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• The Bavarian Menu

  So you can't tell your weisswurst from your schinken? That's where our handy menu decoder comes in....

• Riversurfing

  
  One of Munich’s most surprising summertime attractions is the riversurfing on the Eisbach river that flows though the Englischer Garten....

• Auerdult Market

  This historical market festival (held from Oct 16 – 24) is little known to tourists but has fair prices and appealing wares....

• Oktoberfest

  
  You'll either lovit it or hate it, but every year it happens. Be a part of it this year and get it right with our special insider's guide....

• A trip to Burghausen

  For sheer contrast to the Munich metropolis, how about a day or two away in deepest rural Bavaria? One of the prettiest little towns in Oberbayern but virtually unheard of by most foreign visitors is Burghausen....

• Events

  What's on in Munich for your stay... ...

• The night of 25,000 blades

  Blade Night sounds like it could be fencing or it could refer to the night of the undead, when you can fulfill your vampire slaying fantasies while attempting to be as sexy as Wesley Snipes....

• Kocherlball

  Pleasure would be boring without the pain, and one of Munich’s best traditional festivals involves getting up early (and we mean early) to dress up and head to the park to dance polkas and drink beer together with thousands of others as the sun rises....

• Beer!

  Einz...Zwei...Drei...Suffa!Bavaria, and Munich in particular, is perhaps most famous for beer. The Oktoberfest, the biggest party in the world, has been held here every year since 1833, but the brewing goes back much further than that....

• Crazy castles

  
  Read all about Mad King Ludwig's famous castles here. ...

• Welcome card

  Visitors who plan to do a fair bit of travelling and sightseeing in Munich can save money by purchasing the Welcome Card....

• Previous IYP covers

  Winter 2004/2005 May/June 2004 March/April 2004 January/February 2004 December 2003November 2003October ...

• Munich's Districts

  Old TownAction is centred in the medieval Old Town (Altstadt), originally located within the old town walls, which have long ceded to a ring road....