Munich. What to Do?
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We had to take a school trip to Dachau in the sixth grade, that place is a horror. Definitely see the Hofbräuhaus, the prototypical bavarian beer hall. It's riddled with tourists, but there's still a hard core of old codgers that come there for their daily bear and meal. The art museums (the various Pinakotheken) are really worth a visit and should keep you busy at least a couple days. Try to see the royal treasury in the Residenz, utterly amazing to get a sense of just how wealthy your typical king was. The Deutsche Museum on the Museumsinsel was insanely fun when i was a kid, haven't been there in 20 years tho, it's basically a cultural-historical museum combined with a technical museum. When i was there last, they had a recreation of a coal mine with real coal that i didn't want to leave, my parents had to drag me out of there kicking and screaming.
If you like odd cabinets of wonders, try the Karl Valentin Museum in the Isartor, one of the old gates to the city. Valentin was a comedic actor from the 20s, immensely popular. You won't get the numerous visual and auditory jokes in there, but the place is amazing, it's just jam-packed to the rafters with old curios and mementos and typical cheesy german shit.
Munich has some great parks, nice to walk around in the fall and just enjoy the city, stop for some coffee and cake or some Glühwein, hot mulled wine, if they have it already (might be a bit too soon/warm).
The old town hall and the Frauenkirche (don't miss the 'devil's footprint' inside) are musts of course, and there's tons of great markets where you can score all sort of goodness.
for the markets, look here:
http://www.muenchen.de/home/6009…