Arts & Culture in Munich

Cinema called Cinema

Germans tend to dub English-language movies, but at this centrally located multiplex you'll hear dialogue as it...

Centrum · Nymphenburger Straße 31, Maxvorstadt, Munich

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Bavarian State Opera

Munich's main opera company was founded in 1653, and performs mostly at the National Theatre Munich (a postwar...

Centrum · Max-Joseph-Platz 2, Altstadt, Munich

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Ancient porn and so much more

Two neighbouring major institutions in one domain, located in the Kunstareal (art district). The Staatliche...

Centrum · Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 10, Maxvorstadt, Munich

• art gallery

Bigger than Central Park and Hyde Park

A vast space of beautiful greens, endless paths and countless streams, this former hunting ground became the...

Centrum · Liebergesellstrasse 8, Munich

Reason enough to go to Munich

Hugely impressive collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, housed in Leo von Klenze's 1836...

Centrum · Barer Straße 27, Maxvorstadt, Munich

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Great museum with sinister origins

Designed in the early 1930s by Nazi-sanctioned architect Paul Ludwig Troost with a striking and stately stretch of...

Centrum · Prinzregentenstraße 1, Alstadt, Munich

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Big and richly decorated former palace of the Wittelsbach royals

It would be odd to visit Munich and not enter the opulent world of the Residenz, which between 1508 and 1918 served...

Centrum · Max-Joseph-Platz, Alstadt, Munich

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The good life in the 17th century

A vast and sprawling baroque palace built by Italian architect Agostino Barelli (1627–87) as a gift for Duke...

Centrum · Schloss Nymphenburg 1, Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, Munich

Worthwhile collection of Romantic paintings

The Schack collection was founded by lawyer/diplomat-turned-poet, literary historian and art collector Adolf...

Centrum · Prinzregentenstraße 9, Bogenhausen, Munich

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Private modern art collection in eye-catching building

Opened in May 2009 in the city's museum-rich Kunstareal, this art hot spot showcases the collection of Udo and...

Centrum · Theresienstraße 35a, Maxvorstadt, Munich

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