Munich tips

[Gizmo!]

Going over to Munich for a couple of nights in early December. Clearly we'll be doing the Christkindlmarkt and Viktualienmarkt, and possibly the BMW museum..

Any other recommendations?

[Hackney]

The Olympic Stadium is pretty spectacular, even now.
And there's a tower in the vicinity which you can go up....or you could in 1979 (Forest v. Malmo European Cup Final)

[egomeister]

The Metro is a great way to travel around - a 3 day ticket is just over 30 euros, which will also cover regional trains from the airport etc: http://www.citytourcard.com/english/munich/buy/tar...

BMW museum and factory tour are good, as you have mentioned. The Olympic park is right next to them: http://www.olympiapark.de/?L=1

Deutches Museum - I haven't done the main one, but there is also a transport one and an aviation one (which is halfway between central Munich and the airport)
Main Museum: http://www.deutsches-museum.de/index.php?id=1&...
Aircraft: http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/flugwerft/inform...
Vehicles: http://www.deutsches-museum.de/index.php?id=verkeh...

If you like art there are a number of good museums in close proximity to one another, from ancient to modern. http://www.pinakothek.de/en/

[egomeister]

Some I forgot...

There are some impressive squares dotted about the city, if grand looking buildings are your thing.

The English Garden can be a nice place for a walk too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englischer_Garten

[Gizmo!]

Thanks... I'd already looked at the metro system, planning on using it where needed.

A tower to go up sounds good.

Also I hear there's a good biergarten near the Englischer Garten...

[egomeister]

Gizmo! said:

Thanks... I'd already looked at the metro system, planning on using it where needed.

A tower to go up sounds good.

Also I hear there's a good biergarten near the Englischer Garten...

There is a few biergartens around, although they might be a bit chilly in december! I'm sure you can find a brauhaus somewhere, so you can drink in warmth...

The metro system was great, really easy to get around - I got great value of my ticket when I was there!

Another place to visit is Dachau: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_... - Pretty sobering by all accounts, I didn't get the time to visit when I was over there though. It's a bit out of town but the total area travelcard covers it.

[The Char]

If you like Mexican food El Gordo Loco is well worth a visit.