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authorities threatened to remove
them all when rival groups of
Jackson fans clashed over the
memorial in 2015.

THE U-BAHN
STATION AT
MARIENPLATZ

AFTERNOON
Just a short S-Bahn train ride and
walk west of the city centre is
Schloss Nymphenburg (schlossnymphenburg.de/englisch/
palace), a royal palace that
started being built as an Italianinfluenced summer residence in
1664. There's free entry to the
formal gardens and parkland, and
there are ticket deals to visit the
main palace, four smaller ones
Munich
and two museums.

Day One

Peterskirche, in the old town
area (muenchen.de/int/
en.html). Climb their
is home to
towers for superb
59 professional
EVENING
views over the redtheatres, more than
Get your first taste
tiled rooftops.
80 museums - and
of a Bavarian beer
Rest to admire the
four symphony
orchestras.
hall, either for a hearty,
buildings surrounding
stereotypical dinner of
the 19th-century plaza
potatoes and wurst, or just
called Odeonsplatz. The
for a drink or two while enjoying
imposing Feldherrnhalle
the atmosphere and talents of
structure, which faces out on to
an oompah band.
the square, was a key location in
The most famous brewery
Adolf Hitler's failed attempt to
is the state-owned, threeseize control of the city in 1923.
storey Hofbräuhaus, just off
In the quiet square called
Muenzstrasse, but if you can't
Promenadeplatz is a rather
find a table inside there are
unusual sight: since 2009, pop
loads of others to choose from,
music fans have maintained
such as the Weisses Bräuhaus or
an unofficial shrine to Michael
Augustiner-Keller. Be warned,
Jackson outside the five-star
though: the glass popularly
Bayerischer Hof hotel.
referred to as a stein is actually
Tributes to the King of Pop
called a 'Mass' in Bavaria and
adorn the pedestal of a statue of
is not for the faint-hearted,
Renaissance composer Orlando
containing a litre of beer.
di Lasso, although the city
Those fancying a more
sophisticated menu should try
AT 4 1 7 H E C TA R E S , M U N I C H ' S
Wirtshaus Ayingers across the
ENGLISCHER GARTEN IS
street from the Hofbräuhaus,
B I G G E R T H A N B OT H H Y D E PA R K
which serves platters, salads
A N D C E N T RA L PA R K , N E W YO R K
and fantastic meat dishes.
MORNING
After you've disembarked from
the coach at ZOB Hackerbruecke,
Munich's main bus terminal,
and checked into your hotel, you
can get to know your way around
the fairly compact city centre
by joining a walking tour.
There are several free ones,
such as Sandemans New Europe
(neweuropetours.eu/munich) tour
starting in Marienplatz, the square
outside the Gothic revivalist
Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall).
This building actually looks
older than the nearby Altes
Rathaus (Old Town Hall) and
has a fantastic glockenspiel
clock with 32 moving figures
that chimes three times a day in
summer, at 11am, noon and 5pm.
Other highlights are the
twin onion-domed cathedral
Frauenkirche and the city's
oldest parish church, St

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