Munich is a picturesque city, set along the River Isar and to the north of the Bavarian alps, and is also one of Germany’s most forward thinking places, with cutting edge art and music scenes and trendy bars and nightclubs.

Munich was founded as a city in 1158, and literally means ‘home of the monks’, after the monastery situated on this site dating back from the 8th century. Munich went on to become the seat of the successful the Wittelsbach dynasty, who ruled the kingdom of Bavaria until the end of WWI. Munich has always been an affluent city, and there a number of excellent buildings that reflect a whole range of different design styles through the ages including gothic, Renaissance, Barque and neo-classical. This wealth has also led to a consistently strong patronage of the arts, and there are plenty of excellent museums, galleries, theatres and music halls.

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