Advice required for Munich trip

[Mattheww055]

Hi there,

Not sure if this topic has been covered before, had a quick look and couldn’t find much but if anyone could point me in the direction of one that would be appreciated!

We’re going to Munich next weekend, and I’m looking to visit the BMW museum. We have a factory tour booked for Monday, but we’re looking to do the museum etc either Saturday or Sunday. I’m finding it a bit confusing as to what’s actually on site though, as “BMW Welt” keeps appearing too?
Anyone able to guide me on the best way to maximise my time seeing the BMW exhibits / buildings? Seems to be a lot of info out there so advice from people who have been would be much appreciated!

Cheers

[dcb]

Mattheww055 said:

We’re going to Munich next weekend, and I’m looking to visit the BMW museum. We have a factory tour booked for Monday, but we’re looking to do the museum etc either Saturday or Sunday. I’m finding it a bit confusing as to what’s actually on site though, as “BMW Welt” keeps appearing too?

BMW Welt is the marketing guff - it's basically a glorified car showroom.
You can have a sit in most of the current models.

BMW Museum is the real deal for all the old kit. Expect to see long turgid explanations e.g.
why 6 cylinder is smoother than 4 cylinder.

The two buildings are beside each other. There is a good view of both
from the top of the Olympic Tower.

[Frances The Mute]

The Welt is free to get in so it's worth taking a look. They have a shop, cafe and a locker room too which is very handy.

[CanAm]

Go to the Deutsches Museums instead. Or the Augustinerkeller .
Or failing that the Weihenstephan brewery in Freising just up the road.
Far better than BMW World.

[tgr]

Augustinerkeller. Oh yes

[Mattheww055]

Frances The Mute said:

The Welt is free to get in so it's worth taking a look. They have a shop, cafe and a locker room too which is very handy.

Thanks for the replies gents, much appreciated. I take it the museum and the Welt are close enough to each other by the sound of it? May as well check it out whilst there

[dcb]

CanAm said:

Go to the Deutsches Museums instead. Or the Augustinerkeller .
Or failing that the Weihenstephan brewery in Freising just up the road.
Far better than BMW World.

+1 for the Deutsches Museum. Great day out there. Ace mining exhibition, super cafe.

Everything you can think of in the science world, usually invented by some German bloke in a shed.

While the explanations in German are fullfat, some of the explanations
in English are a bit, well, economic with the actualite.

For example pages and pages of how brllliant the WW2 Enigma system was
(even though it started as a Swiss buyin) and only a couple of lines
saying "decrypted by Polish and British scientists 1939-1942".

Alan Turing and his mates busting a gut for a few years in two lines.
Thanks Germany.

Also, an eleventy million dollar Cray 1S in the loft - doyen of 1970s computing before the
attack of the killer micros.

In other news, HofbrauHaus not as good as it was, Chinese Tower in the
Englischer Garten a real tourist trap.

[numtumfutunch]

I did the welt and museum thing with my daughter and her mate
Both girls were 7 and really enjoyed the whole lot

We paid extra to see the art cars which were superb

Cheers

[CanAm]

There are three branches of the Deutsches Museum. The main one is like the Science Museum and you can easily spend the whole day there. There is a snack bar and a full restaurant, and being Germany you can get a beer too.

I was last there in Oktober 2016 and part of it was closed at that time for refurbishment unfortunately including most of the aviation exhibits.
From their website:-

Aviation (Partial closure)

The Historical Aviation section (up to 1918) in the old Aviation Hall (Level 1) will remain open.

The new Aeronautics Hall with the sectionsAviation 1918-1945, Modern Aviation and the Physics of Flight will remain closed. These areas are being redesigned and will open again in 2020.

Despite a German bias there was a decent sized display on Frank Hornby and Meccano. It is well worth a visit.

There are also two satellite branches; one for cars trucks buses and trains etc and another for aircraft and these were fully open.

[mon the fish]

When you get off the S-bahn you pretty much have to walk through the Welt place from memory to get into the museum proper.

I thought the Welt was a bit of a waste of time, it was all 'brand' guff and the new models although I know they have to do that kind of thing

[BOR]

Mattheww055 said:

Thanks for the replies gents, much appreciated. I take it the museum and the Welt are close enough to each other by the sound of it? May as well check it out whilst there

The Museum, The BMW Welt, The 4-Cylinder building, and the entrance to the factory where you normally meet for the Werks Tour are all clustered together, about 100m from each other.

Olympiazentrum is the nearest underground station.

The olympic park is across a pedestrian bridge behind BMW Welt, so worth a stroll across, and the olympic tower gives good views from the top.

Bring some gloves and a woolly hat.