Munich: no new tower may rise above the Frauenkirche

In 2004 the people of Munich voted that new high-rise buildings in the city should stay lower than the two towers of the Frauenkirche, almost 100 metres high with their green onion domes. Inside, look for the Devil's Footprint in the floor of the entrance hall.

 

Munich is about four hours from Prague, so a day trip leaves a few hours for its compact old centre. We wrote a free English audio guide to it:

• 🎧 9 stops, about 2.5 km, from the Karlstor to the Odeonsplatz. One short track per stop, or one 7-minute MP3 for the car
• 🔔 The Glockenspiel on the New Town Hall plays at 11 am and noon: a knights' tournament for a ducal wedding in 1568 and the coopers' dance
• 🍺 The Hofbräuhaus brewery was founded in 1589; beer comes by the litre, and regulars keep their own mugs locked in the hall
• 🎄 From the end of November until Christmas Eve the walk passes the Christkindlmarkt on the Marienplatz, with the city's Christmas tree
• 🚗 Day trip from your Prague hotel: €370 per car (up to 4), €380 minivan (up to 8), a twelve-hour day with fuel, tolls, vignettes, parking and waiting included. Take a passport or ID card

Munich free audio guide and day trip from Prague →

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Photochrom prints c. 1900 / Library of Congress (public domain), Diliff (CC BY 2.5), Christoph Braun (CC0), Ashwin Chandrasekaran (CC BY 2.0), Nan Palmero (CC BY 2.0), Schlaier (public domain), Jebulon (CC0). Music: Dvořák, Slavonic Dance No. 2 (US Air Force Band, public domain).