This year we have the luck that our McDonald’s spring meeting in Munich coincides with Christopher’s Easter vacation at the end of March. So he gets to come along! Christopher also has the luck that Legoland Germany opens that same week.
The meeting ends on Tuesday, and Legoland doesn’t open until Saturday, so we have 3 days to explore Munich and surroundings. We know about the Deutsches Museum, and we might take a day trip to the Zugspitze. Are there any other family activities in Munich that can be recommended?
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Hi Scott!
My parents took my sister and I on a trip to Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen when we were about Christopher’s age. Since it was a long time ago, I don’t remember everything, but in Munich we went to the Olympiastadion and rode the elevator to the top of the television tower to enjoy the view.
My parents, my sister and I didn’t stay in Munich, but at the Ammersee, and used public transport to go into Munich. (It was the first time I ever rode the underground, so that was very exciting, but I guess Christopher has done that before in Hamburg.) The Ammersee (and probably the other lakes in the area) is really nice, and you can rent boats etc..
When we visited the Zugspitze, we used the aerial tramway to go up and the cog railway on the return trip, and I found them both pretty cool. The only downside was that a consequence of the rapid elevation gain and loss my ears felt funny for a day or two, but we were very lucky with the weather and enjoyed the view of the Alps for about 300 km from the top!
Pesonally, I just loved Bavarian Spätzle, which are quite different from the Swabian variety, so I’d recommend you try them. Also, I hear they have quite good beer there, but of course I was too young to try back then.
I went to Munich for a day when I was about 16 and visited the Deutsches Museum for the first (and so far, the only) time, but I’m sure there’s a lot to see when you’re younger as well.
On that same trip I visited the Bavaria Filmstudios. They have guided tours, and you can see (and walk through!) the submarine that was used in “Das Boot”, the “Lindenstraße”, an animated model of “Fuchur” from “Neverending Story” and much more. I noticed on their website that they added a stunt show sometime between 1993 and now. The entrance fee is not exactly cheap, but they don’t charge you anything if it’s your birthday!
Have fun!
Sorry, I just read here that they can’t show “Das Boot” on guided tours through the Bavaria Studios any more because of some legal problems.
@Andrea Thanks for the tips! Such personal impressions are much better than just finding things in Google.
Actually, Christopher did visit Munich once before, back when he was 11 months old. At that time he was most impressed by the fresh bakery pretzels. He still loves them, but I’m sure we can find other things to impress him this time.
My kids’ favourites:
Sealife
Karl-Valentin-Museum
BMW Welt
Zirkus Krone
Deutsches Museum, of course … =;o)
From the 2.5 years I lived in Munich I can think of:
They are still doing the Faraday cage demonstration. I was there with my daughter and her friend (both 7 year olds) and they didn’t like it because it is REALLY LOUD, just as a forewarning. I thought it was neat, though, all those power engineering lectures brought to life. Check the website for the times, though, we just happened to arrive shortly before 11:00 am and it was just starting, had we arrived at 11:30, I would not have even known the demo existed.
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