city centre is cute, and walkable, also lots of cool parks for the gromits to burn energy

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Cheers. Yes got my cities confused there :slight_smile:

Bar Charlie is a great little spot.

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I adore Munich. Yeah you should definitely look in on the Public Possession crew I think they moved shop a couple years ago. Englischer Garten is an amazing park, you could spend a whole day lazing around and the river (with the surfers!) is really lovely–kids will dig it, too. Get a beer and lunch at the Chinesische Turm Hofbrau (avoid the central Hofbrau it’s a tourist trap). If you’re into art the Alte Pinakothek is brilliant and houses one of my favourite paintings of all time - Durer’s self-portrait. It’s easily navigable by public transit but it is a bit wonky–there are two lines (U-bahn & S-bahn) which are managed by different companies and integrated by a third. It can be confusing figuring out which ticket to get. Also, German trains do not run on time and are the worst (and most expensive) in Europe. Go figure.

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there’s a couple places where you can do this on the deschutes in central oregon, but this is the first time i’ve seen it done in a city!

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Did they re-instate the standing wave? A while ago I thought they buggered it up, council workers or some such from memory?

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oof just read that :face_with_diagonal_mouth:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/world/europe/munich-surfing-wave.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VVA.b8WM.PPK3eBfg7s3L&smid=url-share

Optimal Records is pretty good.

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